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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nice houses when we enter the city |
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| Lot
of different styled houses |
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