Latvia

Did you know?

• 🎨Riga's Old Town has one of the finest collections of Art Nouveau architecture in the world.
• ✨About half the country is forested — wild lynx, bears and wolves still roam.
• ✨Latvians celebrate the summer solstice (Jāņi) by jumping over bonfires and wearing oak-leaf crowns.
• ⚔️Was occupied by the Soviet Union for 50 years and regained independence in 1991.
• 🎵The national song festival gathers tens of thousands of singers on a single stage.