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Largest Mechanical Organ
May 5, 2010 Masterpiece 4 Comments
The Holy Trinity Cathedral in Liepāja is the place of world’s largest historically unreconstructed mechanical organ. The organ has 131 stops, 4 manuals and more than 7000 pipes. Its sound is just magnificent.
You can listen to the organ music concert there or even visit the Organ Music Festival which takes place in Liepāja every year in August or September.
Venta Waterfall (Ventas Rumba)
Mar 10, 2010 Nature 2 Comments
Ventas Rapid or (Ventas Rumba in Latvian) is the widest waterfall in Europe. It falls on the Venta river near town Kuldiga and is 249 metres wide (up to 270 metres during spring floods). It is 1.80m - 2.20m high. The height depends on the water level in the Venta river.
Located about 150km from Riga. You can reach the waterfall by car. From Riga drive to Ventspils direction, until left turn to Kandava, then follow the signs to Kuldiga.
Detailed information on the map.
Wooden Architecture Of Riga
Feb 16, 2010 Places Leave a comment
About four thousand wooden houses. Doesn’t sound like a typical 21st century European capital, but who says Riga is typical? No other European city has so much wooden architecture left from previous centuries.
You can enjoy these nice old buildings already coming from Riga International Airport to the city center on Kalnciema Street where wooden houses stand between stone houses. And this is how it is almost anywhere in Riga. Stone buildings, brick buildings, art nouveau, modern buildings and between them original wooden architecture even from 18th century.
If you head out of the city center you can even find whole quarters of wooden architecture. Ķīpsala is definitely a must visit! But try other places too - Āgenskalns, Maskačka. Or just walk around just outside the UNESCO heritage city center - you may find some unexpected true treasures!
