Latvian Tourism Newsletter
July, 2010
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A new bicycle rental company called "Baltic Bike" has established 11 bicycle rental points in the Latvian capital city of Riga and the coastal resort town of Jurmala."Baltic Bike" rental points began operating at the beginning of July, and rent out a total of 100 bicycles - 70 in Riga and 30 in Jurmala.Persons can rent out a bicycle for an hour or even a month.For persons wishing to rent "Baltic...
From the beginning of June, "Rezidor Hotel Group" began managing ten "Reval" hotels in the Baltic States and Russia.As a result, "Reval" hotels will change their brands to either "Radisson Blu" or "Park Inn", while "Linstow" will remain as the owner. "Linstow" has concluded its long-term management agreement due to its wish to focus on its main operations as a real estate developer and...
The "Live Riga" on-line portal is a new level of communication about Riga. The portal and its related social networking web-sites give people the opportunity to interactively create a dialogue with target audiences. It is a completely different approach to develop Riga’s tourism potential. The many functions, variety of information and the fact that the portal is an interactive...Ecotourism
With the colors of autumn decorating the town of Sigulda from the end of September, visitors are invited to take walks on the town’s many nature paths in the Gauja Valley, see the area’s stunning natural beauty, as well as visit the five castles near the town. Sigulda also offers a wide variety of active tourism possibilities.People interested in active tourism possibilities in and...Entertainment Tourism
One of the most popular British singers at the moment – Mika, will perform a concert at "Arena Riga" on August 2.Mika is one of the rare pop musicians, whose career greatly differs from the traditional world of pop stars. He does not have a classically designed pop image. He possesses a strong self-expression. Mika himself is a songwriter and his success proves the old and almost forgotten...
Am 30. September tritt in der "Arena Riga" Joe Cocker auf - der legendäre Rockmusiker, dessen unikale Stimme von Kritikern den Beinamen "Die Posaunen von Jericho" bekam. Joe Cocker – einer der bekannten Langlebigen in der Rockmusik der Welt, tritt trotz seiner 66 Jahre in der ganzen Welt in ausverkauften Hallen auf. "Solange ich die Verbindung mit den Zuhörern genieße, und...
Gastronomic Tourism
From September 8 to 11 at the Kipsala Exhibition Center in Riga, the international exhibition of food, beverages, food processing, technologies, packaging, catering, hotel and shop equipment, and services exhibition "Riga Food" will take place, which is the biggest food industry exhibition in the Baltic countries that shows the development of industry in general, highlights novelties and gives an...
With the end of summer, wild mushrooms begin sprouting up in Latvia’s forests, some of them being edible and very tasty. Latvia has several types of edible mushrooms.Edible mushrooms in Latvia sprout mostly during the second half of the summer and also during the fall, even though some are known to sprout already in June. There are also 38 types of mushrooms in Latvian forests that are very...Recreational/Sports Tourism
On October 6, an exhibition game between the National Hockey League's (NHL) Phoenix ''Coyotes'' and Latvian ice hockey club Riga ''Dinamo'' will be played at ''Arena Riga''.
This exhibition game will be organized by the NHL in cooperation with the Kontinental Ice Hockey League (KHL).
This game will be the final exhibition game for the ''Coyotes'' before the new NHL season.
The 2010/2011 NHL...Cultural Tourism
This will be the 11th year since the first "Ballet Stars in Jurmala" international ballet festival was held at the Dzintari Concert Hall in Jurmala. On 12 August at 19:30 p.m., the brilliant Russian Academic Bolshoi Theatre prima ballerina Svetlana Zakharova (Ukraine) will take the Dzintari Concert Hall stage to delight true ballet art lovers!Each year, the international ballet festival "Ballet...
From August 14 to 18, the 6th international music festival "Summertime" will be held in Jurmala. The festival’s opening concert will feature the famous Latvian soprano Inessa Galante and her friends from various world opera houses, as well as pianist Dang Thai Son and the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra. The opening night concert will be called "Chopin – Piano concerto, arias and...Useful Information
The State Tourism Development Agency has set up an official tourist information hotline 1188 to heighten convenience and comfort for visitors while in Latvia, offering support, advice and trouble-shooting 24h in the English, German, Russian and Latvian languages.
Tourist Hotline 1188 offers:
• Informative support in emergency situations (for example, theft, scams, rip-offs,...