The project competition “Manor House Hackathon,” organised by the foundation “Nodibinājums Liepāja 2027” (Liepāja 2027), has concluded. In it, eight cultural venues from the Kuldīga and South Kurzeme regions developed new ideas for bringing historic buildings back to life. As a result, six new projects will join the Liepāja 2027 programme, three in Kuldīga Region and three in South Kurzeme Region, with a total of EUR 48,000 awarded for their implementation.<\/p>
“The South Kurzeme and Kuldīga regions are rich in architectural heritage. The grand manor houses here were built by craftsmen and architects from Prussia, Saxony, the Netherlands, Sweden and other countries. Modern lifestyles have changed, the regions are becoming ever emptier, and these stately buildings are losing their former glory. In autumn 2026, the region’s most active tourism entrepreneurs and cultural event producers came together at the hackathon for the chance to turn their ideas into captivating events at these historic centres of rural life in 2027. The projects will enrich cultural and architectural routes in the Land of (un)rest and reveal the most fascinating chapters of the region’s history in innovative ways,” says Baiba Bartkeviča, Artistic Director of Liepāja 2027.<\/p>
During the two-day hackathon at Laidi Manor Castle, the teams worked with mentors to refine the content of their cultural project ideas by validating the visitor experience, expanding opportunities for collaboration, and drawing up budgets and sustainability models. The ideas were tested in conversations with potential visitors, the local community, tourism professionals and partners, and at the end they were presented to a jury. In total, eight cultural venues took part in the Manor Hackathon: four from Kuldīga Region and four from South Kurzeme Region. The three best projects from each region received funding to put their ideas into practice: EUR 11,000 for first place, EUR 8,000 for second and EUR 5,000 for third.<\/p>
The supported projects are to be carried out between 1 February and 1 October 2027.<\/p>
The project ideas were assessed by a jury: Anta Jokste, head of “Estravel Latvia” and tourism industry professional; Asnāte Avotniece, owner of Abgunste Manor; Kārlis Anitens, director, playwright and creator of multimedia cultural experiences; Sanita Kossoviča, cultural heritage and museum development expert at the State Culture Capital Foundation; Ieva Skābarde, director of the South Kurzeme Region Tourism Centre; Jana Bergmane, head of the Kuldīga Region Tourism Development Centre; and Anna Priedola, Head of Programme Development at the foundation “Nodibinājums Liepāja 2027”.<\/p>
Follow the Liepāja 2027 programme of events at liepaja2027.lv\/en\/events<\/a>.<\/p> The project “Liepāja – European Capital of Culture 2027” is implemented by the foundation “Nodibinājums Liepāja 2027”, the Liepāja State City Municipality and the official partners, the South Kurzeme Region Municipality and the Kuldīga Region Municipality. It is co-financed by the Ministry of Culture. The Liepāja 2027 programme is supported by its main partner in environmental education and sustainability, AS “CleanR Grupa”; its main partner in air mobility and international communication, AS “Air Baltic Corporation”; its legal partner, SIA “Sorainen ZAB”; its land mobility partner, SIA “Lux Express Latvia”; and its water transport mobility and international communication partner, SIA “Stena Line”. Media partners: VSIA “Latvijas Sabiedriskais medijs”, SIA “Žurnāls Santa”, SIA “Tvnet grupa” and AS “Kurzemes Radio”.<\/p> Ieva Sīpola The project competition “Manor House Hackathon,” organised by the foundation “Nodibin\u0101jums Liep\u0101ja 2027” (Liep\u0101ja 2027), has concluded. In it, eight cultural venues from the Kuld\u012bga and South Kurzeme regions developed new ideas for bringing historic buildings back to life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":17178,"template":"","participation-category":[134],"class_list":["post-17189","participation","type-participation","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/participation\/17189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/participation"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/participation"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"participation-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/participation-category?post=17189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}For further information<\/h2>
\nProject Manager
\nFoundation “Nodibinājums Liepāja 2027”
\nPhone: +371 28 858 245<\/a>
\nE-mail: ieva.sipola@liepaja2027.lv<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"