A great video! I would just suggest you, next time visiting Sigulda, Cesis, Valmera (one train line), Jelgava, and Liepaja, Dobele (another trane line) to take a train, it is faster and more convenient, in my opinion. But to Kludiga, or Kurland-Kurzeme castles like Edole, Jaunpils, Dundaga etc, or Ventspils city it is only possible to go there by bus for now, also places in Zemgale-Semigalia like Bauska castle or Rundale palace is reachable by bus from Riga only, but luckily Latvia is not a big country, so, in general, it takes 3-4 hours max wherever you go to by bus... A travel guide (like Latvia Travel) is a good idea, in general :) Jelgava-Mitau used to be a beautiful city, the last capital of Kurland (there even was a large 17th-century baroque canal around the city), but the city was totally destroyed in WWII and the soviets didn't restore it in the way Warsaw or Danzig-Gdańsk were restored, but built there a lot of ugly soviet blocks, changed the population. Right now, in Jelgava, there is very little to see, perhaps the palace of the Duke of Kurland, but it survived only from outside, all interiors are gone (it is still the biggest in the Baltics, you showed a bit wrong pic, btw., you sowed the academy built by the Duke in Mitau in the 18th century), a few churches also can be interesting etc. On the contrary, Kuldiga-Goldingen completely survived during the 19th-century industrialization, WWI and WWII, and also the soviets - I strongly recommend visiting this city, where else you would see some 17-18th century wooden city houses in such a number. The city even became a UNESCO heritage site last year. The widest waterfall in Europe will be found there as well, as a bonus :) To Liepaja, there will be even an airBaltic flight (for a week I believe, at the end of July) from Riga during the music festival and some sports events taking place there, it would take less than an hour to fly there. Cesis-Wenden was the capital of the Teutonic Order in Livonia, the Sit of the Master, the strongest and the biggest castle complex in the Baltics, Hanseatic city, the third city with such a big cathedral in the Batics after Riga and Tallinn, and lots lots lots of history, I also like it a lot :)
Krāslava too seems to have perhaps totally survived all the war destructions. A lot of old houses are still there and of a different style than the ones in kuldīga. In addition Jēkabpils has a lot of the historic architecture left as well, worth visiting
Jelgava is the same story as narva in estonia, almost total destruction and no reconstruction after like in other places. But the palace in jelgava is beautiful and so are the old churches. Not like in liepaja and daugavpils, those still have a lot of old buildings left and were actually partially reconstruction after the war. In estonia parnu is not like narva, looks like has survived very well and is a beautiful place to be
Witaj Aga! Dziękuję, że powiedziałeś mi wiele o Łotwie. W komentarzach otrzymasz wiele rekomendacji od przyjaznych mieszkańców, które nadal warto sprawdzić. Podobnie jak Polacy, także Łotysze kochają swoją ojczyznę. Dla mnie, który zna też rosyjski, łatwiej byłoby nauczyć się polskiego niż białoruskiego. Powodzenia i wytrwałości w nauce języka łotewskiego, a wkrótce zdasz sobie sprawę, że najgłębsze korzenie tego języka są podobne do naszych. Powodzenia! Veiksmi, Aga!
I'm from Cēsis. I like that here are many old wooden houses which are keeped and restored, especially in the old town area. I haven't been to Kuldīga but I heard it is a also a town which is pretty famous for wood architecture, similar like Cēsis.
AGA, grateful an algorithm delivered your channel to me. I'm planning an extended stay in 2025. btw, my grandmother was born in Cesis. Oh...I also love Prāta Vētra!
The Promenade runs parallel to the river and the sea. It's a row of shops and eateries to spend money at. To reach the sea you can pass by it. Everything is fenced in that town now, private property and paid amenities for tourists. Property tax through the roof. It's quiet during winter when tourists aren't there. During a real winter you can cut across that "lake" instead of going around. If you don't dare walking on it, it's not winter.
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A great video!
I would just suggest you, next time visiting Sigulda, Cesis, Valmera (one train line), Jelgava, and Liepaja, Dobele (another trane line) to take a train, it is faster and more convenient, in my opinion. But to Kludiga, or Kurland-Kurzeme castles like Edole, Jaunpils, Dundaga etc, or Ventspils city it is only possible to go there by bus for now, also places in Zemgale-Semigalia like Bauska castle or Rundale palace is reachable by bus from Riga only, but luckily Latvia is not a big country, so, in general, it takes 3-4 hours max wherever you go to by bus... A travel guide (like Latvia Travel) is a good idea, in general :)
Jelgava-Mitau used to be a beautiful city, the last capital of Kurland (there even was a large 17th-century baroque canal around the city), but the city was totally destroyed in WWII and the soviets didn't restore it in the way Warsaw or Danzig-Gdańsk were restored, but built there a lot of ugly soviet blocks, changed the population. Right now, in Jelgava, there is very little to see, perhaps the palace of the Duke of Kurland, but it survived only from outside, all interiors are gone (it is still the biggest in the Baltics, you showed a bit wrong pic, btw., you sowed the academy built by the Duke in Mitau in the 18th century), a few churches also can be interesting etc.
On the contrary, Kuldiga-Goldingen completely survived during the 19th-century industrialization, WWI and WWII, and also the soviets - I strongly recommend visiting this city, where else you would see some 17-18th century wooden city houses in such a number. The city even became a UNESCO heritage site last year. The widest waterfall in Europe will be found there as well, as a bonus :)
To Liepaja, there will be even an airBaltic flight (for a week I believe, at the end of July) from Riga during the music festival and some sports events taking place there, it would take less than an hour to fly there.
Cesis-Wenden was the capital of the Teutonic Order in Livonia, the Sit of the Master, the strongest and the biggest castle complex in the Baltics, Hanseatic city, the third city with such a big cathedral in the Batics after Riga and Tallinn, and lots lots lots of history, I also like it a lot :)
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Krāslava too seems to have perhaps totally survived all the war destructions. A lot of old houses are still there and of a different style than the ones in kuldīga. In addition Jēkabpils has a lot of the historic architecture left as well, worth visiting
Jelgava is the same story as narva in estonia, almost total destruction and no reconstruction after like in other places. But the palace in jelgava is beautiful and so are the old churches. Not like in liepaja and daugavpils, those still have a lot of old buildings left and were actually partially reconstruction after the war. In estonia parnu is not like narva, looks like has survived very well and is a beautiful place to be
Witaj Aga! Dziękuję, że powiedziałeś mi wiele o Łotwie. W komentarzach otrzymasz wiele rekomendacji od przyjaznych mieszkańców, które nadal warto sprawdzić. Podobnie jak Polacy, także Łotysze kochają swoją ojczyznę.
Dla mnie, który zna też rosyjski, łatwiej byłoby nauczyć się polskiego niż białoruskiego.
Powodzenia i wytrwałości w nauce języka łotewskiego, a wkrótce zdasz sobie sprawę, że najgłębsze korzenie tego języka są podobne do naszych. Powodzenia! Veiksmi, Aga!
Nicely done. You have a very pleasant style. I am heading to Latvia to teach in Daugavpils in late August.
Thank you so much 😊
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I'm from Cēsis. I like that here are many old wooden houses which are keeped and restored, especially in the old town area. I haven't been to Kuldīga but I heard it is a also a town which is pretty famous for wood architecture, similar like Cēsis.
FINALLY something besides Rīga 😻😻😻
You can also reach Sigulda from Rīga by 1h train.
Also maybe you should try speaking some Latvian in videos 😆
AGA, grateful an algorithm delivered your channel to me. I'm planning an extended stay in 2025. btw, my grandmother was born in Cesis. Oh...I also love Prāta Vētra!
@@tracywright6908 Thank you 💗 they are the best!
Latvia is a beautiful place♥️
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Cēsis is not so far, maximum 2 hours from Rīga by train or bus, not 3h30m.
The Promenade runs parallel to the river and the sea. It's a row of shops and eateries to spend money at. To reach the sea you can pass by it. Everything is fenced in that town now, private property and paid amenities for tourists. Property tax through the roof. It's quiet during winter when tourists aren't there. During a real winter you can cut across that "lake" instead of going around. If you don't dare walking on it, it's not winter.
thats a standart for pretty much every country that 99.999999% rest of the country is far better than the capital. :D