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not too many tourists, cheaper then Riga
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people are not always very friendly but few still give you a smile
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Visit the former military prison
rollinstone81 Says: The former Sovjet military area north of the centre features lots of ramshackle houses, a nice orthodox church, but also rather run-down, and it has a military...
Raimix Says: Kuldiga is a place, mentioned first in 1242 as a stone castle place. In 1368 it got rights to be named as hanseatic town, for some time (1596 – 1616) it was a...
Durbe - the remembrance of a famous battle
Raimix Says: Durbe is a smallest town in Latvia (as for 2011). The place doesn't have any special old town and big monuments. Anyway, it is very significant place of a...
Raimix Says: Maks Pauls Berci is the most famous Liepaja's architect, who designed a lot of buildings in Liepaja's centre from 1871 till 1902.M. P. Berci in Liepaja is the...
Raimix Says: It could be that Liepaja is the best place in Baltic states to find wooden architecture. In old part there are lot of nice wooden houses from 18 - 20th...
Raimix Says: Karosta pier (also named Northern breakwater) is a long, 1800 long, pier with nice views into sea. The pier is from concrete monolith, so at different sides of...
The St. Nicholas Orthodox Maritime Cathedral
Raimix Says: The construction of Orthodox Cathedral in Karosta took place in 1901. It is interesting enough, that Tsar Nikolas II consecrated a church with the same name of...
Raimix Says: As Russian Empire and USSR tried as much as possible militarize Baltic sea, such structures as Karosta appeared. It is a separate suburb for soldiers, mostly...
Raimix Says: Kalpaka' bridge nowadays is a new one, reconstructed by an old example in 2009. Anyway, it is nice to see how it works here, place offers great view to Baltic...
Raimix Says: The baroque style church was constructed in 1742 - 1758. It is pity I haven't been inside, but guides tell it has the biggest mechanical organs in the World...
Latvian musicians Alley of Fame
Raimix Says: Latvian musicians Alley of Fame is located just near first rock-cafe of Latvia. Alley consists of about 40 bricks with hand stamps of famous former and present...
Raimix Says: If you enter Roses' square (Rozu laukums) walking through Alley of Fame, on the left side you will see old, but moderised building. You could walk here, and...
Plan a Liepaja vacation with reviews, tips and photos posted by real travelers and Liepaja locals
Tirgoņu Iela is the old "merchants' street", with 18th and 19th century houses, all quite small, and it's now a live pedestrian street with many shops,...
11 members live in Liepaja
Q: Hello, I am interested whether there is something to do during the new year eve in Liepaja? is there any events? live concerts?...
A: Hi, are you still interested, I can translate something for you? As I see there is in club Fontaine palace at 31st of Dec an event, concert at 28th in Promenade Hotel,...
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Liepaja - Latvian city of wind and sea
Liepaja is 3rd largest city in Latvia, having population of about 83000. It is important Latvian sea – port. The place is known from 13th century; in 1263 the settlement here was established with the...
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Liepaja - city where the wind gets born
Liepaja is located in Kurzeme administrative region. In the ancient times here was small fishermen village, called Liva village. Liva - because, it was located near the Liva River. The first time when...
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220km from Riga, Liepaja is Latvias 3rd largest city with 140.000 inhabitants (after Riga and Daugavpils). So almost half of the people living in Kurzeme, the western most province, live in Liepaja....
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Liepaja, where time seems to have stopped!
The first town I visited in Latvia was Liepaja... I arrived there at noon by bus and had to walk along the old streets (often full of sand) with old wooden houses on both the sides, the slow trams,......
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Just imagine a demonstration of 1905 revolutionists coming out of a street on the left... Large part of Liepaja has preserved an atmosphere of the early 20th century. Cute, wooden or redbrick...
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