Military Heritage Tourism - Infrastructure

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Open ammunition depots, lightning conductors, wells

Zeppelin hangars of Riga Central market

Former Ministry of the Interior building. 2025. Photo: U. Neiburgs

Bastejkalns neighborhood in Riga

Gulbene depot, Saloon car No. 572699-698047

Latvian military aviation aerodrome

Pamesta Padomju armijas naftas bāze Borovkā

Rally organized by the VAK against the construction of the metro in Riga. April 27, 1988. Museum of the Occupation of Latvia

Former World War I narrow-gauge railway branch: “Banhoff – Bhf. Waldl. Salit" place

Rangefinder No.2 of the 23rd Shore Battery (1954)

The Great Guild in Riga. 2025. Photo: U. Neiburgs

Taurkalne German army warehouses

Daugavmala (11. November Embankment)

Lugaži railway station. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association

The first narrow-gauge railway line of the World War era: Lāčplēsis – Latgali

Photo by Salvijus Kulevičius, 2024. Personal collection of Salvijus Kulevičius.

The airfield section of the Biržai–Pandėlys road

In the territory of Baraka's former sugar factory filtration camp, Aviācijas iela 49, where in 1945 the imprisoned Latvian soldiers were secretly supplied with food by members of the Jelgava resistance organization "Three Star Column"

Soviet Army Observation Tower (Kurgan of Officers)

Naval Communication Station in Undva

Soviet Army Military Base in the Green Forest / “Bunker” Park of Ideas

"Bambaļi" houses - one of the main places of accommodation for boat refugees

Embankment on the Mercendarbe-Skarbe section of the German military railway, 2021. Source: Riga Planning Region, author: Edgars Ražinskis.

Section of the German military railway on the route Mercendarbe-Skarbe

Chemical warehouse and bypass road

Barracks of the Latgale Artillery Regiment, Krustpils. 1930s.

Latgale Artillery Regiment Army Barracks

North Pier and Battery No.3 in Karosta

Railway bridge over the Rauna. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association

The railway bridge over the river Rauna

Former military commandant's office, memorial plaque of General P. Plechavičius

Anti-aircraft gun emplacement in Āmurkalna

Akmeņrags Lighthouse and the fate of the "Saratov"

Excursion to Akmenrag lighthouse

It is possible to climb the Akmeņraga lighthouse via a spiral staircase. Climbing the lighthouse offers a fantastic view of the sea and surrounding forests. The lighthouse is the main ornament of Akmeņraga. In 2011, during the implementation of the project, the road to the Akmeņraga lighthouse was reconstructed. Far beyond the borders of Akmeņraga, information has spread about the unique collection of amber and stones collected by the lighthouse keeper.

Latvian Radio's secret broadcasting site in Salaspils

Fortress (Commandant's) Garden

The author of the photo is Kęstutis Kilinskas.

“Nordmolle” Air Defence Battery

First World War narrow-gauge railway line: Lāčplēsis - Vitkopi

Artillery arsenal

Soldiers' barracks

Mērsrags lighthouse and former border guard

“Memel-Nord” Coastal Artillery Battery

The pillars of the former German army bridge near Radze

Pavements - Rubikiai narrow-gauge railway stage. Sources: Wikipedia

Aukštaitija barge railway

Submarine pier in Alksnynė. Orthophoto. 2009–2010. From: maps.lt (UAB “Hnit-Baltic”), online access: https://old.maps.lt/map/.

Submarine marina in Alksnynė

Fragment of the 4th Infantry Regiment rifle range wall in Kupiškis

Valka railway station (Valka II). Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association

Valka train station

Stebel Coastal Battery No 315, Command Post

Oskara Kalpaka Bridge in Karosta

Photo: J.Smaļinskis. The reconstructed tower

Fire correction tower of the Ventspils 46th Coastal Defence Battery

World War I battlefields

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Former Soviet border guard observation tower in Pāvilosta

Prince Leopold Straße (Prinz – Leopold Straße)

Railway branch and platform

Daudzeva - Sunākstes - Viesītes narrow gauge railway

Narrow gauge railway in Biržai

Pigeon post sea station in Karosta

Latvian soldiers’ former medical warehouse

The former headquarters of the Latvian Popular Front in Old Riga. 2025. Photo: U. Neiburgs

Latvian Popular Front headquarters in Riga

Pārceltuve Dignāja–Līvāni

Concrete access road from Mārcienė to Gaiziņkalns via Bērzaunis. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association

Concrete access road from Mārciena to Gaizinkalns via Bērzauna

Riga Congress Center

Latvian Army Spotlight Point

Food warehouse

Fortifications of the Daugava River Mouth

French Commissariat in Klaipėda

Closed ammunition depots built in the 1950s

Tempelhofas lauks (Tempelhofer Feld)

Fourth artillery yard of Battery No. 458. Author Tõnu Veldre

Mõntu 127mm beach defense battery

Šiauliai (Zapalskiai) nuclear arsenal - nuclear warhead storage facility

Ruhnu Lighthouse

Hullo border outpost

St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral. Karosta Prison Archives

Karosta St.Nicholas Orthodox Sea Cathedral

Šautuve (shooting gallery)

Orjaku Military Harbour

The former railway of the First World War: Vecumnieki - Mercendarbe

German army coastguard searchlight site in Usi and border guard post in Kolka

Jelgava Castle. 2024. Photo: M. Neiburga

The building of the Agricultural Academy in Jelgava at Lielaja Street 2, where in 1943-1944 members of the Central Council of Latvia worked in

Dome Square in Old Riga

Watch tower of border guards in Salacgrīva

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Ārdava (Jezufinova) Manor

Lāčplēsis (Aleksandras) Gate

"Daugava road" (Düna Weg)

Information stand by the road. Photo: Jana Kalve

Zvārde shooting range and former Soviet military base "Lapsas"

Photo by Viktoras Šadauskas, 2020. Photo archive of the Klaipėda County Public I. Simonaitytė Library.

“Memel Sud” Coastal Artillery Battery

Iron tank bridge over the Bērze River

Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre

Tour of the Irbene radio telescope complex

During the tour, visitors have the opportunity to see the RT-8 tower and the expositions located in it about the operation of RT-32 and RT-16 during the USSR, which at that time operated as a space intelligence station. Excursionists will have the opportunity to see the "old" RT-16 antenna, as well as the rest of the territory, as well as a hike through the underground tunnel.

World War II Bunkers in Malnava and Hitler’s Visit to the Headquarters of the German Army Group North

Former Jelgava State Teachers' Institute building. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Jelgava State Teachers' Institute building at Svētes Street 18, where in 1940-1941 members of the youth resistance were active in

Eastern (Mangalsala) Pier

Collection of Soviet Military Vehicles

German Army concrete tower (by the beach)

Lyduvėnai railway bridge

Große Kurfürsten Damm

Linkaicai Weapons Workshop

Papissaare Seaplane Base

Commandant's Administration Building

Cold War Exposition

Excursion "Cold War Exposition in a different way"

Arm yourself with flashlights and get ready to get dirty! You will be given the opportunity to explore the most secret corners of the underground missile launch base and learn the history of this special facility. And where else is the opportunity to spend an hour in a space completely isolated from the outside world! There is no mobile connection, no internet, and the only source of light is a handheld flashlight. The body of those who got here shivers, and when listening to the stories and facts that happened here, the visitor feels a threat to all humanity...

Organized groups: with advance registration of adult groups, up to 30 participants.

Educational program "Games and discoveries at the rocket base"

Do you like history, are you interested in the Cold War period? Want an unconventional museum lesson? We offer such an opportunity at the Cold War exhibition. During the educational program, it will be possible to get acquainted with the historical period of the Cold War and the only operational underground missile launch base in Lithuania. During the education, the participants, divided into groups, perform a variety of tasks promoting active cognition: deciphering a coded secret combat signal, learning to properly put on a gas mask, and getting to know the environment through the senses (hearing, sight, smell and touch).

This education is a game full of interesting stories, tasks, new missions.

The program is intended for students in grades 6-7,
Group size: up to 30 people.