About Ventspils

Ventspils, located in the north-west of Latvia some 189 kilometres from Riga, is an up-to-date, modern European city with a wide range of available entertainment and tourist sights.
This city of 44,000 inhabitants is at mouth of the Venta River that flows into the Baltic Sea.
Its ice-free, world-class port is one of the major transit hubs between East and West.

 

Some ten years ago, when Ventspils celebrated its 700th anniversary, its streets and buildings still showed widespread signs of neglect caused by decades of Soviet misrule. The contrast with the city's days of glory in the 17th century under Duke Jacob, and with the rapid period of expansion in the beginning of the 20th century, could not have been greater. The anniversary celebrations were also a time for reassessment and serious, long-term planning. Those efforts all those years ago have paid off, and helped bring about positive turn in city's development.

 

Ventspils also is proud of the cleanest streets and smoothest driving surfaces in the country. It is known as the brightest city in Latvia, with not a single unlit street or square after dark. During the summer months, attractive water fountains and flower arrangements abound in the city to please the eye and uplift the soul.

 

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