Zurbu

A good place to collect, organize, share, and preserve knowledge on things you care about.

One communityā€Šā€”ā€Šmultiple thematic projects.

Take a look at some of them:

1201:future

Riga is not ready (but at least it tries). City development updates and ideas.

1201:past

History of Riga. The project where it all started.

Valmiera

Exploring history of Valmiera, Latvia. Managed by the town's local history museum.

Projects are made of notes.

From one-liners to full-fledged articles, here are the latest ones:

t.me/thenafta/1874

THE NAFTA

Ko plāno attÄ«stÄ«t? Un kurÅ”? 2 biroju ēkas. + Projekta attÄ«stÄ«tājs: Verde Development + Arhitekts: ARHIS ARHITEKTI + Stadija: Iesniegta iecere (03.2025) Informācija par Ä«paÅ”umu: šŸ”‘ Hanzas iela 14F, RÄ«ga, LV-1045 + Zemes platÄ«ba: 1.129 ha + ÄŖpaÅ”nieks: Verde Development SIA šŸ‡±šŸ‡¹ + DarÄ«juma summa: 2 942 832.50 EUR (12.2023/08.2024) + Cena par 1m2: 260.65 EUR SIA Verde Development pieder Lietuvas investÄ«ciju pārvaldÄ«bas uzņēmumam ā€œCapitalica Asset Managementā€, kur lielākais fonda akcionārs ir Lietuvas uzņēmumu grupa ā€œSBAā€ (nodarbina vairāk kā 4100 cilvēku ar vairāk kā 400 milj.eiro apgrozÄ«jumu). ā€œVerdeā€ biroju kompleksa nākamās kārtas attÄ«stÄ«bai - uzņēmums Å”o (patreiz jau apvienoto) Ä«paÅ”umu iegādājās pa daļām - 12.2023 nopirka Ä«paÅ”umus Hanzas ielā 14I/14F par 1 568 000 eiro, savukārt 08.2024 blakus esoÅ”o Ä«paÅ”umu Gustava Kluča ielā par 1 374 832.50 eiro, kopējai darÄ«juma summai sasniedzot nepilnus 3 miljonus eiro. @thenafta #HanzasIela #Riga
www.riga.lv/lv/jaunums/riga-pie-olimpiska-centra-bus-piemineklis-hokeja-legendai-karlim-skrastinam

Rīgā pie Olimpiskā centra būs piemineklis hokeja leģendai Kārlim Skrastiņam

RÄ«gas domes Pieminekļu padome ir atbalstÄ«jusi pieminekļa ā€œDzelzs VÄ«rsā€, kas veltÄ«ts hokejistam Kārlim Skrastiņam, tālāku virzÄ«bu. RÄ«gas paÅ”valdÄ«ba plāno ieguldÄ«t 115 000 eiro piemiņas laukuma labiekārtoÅ”anā. Tiek cerēts, ka pieminekli varētu uzstādÄ«t jau rudenÄ«. Ieceres autori - Kārļa Skrastiņa fonds ā€“ plāno 24. aprÄ«lÄ« piedalÄ«ties VARAM Pieminekļu, piemiņas zÄ«mju un piemiņas vietu izveides konsultatÄ«vās padomes sēdē, lai turpinātu Ŕī projekta virzÄ«bu.

Itā€™s especially useful if your knowledge fits on a map.

But thatā€™s not required.

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ā€¦ and expect more geography to come.

Preserve your knowledge.

Your efforts deserve to be safeguarded.

Every day, well-structured ZIP files with all text data and uploads are generated for each project. Project owners can make them public or keep to themselves.

Configure your project.

Make it meet your needs.

Choose who can post, switch anytime

Be the only narrator, select your co-authorsā€Šā€”ā€Šor let the world join the discussion!

Choose your licence

Protect your findings or let the world copy them like Wikipedia articlesā€Šā€”ā€Šthe choice is yours!

Optionally, add your own domain

Build your brand. Hopefully you choose to stayā€Šā€”ā€Šbut if you donā€™t, your audience will follow you.

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Built with enthusiasm and experience.

Zurbu wasn't built in a day.

2001
A school project on 800th anniversary of Riga evolves into a popular blog on history and sights of the city.
2004
An old-school forum is added to the blog. People start talking.
2009
Zurbu, a moonshot at creating blogs and forums for local history enthusiasts worldwide, is launched. Old blog articles get migrated there.
2024
Finally, the current version of Zurbu appears. Rewritten from scratch, with all the existing data and new content, and an ambitious goal of providing like-minded people a convenient and safe space for the things they care about.

Whoā€™s behind it?