Celebrate the Fishermen's Festival in Engure and Lapmezciems!
Join us for an unforgettable adventure on the Tukums coast - celebrate the Fishermen's Festival in Engure and Lapmezciems on 13 July! As every year, the festival will be filled with colourful events, exciting activities and great music. Get ready to experience the magic of a real festival and enjoy the sea air combined with fishermen's traditions and culture. As every year, Engure residents will wake up [...]
Third Street Food Festival in Daugavpils in September
On 7 September, Daugavpils will host the third Street Food Festival, celebrating the beginning of autumn with a wide-ranging programme and a variety of flavours. All day long, from 13.00 to 23.00 in Central Park, Daugavpils residents and visitors will have the opportunity to indulge their taste buds and enjoy the festival atmosphere. Locally prepared food, faster service, authenticity, [...]
Get to know Valmiera by bike!
The sunny days and warm evenings of summer are a wonderful time to enjoy the Valmiera region and its tourism offer by cycling. To make travelling more exciting and informative, the Valmiera Region Cycling Route Booklet has been produced. It brings together 12 cycling routes in the region, each offering a unique experience and discovering the tourism offer, natural attractions, [...]
Invitation to the “Ērenpreiss rolls into Mazsalaca” festival”
From 18 to 20 July in Mazsalaca, perhaps the quietest town in Latvia with the loudest echo, a reunion inviting people from near and far to celebrate the “Ērenpreiss rolls into Mazsalaca” festival together. With exhibitions in the Mazsalaca Culture Centre and the Craft House, concerts in the town centre and a green ball until dawn on the Skaņkalne parish [...]
JAUNUMS! Nokļūsti no Rīgas centra uz Rīgas lidostu ar Lux Express Shuttle!
Pilsētā ieradies JAUNS, iespējams, labākais veids, kā nokļūt no Rīgas centra uz Rīgas lidostu. Nesatraucieties par nokļūšanu uz jūsu reisu! Ar Lux Express Shuttle nokļūsti galamērķī ātri un ērti! Atpūtieties un ļaujiet Lux Express parūpēties par pārējo! Brauciens starp Rīgas centru un Rīgas starptautisko lidostu ilgst aptuveni 30 minūtes; nelielas satiksmes gadījumā laiks var […]
New lookout tower and Health Trail open in Zilākalns!
On Thursday, 20 June, the new 38.3 metre high observation tower was opened in Zilākalns, Valmiera Municipality. Zilaiskalns, with its new lookout tower, is 104.3 m above the surrounding area and is the second highest impressive landscape in terms of relative height in Vidzeme. The 40-year-old fire observation tower at the top of the [...]
Invitation to Skaņākalna Nature Park!
With the warm summer sun, the lure of nature and the arrival of the active tourism season, the Skaņākalns Nature Park lodge has reopened, inviting everyone to find out information about the nature park, the Valmiera region or to buy a souvenir there. With the start of the 2024 active tourism season, the Skaņākalns Nature Park entrance hut is managed by the Valmiera County Tourism Board. Tourist information [...]
Events in Latvia in the second half of June
That moment has come again, when the days will soon be shorter and the nights longer. The week of the summer solstice is one of the busiest weeks of festivities and events of the year! It's high time you planned your festivities too and spent it in the best possible spirit! In this article, we've rounded up the highlights of the events, festivals and other [...]
Let's celebrate the feast of King Tālivalžis in Trikata
On 6 July, we will open the curtain of time in Trikāta to take a glimpse into the Middle Ages, when King Tālivaldis reigned in ancient Tālava. The day will be filled with medieval themed and sporting activities, and in the evening the guests will be entertained by a concert of the well-known Latvian drum and bagpipe band “Auļi”, followed by a green ball played by the band “Zeļļi”. The opening ceremony will take place at 12.00, and from 11.00 [...]
Get to know Valmiera County at the Hanseatic Days in Viljandi!
To commemorate the historically significant times of the Hanseatic League of Hanseatic traders, Hanseatic Days are held every year in the Estonian city of Viljandi, this year from 7 to 9 June, with the participation of the Latvian Hanseatic city of Valmiera. During this time, the city will be filled with a wide range of cultural and entertainment activities, where historical traditions will be interspersed with modern performances. The Hanseatic Festival will begin on the afternoon of 7 June at 16.00 [...]