If you are going to visit Latvia and want to learn more about this country, read our article. We have prepared amazing facts about Latvia for you that you didn’t know for sure!

Fast Internet

In Latvia, perhaps the fastest internet all over the world. The average data transfer rate is faster here than in the USA, UK, and France.

Latvians Love Their Capital

Approximately one of the three inhabitants of Latvia lives in Riga, which tour operators often call the Northern Paris.

In the XX Century, Latvia Had a Hard Time

After Latvia joined the USSR, 15,000 people were repressed. 12.5% ​​of the country's inhabitants died during the Second World War, the largest percentage among all European countries, excluding Poland and Lithuania. Then, from 1945 to 1952, at least 190 thousand were sent to Soviet camps or exiled.

There Is a Lot of Water Here

There are 12 thousand rivers and 3 thousand lakes in Latvia.

Latvians Love Beer

Latvia is well known for its ancient brewing traditions. Thus, you can play in Latvia mobile casino and drink a delicious beer. At the end of the nineteenth century, the products of the Riga brewers were considered one of the best in Europe. In tsarist times there were more than 700 breweries in Riga and the nearest cities.

Latvia Has a Lot of Wildlife

Approximately 54% of the territory of Latvia is covered by forests, which makes it one of the greenest European countries. Black storks, otters, beavers, lynxes, and wolves live here, as well as many deer, wild boars, elks, and red foxes.

Latvians Look Like Fashion Models

In terms of per capita, more photo models came out from Latvia than from any other country in the world, only in Estonia, Iceland, Lithuania and Denmark, this figure is higher. Among the representatives of Latvia in the world of high fashion are Inguna Bhutan, Eva Laguna, Ginta Lapinya and Eurovision participant Aminata Sawadogo.

Local Alcohol Treats Colds

The famous Riga Balsam includes 24 vegetable ingredients: herbs, flowers, leaves, roots, buds, and berries. He insists in oak barrels. According to the legend, Catherine II recovered from cold during her visit to Riga, and many still consider Riga Balsam to be an excellent medicine.

Latvia Is the Birthplace of Jeans

The tailor Jacob Yofis emigrated from Latvia to the USA in 1854 and changed his name to Jacob Davis. In 1870, a client asked him to stitch durable pants for her woodcutter husband, so modern jeans were born. Two years later, Davis and his companion Levi Strauss patented this invention.

Here You Can Go to Prison Voluntarily

Karosta, a former military town of the Soviet Baltic Fleet, is a popular tourist place now. In the former Karosta military prison, there is now a hotel where you can experience all the delights of prison life and live in a cell under the supervision of security guards.

Latvian Discovered The Highest Waterfall in the World

The first to reach the Angel Falls in the rainforests of Venezuela was the Latvian traveler Aleksandrs Laime, in 1949.