LATVIA
Jürmala

Jurmala is a city in Latvia, about 25 kilometres west of Riga. Jurmala is a resort town stretching 32 km and sandwiched between the Gulf of Riga and the Lielupe River. It has a 33 km stretch of white-sand beach, and a population of 55,580, making it the fifth largest city in Latvia.While Latvia was part of the Soviet Union, Jurmala was a favorite holiday-resort and tourist destination for high-level Communist Party officials, particularly Leonid Brezhnev and Nikita Khrushchev. Although it has many amenities such as beach-houses and concrete hotels remain, some have fallen into disrepair. Jurmala remains a tourist attraction with long beaches facing the Gulf of Riga and romantic wooden houses in the Art Nouveau style. Imants Ziedonis, one of Latvia's most important poets and folklorists of the Soviet and post-Soviet eras, was born in Jurmala district. Visitors can access Jurmala from Riga by suburban rail or along the highway by car.

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Along the road to visist Jürmala
Some nice houses when we enter the city
From the main street
Lot of different styled houses
         
         
   

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