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 [...]

Ancient Rome Facts As legend has it, Rome was founded in 753 B.C. by Romulus and Remus, twin sons of Mars, the god of war. Packed with immigrating young men, the Romans needed female inhabitants [...]

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 [...]

Facts About Jūrmala The name Jūrmala stems from Latvian jūra (“sea”) and mala (“edge”, “side”, “margin”), thus “seaside” in English. As [...]

Facts About Sillamäe The locality of Sillamäggi was first mentioned in 1502 when the area was under the control of Livonian Order. The bridge across Sõtke and a mill in Sillamäggi were documented [...]

Facts About Salaspils Salaspils is twinned with: Finspång, Sweden; Finsterwalde, Germany & Wieliszew, Poland. Salaspils Received its town rights in 1993. Salaspils is a town in Latvia, the [...]

Facts About Ventspils Ventspils was historically known as Windau in German. In 2004, Ventspils was a host city for a multi-national naval exercise called Baltic Operations XXXIII. Ventspils is [...]