General Information

The size of  Latvia is 64 589 km², 2.3 million of people are living in Latvia,

the current president is  Andris Bērziņš.

Latvia is member of the EU, Citizens from EU, USA, New Zealand, Canada

or Australia do not need a visa to enter the country (for a stay up to 90 days).

The official language is Latvian, Learn useful phrases in Latvian

  

 

 Currency

The currency in Latvia is the Lats (LVL), 1 Lats = 1,40 euros.

 

 

Emergency

112 is the single European emergency phone number, available everywhere in the EU, free of charge.
       

 

 

Health

Combine a visit to the beautiful Baltic Pearl with a medical health check

 

 

Access

The airlines flying direct to Riga are : Air Baltic, Czech Airlines, SAS, Austrian

EasyJet, FinnAir, RyanAir, KLM, Aer Lingus, Norwegian and Lufthansa.

 

Public Transportation

You can travel around Riga by bus, tram and trolleybus.

You can find out more about it by checking the map of public transportation in Riga.
 

 

Popular Sports

 The popular sports in Latvia are the Ice Hockey, Football and Bobsleigh.
  

 

 

Weather
 Don't forget to check the weather in Riga!