Latvija. Latvia. Lettland. Letonie.
Latvia is a unitary parliamentary republic .
The capital and largest city is Riga.
Member of the United Nations since September 17, 1991
European Union since May 1, 2004
NATO since March 29, 2004.
Schengene free zone.
Money- from 1.jan 2014 -Euro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia
Some facts from Latvia
Latvia has a 494 km long white, sandy Baltic Sea coastline.
In 1510 the world's first decorated Christmas tree was made in Riga.
Ventas Rapid or (Ventas Rumba in Latvian) is the widest waterfall in Europe.
The Holy Trinity Cathedral in Liepāja is the place of world’s largest historically unreconstructed mechanical organ.
Liepājas House of Craftsmen is the place where you can take a look at the world’s longest amber necklace- 123 metres and weighed 60 kilograms.
Vaidava Willow almost 9 meters near the soil and the crown about 26 meters in diameter largest willow in Europe.
Münchhausen’s wood trail 5.3km long and reaches the seaside is the longest footbridge of aspen plank in Europe.
In 1937 in the State Electrotechnical Plant -VEF the production of the world’s first mini photo camera VEF Minox started.
Sabile Wine Hill is oficially the world’s most northern vineyard, as mentioned in Guiness World Records Book.
Least 2 million verses of Latvian folk songs, or dainas, have been collected in Latvian folk archives.
Latvian Song Festival final concert at the open air song stadium, no less than almost 13 000 people sing together.
Aldaris Luksus Beer has won the World Beer Cup 2008 in category “Dortmunder/European Style Export or German-Style Oktoberfest/Wiesen (Meadow)”.
Riga's historic Old Centre with its Art Nouveau and timber buildings has been included in the UNESCO Cultural Heritage List.
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http://famouslatvia.com/
