Iceland’s capital names streets after Baltic states

In a “historic first”, Reykjavik has named three streets after foreign countries – Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Eistlandsbryggja, Lettlandsbryggja and Lithaenbryggja will be part of a new district in the Icelandic capital, to be completed in 2026, the Estonian public broadcaster ERR News reported on Wednesday.

Reykjavik city councilor Pawel Bartoszek told ERR it was a “historic moment”, as Iceland was the first country to recognise the restored independence of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania after the three countries broke away from the Soviet Union.

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