Valmiera celebrates its 741st birthday

Located in northern Latvia, the city of Valmiera celebrated its 741st birthday last week. It was also the opportunity to commemorate the 120th anniversary of Janis Dalins, a ...

One week ago the city of Cesis, in the Vidzeme region, welcomed the Lampa Festival, a yearly conversational forum founded in 2015. [gallery columns="1" size="large" ...

Лиговать is a verb you could only encounter when celebrating Ligo in Latvia. Ligo (Лиго) is the midsummer feast celebrated in Latvia every year at the end of June. You can ...

Founded in 1998, the Riga Opera Festival is a yearly tradition every classical music enthusiast should know about. The festival in a nutshell The festival takes place in ...

When people think of Riga, beaches usually aren't the first things to come to mind. But actually, Riga's Seaside town (Jūrmala) has been a favorite place for Latvians and ...