http://www.startlatvia.com Prices, maps, people, places Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:28:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en How much an air trip to Latvia and Riga costs? These days sometimes nothing, literally. The cheap airlines like Ryanair and Easyjet provide flight from most of the European cities to Riga for just couple of Euros. Well, it depends of current offer and discount levels, but if you try ... http://www.startlatvia.com/money/cheap-flights-to-latvia/ One of the biggest events this summer is the international music festival "New Wave" in Latvia, Jurmala, July 23 - 28, 2008. Lots of media following now this event, many stars and gossip people have arrived to Jurmala, and this week is going to be a hot one for this ... http://www.startlatvia.com/music/new-wave-in-jurmala-2008/ Seal in Latvia The soul singer SEAL was performing a live concert in Riga, Latvia, this Sunday. Gallery You can find images and galleries of from this concert at Koncis.lv, the music portal about concerts and festivals in Latvia. For more information, visit photo galleries: Seal in Riga. http://www.startlatvia.com/music/seal-in-riga/ How much a pint of beer costs in Latvia and Riga? Pub, restaurant: In bars and restaurants pint of beer costs about 2 Lats. That is about 2 British pounds or 3 Euros, or 4 US dollars. Note, that drinks in cities/villages outside Riga cost less! If going to rural areas, where ... http://www.startlatvia.com/money/beer-price-in-latvia/ Short video clip from my visit to one of many interesting seaside towns - Tuja. It is about 70km to North from Riga. See location of Tuja on Google maps. And also check out my images from Tuja on Panoramio Latvia picture set (where every image is shown on map). Video ... http://www.startlatvia.com/video/video-from-tuja/ Last night was a historic attack on Latvian soil made by army of 50 Lithuanian citizens. A bunch of drunk and low-IQ elements crossed the border and started to demolish small town in Latvia by Lithuanian border - Skaistkalne. Victims and eyewitnesses say people from Lithuania were breaking windows (so urla ... http://www.startlatvia.com/news/latvia-at-war-with-lithuania/ Watch the Latvian song that will participate in 2008 Eurovision contest: A band Pirates Of The Sea singing "Wolves of the sea". http://www.startlatvia.com/music/latvian-2008-eurovision-winner/ Piedāvājums: dodu iespēju ikvienam par velti publicēt savu rakstu vai bildes šajā mājas lapā. Kāpēc? Tāpēc, ka esmu pārliecināts, ka Latvijā arī bez manis ir cilvēki kam ir ko pastāstīt ārzemniekiem par Latviju, vai gluži vienkārši gribas padalīties ar interesantām fotogrāfijām. Šāds piedāvājums varētu interesēt mājas lapu īpašniekiem, žurnālistiem, blogeriem, ... http://www.startlatvia.com/news/publice-seit-savu-rakstu-vai-fotografijas/ A list of biggest banks in Latvia: Hansabanka SEB (Unibanka) Latvijas Krājbanka Aizkraukles Banka (AB) Nordea DnB Nord Parex You may cash your travel checks, use ATMs or make any other operation a bank can offer. The working hours in Riga are usually from 9:00 to 17:00 workdays. Some banks are open on Saturdays too. Complete list of ... http://www.startlatvia.com/money/list-of-latvian-banks/ A cat follows my camera down the hill at tourism centre Plosti, next to Kandava. He looks cute, doesn't he? :) Visit more: Watch all videos from Latvia, Browse other Latvian websites, Homepage of Latvia information. http://www.startlatvia.com/video/walking-with-latvian-cat/