1. Fast Internet
In Latvia - almost the fastest Internet in the world. The average data transfer rate here is faster than in the US, UK and France.
2. Latvians love their capital
Approximately one of the three residents of Latvia lives in Riga, which tour operators often call Northern Paris.
3. Riga offers Riga Chauffeur Service
You can easily hire and book Executive luxurious Car Service - Riga's Only True VIP Service at Baltic Airport transfer. This makes transfer easier from your source to destination. The prices are reasonable to travel to and from throughout the city.
4. There is a lot of water here
In Latvia, there are 12 thousand rivers and 3 thousand lakes.
5. Beaches
If you are not confused by cold water, then in Latvia there are 530 kilometers of sandy beaches. To the west of Riga is Jurmala, the favorite resort of Brezhnev and Khrushchev.
6. Widlife
Approximately 54% of the territory of Latvia is occupied by forests, which makes it one of the greenest European countries. Here live black storks, otters, beavers, lynxes and wolves, as well as many deer, wild boars, moose and red foxes.
7. Latvia competes in friendly terms with Estonia
Latvia cannot be called a mountainous country, its highest point - the Gaizinkalns Hill - rises only 312 meters above sea level. But to get around the Estonian mountain Suur-Munamägi, which is 6 meters higher, a tower was erected on the top of Gaizinkalns, which, alas, was demolished in 2012.
8. The Latvian people look like models
In terms of per capita, more photo models came from Latvia than from any other country in the world, only in Estonia, Iceland, Lithuania and Denmark this indicator is higher. Among the representatives of Latvia in the world of high fashion are Inguna Butane, Eva Laguna, Ginta Lapina and Eurovision participant Aminat Savadogo.
9. The Latvian flag is one of the oldest in the world
For the first time, the Latvian flag in its modern form was used in 1280. Older than him - only the Danish flag.
In the German Rhymed Chronicle, in 1279, the flag of the Landwehr detachment of the Wenden castle (on the territory of the modern city of Cesis) was mentioned - red and white according to the Indian custom.
10. Once Latvia owned a piece of the Caribbean
In the XVII century, the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia owned two overseas colonies - the island of St. Andrew on the Gambia River in West Africa (now the island of James) and the island of Tobago, which is now part of the state of Trinidad and Tobago.
11. In the XX century- Latvia had a hard time
After Latvia joined the USSR, 15,000 people were repressed. 12.5% of the country's inhabitants were killed during the Second World War, this is the largest percentage among all European countries, excluding Poland and Lithuania. Then, from 1945 to 1952, at least 190,000 were sent to Soviet camps or exiled.
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