Latvia

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Capital	Riga
Government	parliamentary democracy
Currency	Latvian lat (LVL)
Area	total: 64,589 sq km water: 1,000 sq km land: 63,589 sq km
Population	2,366,515 (July 2002 est.)
Language	Latvian (official), Lithuanian, Russian, other
Religion	Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox

Latvia is situated in Eastern Europe, one of the three Baltic States, between Estonia and Lithuania. Latvia is bordered to the east by the Baltic Sea. The highlight is the capital Riga, a World Heritage Site.

Map of Latvia

Table of contents

5.1 By plane
5.2 By train
5.3 By car
5.4 By bus
5.5 By boat
5.6 Visa

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Regions

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Cities

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Other destinations

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Understand

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Get in

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By plane

Riga has an international airport. Latvian national airline airBaltic (http://www.airbaltic.com) offers flights to Riga from various European cities.

Ryanair will also start flights to Riga from London from October 31 2004.

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By train

International train routes to Riga is from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Minsk and Vilnius. Check out the website for Latvijas Dzelzcels (http://www.ldz.lv).

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By car

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By bus

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By boat

There is ferry boat route from Stockholm to Riga.

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Visa

Citizens of many countries, including Australia, Canada, the Unites States, New Zealand do not need a visa to enter Latvia for up to 90 days in a six month period. (Full list of countries (http://www.am.gov.lv/en/?id=136))
As of May 1, 2004, Latvia is a member of the European Union, so citizens of EU countries will not need a visa regardless of their length of stay. (It seems, that there may be a transition period of several years, where Visa are still necessary for longer stays.) Full coverage travel (medical) Insurance appears to be required for entry into Latvia.

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