We were not sure, if we were allowed to enter Finland as Austrians. In the end we decided to try and see what will happen. This time we couldn’t sneak on a minor road into the next country. This time we had to use the ferry and state our nationality when booking the ticket. Official …
The capital of Estonia welcomed us with good weather. The town has a beautiful historic centre and is surrounded by stylish modern architecture. View over the centre with the city wall towers Main square City wall The Orthodox Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was built in the Russian Revival style between 1894 and 1900, when Estonia was part …
In the north of Estonia the coast is fantastic. We took a walk and admired all the boulders left here by the last glaciers. The name Lahemaa translates roughly as “Land of Bays”. It originates from the most thoroughly studied and visited part of the North Estonian coast, where four large peninsulas are separated from …
In Estonia we first visited an open air museum, showing the life of farmers, and afterwards one of the few palaces still present – the contrast between poor and rich in one day. We had reached Estonia without even a sign at the border, a little disappointing. But we were now in our third Baltic …
From the numerous interesting museums Riga offers, we decided on – somebody surprised? – the Motor Museum! The modern museum is very well designed, with a lot of animation and videos to give technical explanations or an impression of the role cars played in history. We were truly impressed. How everything started, from the invention …
In the capital of Latvia we went on a stroll through town and enjoyed the many historic houses and lively atmosphere with many restaurants and cafes with outdoor patios. House of the Blackheads Getting a free washing on the way to Riga Reaching town Central market next to the river and the Academy of Science …
We found out we could visit a former top secret Soviet military base where they were listening to the communication between Europe and USA – we had to see that!! Between Ventspils and Cape Kolka are endless forests and in the middle of this forest some huge antennas are peaking out of the trees. Of …
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On the way to Cape Kolka, the north-western limit of the Gulf of Riga, we visited the harbour town of Ventspils and travelled along a marvellous coast of endless sand beaches with pine forests behind them. Parking @ Ventspils Daisy & Cordy We found Ventspils a very fascinating town, very green and full of parks …
Somehow we had reached Latvia on an adventurous route, which wasn’t really planned but fun. Our first destination, Karosta, also was a little bit weird. Parking for the Night at the Northern Forts For some reason our navigation took us on a minor road in direction to the border. Suddenly we turned left onto a …
From Klaipeda we went to explore the Curonian Spit (Kurische Nehrung), a 98km long sand dune spit with some of the highest dunes of Europe. The Curonian Spit can only be reached by ferry and when we came there on a sunny Friday early afternoon, the queue in front of the ferry was endless. We …
