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TOURISM MAP POINTS OF INTEREST This is a 1.2 km circular trail around the Šlītere The only Liv village that developed during the Šlītere, Dundagas pag., lighthouse, leading the hiker along the Blue Soviet era, Kolka was the centre of a fishing The Šlītere Nature Trail Kolka / Kūolka Kolka, Kolkas pag., kolkhoz. During the 1980s, 13 Livs still spoke 19 Dundagas nov. Hills and the ancient shores of the Baltic Ice 38 Dundagas nov. the Liv language. Today the town has a fish +371 28385025 Sea, then continuing along flatland forests and processing plant, the Kolka branch of the Liv a swamp. Association, and the Liv ensemble "Laula." Kolka, Kolkas pag., The Evangelical Lutheran Church was built in The Ventspils Coastline Kolkas pag., 1 Riņķa iela 2, Ventspils Visitors will see a copy of the Mazirbe railroad 20 The Pēterezeri This 3.5 km trail offers a landscape of swamps 39 Churches in Kolka Dundagas nov. 1866, the Birth of Christ Orthodox Church was Open Air Museum station. A tram with a steam locomotive that nature trail Dundagas nov. and land that date back 6,000 years to the time Luterāņu: +371 26057021 built in the mid-19th century, and the Roman + 371 63624467 was built in 1916 offers travel to visitors. +371 63286000 when the Baltic Ice Sea was retreating. Pareizticīgo: +371 22070152 Catholic Sea Star Mother of God Church was Katoļu: +371 29644609 transported here in 1977. The largest city near the Liv Coastline, where Until the mid-20th century, this was the largest Dārzu iela 6, Ventspils, visitors will find the Ventspils branch of the Liv Mazirbe, Kolkas pag., The Kolka Liv Centre «Zītari», Kolka, The centre features printed publications, films, 2 Ventspils (Ventspils TIC) 21 Mazirbe / Irē Liv town. It is a culture centre on the coastline 40 Association and the Liv ensemble "Rāndalist." Dundagas nov. of Kurzeme, a fishing village and a shipping „Kūolka” Kolkas pag. Dundagas nov. recordings of Liv songs and the Liv Language, +371 63622263 In nearby Tārgale are the Liv ensembles +371 29198596; 25902280 household objects and fishing tools. "Kāndla" and "Piški kāndla." centre. «Lībiešu tautas nams», Built in 1939 "with the help of the fatherland One of the oldest Liv homesteads in Latvia, the The Livs did not consider Ovīši to be one of Latvia and related nations -- Finns, Estonians “Ūši”, Kolka, venue is managed by the heirs of a Liv dynasty. Oviši, their villages. Some of the homes in the village The Liv People's Centre / Mazirbe, Kolkas pag. Kolkas „Ūši” 3 Ovīši / Paţikmō have preserved old buildings and a unique 22 Līvõd rovkuodā and Hungarians," the centre organises the Liv 41 Kolkas pag., Dundagas nov. Liv foods are offered, as are tours featuring the Tārgales pag., Ventspils nov. +371 28603233; 29110828 Festival on the first Saturday of August each +371 29475692 history of industrial Kolka. Accommodations system of fencing. 2.st.: 29463028; 20383578 and every year. are available. Photo: LC arhīvs 31 The cemetery expanded when the Soviet The Ovīši lighthouse Oviši, This is the oldest functioning lighthouse in Kolka, This is an artificial body of water that was dug 4 23 The Boat Cemetery Mazirbe, Kolkas pag., regime banned fishing in this area. The 42 The Zēņi pond and museum Tārgales pag., Ventspils nov., Latvia. Dating back to 1814, it is 38 m high. Dundagas nov. population shrank rapidly, and the old boats Kolkas pag., Dundagas nov. in the 1960s to obtain ice for fish processing +371 26264616 The museum is alongside the lighthouse. were no longer used. +371 29323048 plants in Kolka.

Mazirbe, Dundagas pag. The brick church was consecrated in 1868. The Ovīši Nature Tārgales un Ances pag., The reserve was set up to protect coastline The Mazirbe Lutheran +371 20074480, The Ēvaži nature trail Kolkas pag., 5 Ventspils nov. biotopes. In the reserve are typical buildings 24 It has been damaged several times and has 43 Dundagas nov. This is one of the rare steep shores of the Bay of Reserve and structures related to coastline Liv villages. Church and manse 29463028, Rekolekciju recently been restored. The manse contains a and coast Rīga, featuring a 300 m nature trail. +371 63286000; 28385025 centrs: 26549433 recollection centre. +371 63286000 This was one of the most secret military locations The Ventspils Irbene, Ances pag., during the Soviet era. Today it is managed by Text in Latin which is illegible today referred During the 14th century, a sea pirate named 6 International Radio 25 Mazirbe plague rocks Mazirbe, Dundagas pag., 44 Melnsils / Mustānum Trommel had his castle here, and the ruins of it Ventspils nov. the Ventspils University College Institute of Dundagas nov. once to the Black Plague (1710, 1711), wars Melnsils, Rojas nov. remained visible until the early 20th century. A Astronomy Centre +371 29230818; 26413925 Engineering. The eighth largest parabolic antenna and nearby pastors of congregations. few Livs still lived here in the mid-1920s. that is part of the centre is used to study the cosmos. Photo: LC arhīvs 17 Photo: LC arhīvs 41 This area protects an area of forests, swamps The Dieviņezers lake was once one of the largest A collection of ancient «Branki», Mazirbe, Stūrīši is a homestead owned by the Taisel Ezermuiža – Dūmele, The Ance swamps and Tārgales un Ances pag., and beautiful little forest lakes that have been in Kurzeme, but a canal that was dug in 1838 7 26 household items and Kolkas pag., family, offering a collection and a chance 45 Ezermuiža - Dūmele Dundagas pag., (Melnsilupe River today) meant that the lake drained forests Ventspils nov. affected very little by people. The aim is to Dundagas nov. to taste Liv foods: fish soup, porridge, sprat Dundagas nov. +371 63286000; 28385025 defend the natural environment. Excursions Liv foods in “Stūrīši” into the sea. The "Ziedkalni" homestead in Dūmele with nature guide, photo hunting (t. 26844295). +371 29469165 sandwiches, pastries, etc. offers spa services, cod fishing and accommodations. During the Soviet occupation, people in this «Mazirbes Jūrskola», Between 1894 and 1914, nearly 2,000 Pils iela 14, One of the largest and oldest castles in The Mazirbe Mazirbe, Kolkas pag., The Dundaga Castle / Dundaga, Dundagas pag., 8 Lūžņa / Lūž Lūžņa, Tārgales pag., area were forced to abandon 36 homes and 27 mariners completed their education here. 46 Dundagas nov. Kurzeme, the Dundaga Castle was built in the Ventspils nov. two boat piers. Today only a few homes are Maritime School Dundagas nov. During the Soviet era, the army took over the Dūoņig nīnõ +371 63237860; 29141121 13th century. It offers accommodations, tours inhabited. +371 29237185 building. Ekskursijas: 29444395 and tastings of carrot buns. Here you will find the Miķeļbāka lighthouse The most recent Liv village was established in «Kubalu skola», This is the oldest log school building in Latvia and the only saloon that has been preserved The Kubali 9 Miķeļtornis / Pizā Miķeļtornis, Tārgales pag., 28 Košrags / Kuoštrõg Košrags, Kolkas pag., the 17th century. 47 Saustere, Dundagas pag., (1842). The homestead, paths, classrooms Ventspils nov. in Liv coastline villages (built in 1857). The Dundagas nov. Buildings here are interesting, and the whole Museum School Dundagas nov. and smokestack of the building have all been location has a campsite, guesthouse and Photo: LC arhīvs 6 summer restaurants. village is a cultural monument. +371 63254335; 26332238 restored. «Ievlejas», One of the 15 semi-estates of the former The Miķeļbāka lighthouse was built in 1957 Pitrags, Kolkas pag., This village was first cited in documents Regional history in Dundaga, Dundagas pag., 10 Miķeļbāka Miķeļtornis, Tārgales pag., and is the highest one in Latvia. Standing 58 29 Pitrags / Pitrõg in 1582. The centre of the village features 48 Dundaga Castle, Vecmuiža, has a private Ventspils nov. m tall, it can only be viewed from the outside. Dundagas nov. interesting buildings. Vecmuiža Dundagas nov. collection of historical materials. +371 29473828 See - https://dundagasvesture.wordpress.com. Documents show that there was a port in the Saules iela 14, Irbe valley in 1387. Around the turn of the 19th «Druvas», Pitrags, Built in 1902, the building burned during A park of exotic animals in Dundaga features 11 Lielirbe, Tārgales pag., 30 during , was restored in 1925, 49 Blue cow and Dundaga, Dundagas pag., Lielirbe / Īra century, sailing ships were built here. After A Baptist prayer house Kolkas pag., Dundagas nov. and was restored once again in the late 20th other animals alpacas, llamas, ostriches, a camel, a blue cow, Ventspils nov. World War II, military bases were established +371 22018468 Dundagas nov. etc. here, and the village all but disappeared. century. +371 26378042 «Pūpoli», This homestead offers trips in a Soviet military The bridge across the Irbe River will be restored A collection of «Krogi 1», Pitrags, Andris in Pitrags offers a look at 27 different vehicle to the Radio Astronomy Centre in 12 The hanging bridge Lielirbe, Tārgales pag., by 2019 so that bicyclists and pedestrians can 31 old fencing 50 «Pie Pūpola» Dundaga, Dundagas pag., over the Irbe River cross the bridge where the former tram tracks Kolkas pag., Dundagas nov. types of Liv fencing. You can taste his smoked in Dundaga Irbene. Visitors will enjoy soup cooked Ventspils nov. “Pie Andra Pitragā” +371 26493087 fish and spend the night there. Dundagas nov. on a campfire, as well as Dundaga cream. were located. +371 26554001 Accommodations are available. Cited in documents in 1310, the village was «Vilnas fabrika», This is the only factory in Latvia that offers Photo: LC arhīvs 39 Photo: LC arhīvs 18 , populated by 49 Livs who spoke the Liv the full processing of wool, and it has been 13 , Tārgales pag., This was a small village in the past, and only a 32 Saunags / Sänag¯ 51 The Pāce wool Pāce, Dundagas pag., Jaunciems / Ūžkilā few homes are inhabited today. Kolkas pag., language in 1935, though only 11 of them spoke processing factory open since the late 19th century. There is a Ventspils nov. Dundagas nov. the language at home. Only six or so homesteads Dundagas nov. workshop in Dundaga where woollen blankets are currently populated all year long. +371 26151720; 26431463 and pillows are sewn. Cited in documents in 1582, this village had «Ances muiža», Ance, The Ance Estate (built in the mid-18th century) today The bridge over the Ventspils un Dundagas features craftsmen and bakers of carrot buns. SIA 14 A bridge for pedestrians and bicyclists, which 33 Vaide / Vaid Vaide, Kolkas pag., a population of 106 people in 1935, including 52 The Ance Estate Ances pag., Daba Laba offers archery lessons, safari tours, hikes Ķikanupe River novada robeža starp is on the border of the Slītere National Park. Dundagas nov. 40 Livs, 60 Latvians and a few Estonians and Ventspils nov. Jaunciemu un Sīkragu and boat rentals. The Rinda and Stende rivers lead to Germans. +371 26307029; 26844295 the Irbe River and the place where it flows into the sea. Found at the Purvziedi homestead in Vaide, «Rindas evanģēliski Prior to World War II, this was a developed «Purvziedi», Vaide, this collection of more than 600 horns has The church was built in 1835, and its greatest 15 Sīkrags, Kolkas pag., village, but during the Soviet occupation it was 34 A collection of horns in 53 The Rinda church luteriskā baznīca», Rinda, treasure is the organ, which was built by Karl Sīkrags / Sīkrõg a frontier zone with a special military regime. “Purvziedi” Kolkas pag., Dundagas nov. been established by forest guard Edgars and manse Bittner in 1854. The manse is being restored. Dundagas nov. +371 63200179; 29395624 Hausmanis, who says that he found all of the Ances pag., Ventspils nov. Interesting buildings remain in the village. exhibits in the forest. + 371 26310795 Boats are available for rental. "Valgums" is a word referring to the sandy coastline The name of Kolkasrags () was cited This was the centre of a semi-estate in the 18th Photo: Ainars Gaidis 47 Coastline zone opposite zone between dunes and water, and once there Kolka, Kolkas pag., in documents for the first time in 1040 on a rune century where ships were built. In Ģipka are 16 were boats and nets that were being dried at this 35 Cape Kolka / 54 Ģipka Valgums the villages on the Liv location. Each village had several areas of this type, Kūolka nanā Dundagas nov. stone in . This is one of the most dangerous Ģipka, Rojas nov. the Lutheran church (1860), and the building coast and in the 1920s and 1930s, these were of great +371 29149105 places for travelling ships in the , but it is of a former maritime school that was open importance in the preservation of the Liv language. a good location to watch migrating birds. from 1869 until 1894. This is one of the oldest protected territories The modern lighthouse was established around The history of the region, the age of sailing ships, the Dundagas un Kolkas pag., The lighthouses of 1884, and it is at on an artificial island that is at The Roja Selgas iela 33, most famous fishing kolkhoz during the Soviet era, 17 Slītere National Park in Latvia (from 1923), and in terms of 36 Kolka, Kolkas pag., 55 "Banga," and the history of canned fish. In hotel "Roja" Dundagas nov. environmental diversity, it is one of the richest Kolka Dundagas nov. the far end of the underwater shallows, some 6 Fishing Museum Roja, Rojas nov. +371 63286000; 28385025 km from the shore. Andris Laukšteins (+371- +371 63269594; 29432899 - entertainment program "Feast in the Fishermen parks of its type in Northern Europe. 2939-4504) offers a boat ride to the lighthouse. Farm" about the everyday life of fishermen. The Šlītere Lighthouse/ «Šlīteres bāka», Šlītere, This is the second oldest lighthouse in Latvia The Kolka pines nature Kolka, Kolkas pag., The 1.2 km trail features pine trees that are 18 Šlītõr bõjk, Dundagas pag., 37 trail and bird-watching and the Environmental (est 1894), and the environmental education Dundagas nov. several hundred years old and are partly Dundagas nov. centre "Slītere" is located inside it. tower +371 63286000 covered by sand. Education Centre +371 28385025

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