2005

Riga, Latvia

The first conference

The opening entry in the institutional record. Riga begins the sequence that later becomes delegates, sanctions, white smoke, and the annual avoidance of normal holidays.

Status

Completed

Starts

1 Oct 2005

Ends

4 Oct 2005

Destinations

Destination record

Riga Opening Session
Riga, Latvia
Long leg1 Oct 2005 to 4 Oct 2005
The historical starting point. Any lack of formal bureaucracy at this stage should be corrected by retrospective plaque wording.

Cobblestones slick with drizzle, Soviet ghosts peering from concrete blocks. Baltic winds whip the Daugava while cheap beer and neon promise warmth that never quite arrives.

Trip media

Shared archive for images and videos from this trip.

No media has been uploaded for this trip yet.

Official highlight

Where the record begins, before the movement had fully realised how much paperwork it deserved.

Lore markers

Origin material
Early photos and captions should feel like archival discovery rather than polished nostalgia.

Field notes

The first entry in the canonical ICOM trip record.