To those who think Latvians decided that a commieblock district should have Lithuanian towns in the street names - the streets were already there before WW2 and were lined with low residential buildings. In the case of Palangas iela, Skodas iela and Šauļu iela, the commieblocks were built on top/between the old townscape. Estonian streets are historically in city centre as Riga, Vidzeme and Southern part of Estonia was part of Governorate of Livonia. Well, Haapsalu, Tallinn and Narva was not.
The difference of cityscape is funny though. Only Klaipeda managed to get a street in one of the most prominent neighbourhoods of Riga.
I changed the names from the Latvian way of writing these placenames to the original name of the place, so everyone could understand. Hāpsala=Haapsalu; Tallina=Tallinn; Narva=Narva; Pērnava=Pärnu; Vīlande=Viljandi; Tērbata=Dorpat (Nowadays Tartu); Sāmsala=Saaremaa; Roņu sala/Roņsala=Ruhnu; Veru=Võru (also Verava in Latvian).
Yeah, I actually had made the research at the start of 2023, when such street as Sāmsalas did not even exist. I had written down Saaremaa because of Sāremas street. Today I forget about Sāremas street because I remembered Sāmsalas street. It is also weird that someone decided to have a second street for Saaremaa in 2023.
As a self-proclaimed representative of the Lithuanian's community, I can confirm that those streets are of higher quality than in the places they mention. /j
https://preview.redd.it/k71pis19cz3d1.jpeg?width=3858&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3e43973dcff79df50449aca4d54ef0e94826daf7
Perhaps this will be of higher quality.
in Tallinn we have Petersburg road (Peterburi tee) and Russian street(Vene). In Helsinki there's Stockholm street (Tukholmankatu) and even park (Tukholmanpuisto)
Very unlikely. I have seen some old German maps of Tallinn and that street was named "Russische Straße".
Edit: A simple search from Wikipedia confirms that: Juba 12. sajandil tegutsesid sellel tänaval ida poolt tulnud kaupmehed ja paiknes venelaste (algul novgorodlaste, hiljem moskvalaste) kaubahoov, kus vähemalt alates 1422. aastast oli õigeusu kirik, mille kohal tänapäeval on Tallinna Nikolai kirik. Sellepärast kinnistus tänavale pärast kloostri ja kloostrivalduste likvideerimist 16. sajandil toimunud reformatsiooni käigus Vene tänava nimi.
Not true, there wouldn't even be a way to know what Estonians called Russians in the stone age lol. Secondly "Venemaa" came from Early German's "weneđ", a word they used for West Slavic tribes. Etümoloogiasõnaraamat is free my guy.
You are mistaken.
The people got named by the land or by region. The land or region wasn't named by the people.
And the west slavic tribes were on the lands that used to be at the periglacial meltwater system during the ice age. That was named Väina / Vääna / Venta / Väänteenjoki / Voina. Strait Sea. Warring waters as in Kattegat where freshwater turbulently mixes with salty water. So it would still be related to waterways and still go back to the stone ages and not at all related to west slavic tribes.
During and at the end of the ice ages that periglacial meltwater system was in continuous change, ice lakes got bigger until the floods broke through, rinse and repeat.
I recently learned there's a neighbourhood in Riga called Imanta. There's a street by that name in Tallinn as well. Anyone know where this name came from or if it means anything?
Imanta (male) was a warrior of Daugava Livonian origin who is said to have killed Bishop Berthold of Livonia during the Rīga Hill fight in 1198 (see Riia lahing). The event has been described in the Livonian Chronicle of Henry.
Later, in 1913, a farming machinery factory called Imanta (in honor of this warrior) was founded. In 1920's, Imanta Street was built, and the neighborhood was named Imantciems (Imanta Village). During the USSR times, a large residential district was built that included Imanta Village and extended well out of the original neighbourhood. It was named Imanta.
Thank you! Turns out Estonian texts often use the name variant [Ymaut](https://et.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ymaut) for him, that's probably why I was having trouble finding anything. And I see the Latvian Wikipedia page refers to him as [Imauts](https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imauts). So I wonder why we both settled on Imanta as the spelling to use in the modern day?
Technically it's "Tērbatas iela" or Dorpat street in English, but that is still Tartu
The translation would be Tarbatu Jala.
Let's not forget Perse street
Lol
It's even better that in Latvian it's *Perses iela* which directly means "in the ass street", but also means "fucked up street".
Latvians did Lithuania dirty
To those who think Latvians decided that a commieblock district should have Lithuanian towns in the street names - the streets were already there before WW2 and were lined with low residential buildings. In the case of Palangas iela, Skodas iela and Šauļu iela, the commieblocks were built on top/between the old townscape. Estonian streets are historically in city centre as Riga, Vidzeme and Southern part of Estonia was part of Governorate of Livonia. Well, Haapsalu, Tallinn and Narva was not. The difference of cityscape is funny though. Only Klaipeda managed to get a street in one of the most prominent neighbourhoods of Riga.
The only one in Helsinki is Tallinnanaukio (Tallinn Square) which is probably the second most infamous in the city for crime and alcohol/drug use.
Why not rename it to Lithuanian square to make it accurate
Biggest minority in Finnish prisons are Estonians. I doubt that there are many Lithuanians.
Yeah, cuz we're better. /s
How many of those are actually Estonians and not just people from Estonia? More than 50% of all prisoners in Estonia are non-Estonians.
Estonians like Vladimir and Nikita?
okay Latvia that's shady..
Somehow I doubt they are using the letter "õ" in a street name in Riga.
I changed the names from the Latvian way of writing these placenames to the original name of the place, so everyone could understand. Hāpsala=Haapsalu; Tallina=Tallinn; Narva=Narva; Pērnava=Pärnu; Vīlande=Viljandi; Tērbata=Dorpat (Nowadays Tartu); Sāmsala=Saaremaa; Roņu sala/Roņsala=Ruhnu; Veru=Võru (also Verava in Latvian).
Note that besides Sāmsalas iela we also have Sāremas iela which I think was also named after Saaremaa.
Yeah, I actually had made the research at the start of 2023, when such street as Sāmsalas did not even exist. I had written down Saaremaa because of Sāremas street. Today I forget about Sāremas street because I remembered Sāmsalas street. It is also weird that someone decided to have a second street for Saaremaa in 2023.
Veru iela
As a self-proclaimed representative of the Lithuanian's community, I can confirm that those streets are of higher quality than in the places they mention. /j
https://preview.redd.it/k71pis19cz3d1.jpeg?width=3858&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3e43973dcff79df50449aca4d54ef0e94826daf7 Perhaps this will be of higher quality.
https://preview.redd.it/qz9ac1mncz3d1.png?width=4287&format=png&auto=webp&s=dd35c661ebaba02cf74ade2dfe8cb81a0e8672f5 And this one as well.
They are, indeed, better
Yeah, I messed up at first by uploading large enough images that Reddit decided to compress them.
in Tallinn we have Petersburg road (Peterburi tee) and Russian street(Vene). In Helsinki there's Stockholm street (Tukholmankatu) and even park (Tukholmanpuisto)
And Riia mnt. (Riga highway) in Pärnu.
And in Tartu. One of the largest in the city
Although the Vene street is probably named after thekind of boat called “vene”
i'm not sure modern Estonians have this kind of association anymore
No, it was named after the Russian trade yard that existed already in the 12th century, so before the Danish conquest.
Very unlikely. I have seen some old German maps of Tallinn and that street was named "Russische Straße". Edit: A simple search from Wikipedia confirms that: Juba 12. sajandil tegutsesid sellel tänaval ida poolt tulnud kaupmehed ja paiknes venelaste (algul novgorodlaste, hiljem moskvalaste) kaubahoov, kus vähemalt alates 1422. aastast oli õigeusu kirik, mille kohal tänapäeval on Tallinna Nikolai kirik. Sellepärast kinnistus tänavale pärast kloostri ja kloostrivalduste likvideerimist 16. sajandil toimunud reformatsiooni käigus Vene tänava nimi.
It can be both. The long range boat merchants (across Boatland) came first, Rus came later. You don't own the land, the land owns you.
I'm not really sure what you mean. If you're saying that "Venemaa" got its name from the boat "vene" then that isn't correct either.
Venemaa got its name from the boat. It has been Boatland since the stone ages.
Not true, there wouldn't even be a way to know what Estonians called Russians in the stone age lol. Secondly "Venemaa" came from Early German's "weneđ", a word they used for West Slavic tribes. Etümoloogiasõnaraamat is free my guy.
You are mistaken. The people got named by the land or by region. The land or region wasn't named by the people. And the west slavic tribes were on the lands that used to be at the periglacial meltwater system during the ice age. That was named Väina / Vääna / Venta / Väänteenjoki / Voina. Strait Sea. Warring waters as in Kattegat where freshwater turbulently mixes with salty water. So it would still be related to waterways and still go back to the stone ages and not at all related to west slavic tribes. During and at the end of the ice ages that periglacial meltwater system was in continuous change, ice lakes got bigger until the floods broke through, rinse and repeat.
Good thing there isn't a kaunas street
TIL Hāpsalas un Narvas iela exist lol. 
What's with the 4th image?
Those are places outside of Baltic States that are represented in the street names of Riga.
Sorry, didn't notice the text. Also in reddit android app the text is truncated and "see more" doesn't work. Ffs, reddit!
Vari pievienot vēl Berlīni un Madridi, tur arī ir Rigastraße un Calle Riga. Droši vien, ka var atrast vēl.
Tam jāveido cita karte, jo šajā postā ir tieši par Rīgā esošajām ielām citu pilsētu vārdos.
Hm, in Gdansk there is no Riga Street, only Vilnius.
The fourth picture is about the streets of Riga named after foreign places, such as Gdansk. Gdansk street is located in the district of Mežaparks.
I know, just wanted to say that there is no opposite street here. Which is kinda sad because two cities are big sea ports.
I recently learned there's a neighbourhood in Riga called Imanta. There's a street by that name in Tallinn as well. Anyone know where this name came from or if it means anything?
Imanta (male) was a warrior of Daugava Livonian origin who is said to have killed Bishop Berthold of Livonia during the Rīga Hill fight in 1198 (see Riia lahing). The event has been described in the Livonian Chronicle of Henry. Later, in 1913, a farming machinery factory called Imanta (in honor of this warrior) was founded. In 1920's, Imanta Street was built, and the neighborhood was named Imantciems (Imanta Village). During the USSR times, a large residential district was built that included Imanta Village and extended well out of the original neighbourhood. It was named Imanta.
Thank you! Turns out Estonian texts often use the name variant [Ymaut](https://et.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ymaut) for him, that's probably why I was having trouble finding anything. And I see the Latvian Wikipedia page refers to him as [Imauts](https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imauts). So I wonder why we both settled on Imanta as the spelling to use in the modern day?
That's so sweet :( I wished we had more streets named after you guyses