Restaurants are invited to apply for the autumn Riga Restaurant Week until 8 September
Information was prepared by Rita Pētersone Head of International Marketing Department, Riga Investment and Tourism Agency. From 27 October to 9 November Riga will host Riga Restaurant Week, which has been one of the most important events in the city's gastronomic life for more than a decade. It is an opportunity for the citizens of Riga and visitors to discover new tastes, discover unique seasonal dishes and enjoy [...]
“Lux Express organises Retro Bus Festival in Liepaja
Avots: Leta International passenger carrier “Lux Express”, celebrating 30 years of operation in Latvia, will hold a Retro Bus Festival in Liepāja today, the company informed LETA. The event will take place in Liepaja today from 2 pm to 6 pm at the parking lot on Zivju Street. The company says that visitors will be able to see retro buses and take a ride on one of them. Visitors will be able to [...]
Annual Riga Burger Festival in Riga
Source: Leta Information compiled by balticevents.info. On 9 and 10 August, the eighth Riga Burger Festival will take place in Esplanade Park - two days of burger, grill and street food festivities in the centre of Riga. The festival will be attended by burgers and restaurants from all over Latvia, informs the portal balticevents.info. The programme is wide-ranging: you can taste dozens of different burgers, follow culinary competitions, [...]
Does a summer holiday have to be expensive? Affordable weekend destinations right by the Baltic Sea
Source. A few years ago, summer weekends often meant a flight to a southern European country, but now more and more people are choosing to relax near the Baltic Sea coast. Where do Latvians, Estonians and Lithuanians like to go? According to a FlixBus survey, 27% Latvians (39% Estonians and 19% Lithuanians) [...]
“Elron: Passenger interest in Tallinn-Riga-Vilnius route exceeds expectations
Tallinn, 14 July, LETA-ERR. Passenger interest in the passenger train services between Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius, which started in January, has exceeded expectations and bus ticket sales on the route have fallen by more than a quarter, said Merts Ērenpreiss, a board member of Eesti Liinirongid, the Estonian national passenger train operator operating under the Elron brand. He admitted that it is sometimes difficult to satisfy [...]
LVM has created a new hiking route in Zvirgdze White Spit
Riga, 12 July, LETA. JSC “Latvia's State Forests” (LVM) in cooperation with the Bauska municipality has developed a new 5.2-kilometre hiking route in Zvirgdze White Spit, the company informed LETA. The walking trail is marked with white arrows indicating the direction of the trail. The route is marked with white and green [...]
Travellers' Days in Rāzna National Park
Riga, 12 July, LETA. The Nature Conservation Agency (NCA) today invites every friend of nature to the traditional Travellers' Days in Rāzna National Park, Ilze Reinika, Head of the Communication and Design Department of NCA, informed LETA. Visiting the parishes of Ezernieki, Andrupene, Lūznava, Mākoņkalns, Kaunata, Čornajas and Andzeļi, everyone will get to know the magnificent nature, traditions of Latgale and taste the culinary heritage characteristic of the region. The [...]
Passenger traffic at Riga Airport increased by 5% in the first half of the year
Riga, 8 July, LETA. Riga Airport handled more than 3.3 million passengers in the first half of this year, which is 5% more than in the corresponding period of 2024, the airport told LETA. The number of flights handled in the first half of this year increased by 3% to 30,378 compared to the first half of last year, while the volume of air cargo handled increased by 9% [...]
Travellers' Days in Rāzna National Park
Riga, 6 July, LETA. On 12 and 13 July, the Nature Conservation Agency invites every friend of nature to the traditional Travellers' Days in Rāzna National Park, Ilze Reinika, Head of the Communication and Design Department of the Nature Conservation Agency, informed LETA. Visiting the parishes of Ezernieki, Andrupene, Lūznava, Mākoņkalns, Kaunata, Čornajas and Andzeļi, everyone will get to know the magnificent nature, traditions of Latgale and taste the culinary heritage characteristic of the region. The [...]
Survey: 14% people in Latvia plan to spend between €501 and €1000 on travel this year
Riga, 5 July, LETA. 14% people in Latvia are planning to spend between EUR 501 and EUR 1 000 on travelling abroad or within Latvia this year, according to a survey conducted by financial services provider IPF Digital Latvia. Meanwhile, 13% of the population plan to spend between €1001 and €2,000 on travel, while 12% of respondents plan to spend more than €2,000. The survey also found that up to 100 [...]