Facts About Riga The city is served by Riga International Airport, the largest and busiest airport in the Baltic states. Riga is the capital city of Latvia. Riga was founded in 1201 and is a [...]

Facts About Rēzekne Rēzekne is a city in the Rēzekne River valley in Latgale region of eastern Latvia. Rēzekne is known as ‘The Heart of Latgale’. In Latgalian name of the city is [...]

Facts About Ogre Ogre is composed of three parts: Jaunogre, Ogre, and Pārogre. The Ogre village was first mentioned in 1206, called “Oger” in German. Ogre is twinned with: Ånge, [...]

Facts About Jelgava Until 1917, the city was officially referred to as Mitau. The name Jelgava is believed to be derived from the Livonian word jālgab, meaning “town on the river.” [...]

Facts About Valmiera The name was derived from the Old German given name Waldemar or the Slavic name Vladimir. Valmiera was first mentioned as a town in a chronicle dating back to 1323. Version [...]

Facts About Olaine Olaine is twinned with: Karlskoga, Sweden; Nowa Sarzyna, Poland; Ödeshög, Sweden; Riihimäki, Finland & Vadstena, Sweden. Olaine is home of Olainfarm, the second-largest [...]

Facts About Daugavpils There are around 140 Streets in Daugavpils. Daugavpils is a city in south-eastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. [...]

Facts About Sigulda Sigulda is a small town in the region of Sigulda in Latvia. Sigulda received its town rights in 1928. The Gutmanis Cave lies halfway between Sigulda Castle and Turaida Castle [...]

Facts About Cēsis The oldest settlement in Cēsis is the hillfort on Riekstu hill, a fortified wooden castle built by a tribe known as the Vends. The planning of the town of Cēsis was done in the [...]

Facts About Gauja National Park The area of the park is 91.745 ha and it is divided into five functional zones. There are almost 900 plant species, 149 bird and 48 mammal species found in the [...]