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Tribune: Intriguing Montenegro

Tribune: Taking the Plunge in Budapest

Tribune: Beyond Prague

Tribune: What's New in Eastern Europe in 2009

Festivals in Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe: More Recommended Reading and Viewing

Eastern Europe Photo Fun

The "Gypsy Question"

EU Membership and the "New Europe"

Czech Republic

Prague & the Czech Republic: More Recommended Reading and Viewing

Hus and Luther

Prague's Highlights

Day Trips from Prague

Prague's Cimrman Museum

Poland

Charismatic Kraków

Hungary

Budapest's House of Terror Museum

Enchanting Eger

Mátyás Corvinus

Croatia

Croatia & Slovenia: More Recommended Reading and Viewing

Understanding Yugoslavia

Adriatic 101 Croatia, Slovenia and More

Delightful Dubrovnik

The Picturesque Plitvice Lakes

Slovenia

Laid-Back Ljubljana

Kick Back in Bled

More Eastern Europe and Russia

The Babushki of St. Petersburg

Russian Impressions

What's PBS Doing in Bulgaria?

Albania Through the Back Door

Riga: Latvia's Powerhouse

Russian Night Trains

St. Petersburg: Russia's Showcase

Russia Through the Back Door

Our Rick Steves' Russia and the Baltics guidebook was last updated in 1998. Shortly thereafter, it went out of print. Sales simply did not justify the high cost of keeping a book on such a rapidly changing area up to date. But for your interest, we've kept the key chapters of the book available online below. Please note that this information is from 1998, and therefore only good for general information purposes. (The exception is the Tallinn overview article; a chapter about visiting Tallinn appears in our current Rick Steves' Scandinavia guidebook.) If you're going to fast-changing Russia, it's essential to supplement these chapters with a guidebook that's as current as possible. Lonely Planet and Rough Guide both publish guidebooks on the region.

Vilnius, Lithuania