Category Archives: Latvia

Train touring Estonia: Valmiera to Narva

Posted on February 3, 2025 by Bryan Keith

From Valmiera to Narva we traveled largely by train. The only bicycling was two days from Tartu to Viljandi and a little bit in the cities of Valga, Tallinn, and Narva. It was a good call as we would have … Continue reading →

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Bicycle touring Latvia: Pilsrundāle to Valmiera

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Bryan Keith

Wow, Latvia was great — good riding, excellent sites, friendly people, nice forests. Rīga turned out to be one my favorite cities, and I also really enjoyed Rundāle Palace and Gauja National Park. Crossing a border without any border posts … Continue reading →

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Bicycle touring the Baltics: The Upper Daugava to Vilnius

Posted on January 4, 2025 by Bryan Keith

It wasn’t surprising that there weren’t so many bicycle tourists in Belarus. But then we crossed into Schengen, into the EU, into Latvia’s Upper Daugava River valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with a marked bicycle route all the way … Continue reading →

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