Military Heritage Tourism - Infrastructure

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Gulbene depot, Saloon car No. 572699-698047

Photographer Salvijus Kulevičius. Collection of S.Kulevičius

Šeikiškiai (Moletai) Anti-Aircraft Missile Base

Former Soviet border guard observation tower in Pāvilosta

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

Latgale Artillery Regiment Army Barracks

Remains of a German army concrete fire point on the banks of the Plavinas HPP

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

Exhibition “Latvian Army in Pļaviņas in the 20th Century”

Karosta St.Nicholas Orthodox Sea Cathedral

Riga Congress Center building. 2025. Latvian Gazette

Narrow gauge railway line during World War I: Lāčplēsis – Latgale

German Army concrete tower (by the beach)

Open ammunition depots, lightning conductors, wells

Pigeon post sea station in Karosta

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

The railway bridge over the river Rauna

Soviet border guard post in Jūrmalciems

Prince Leopold Road (Prinz – Leopold Straße)

Saxby (Vormsi) lighthouse. Photo by Silja Lehtpuu

“Memel Sud” Coastal Artillery Battery

Taurkalne German army warehouse site

Remains of a German army concrete firing point on an island in the Pļaviņa HPP reservoir

Iron bridge over the Gauja River in Valmiera

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

Mērsrags lighthouse and former border guard

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

The airfield section of the Biržai–Pandėlys road

The Daile Theatre building today. Photo: Z. Bitere

Closed ammunition depots built in the 1950s

“Ramovė” Villa club of Lithuanian Officers

Tarvydai (Rumšai) Anti-Aircraft Missile Base

Saeima of the Republic of Latvia. 2025. Photo: U. Neiburgs

Soviet Army Observation Tower (Kurgan of Officers)

Former World War I-era railway: Vecumnieki - Mercendarbe

Pakri Island in the mid-1990s. Photo: Juris Smaļinskis

Pakri Islands - Soviet aviation target range

Nuclear warhead storage (hangar) in Plokštinė

Šiauliai (Zapalskiai) nuclear arsenal - nuclear warhead storage facility

Daudzeva - Sunākstes - Viesītes narrow gauge railway

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

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

Torņakalns Church. 2021. Photo: U. Neiburgs

Riga Lutheran Evangelical Lutheran Church

Narrow gauge railway line during World War I: Lāčplēsis - Vitkopi

Information stand by the road. Photo: Jana Kalve

Zvārde shooting range and former Soviet military base "Lapsas"

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.

Naissaar

Anti-aircraft gun site at Āmurkalns

Vatla temporary airfield

Hara Harbor and Submarine base

Latvian soldiers’ former medical warehouse

Jelgava Airport

Great Electoral Dam (Große Kurfürsten Damm)

Stebel Coastal Battery No 315, Command Post

Mazirbe Nautical School

Water-lifting building

Commandant's Administration Building

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Ārdava (Jezufinova) Manor

Factory "Kurzeme tsela"

Pelči Manor

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

Latvian Popular Front headquarters in Riga

Abandoned Soviet Army oil base in Borovka

"Laukgaļi" houses, the residence of the writer Kārlis Skalbe

Cabinet of Ministers building

The author of the photo is Kęstutis Kilinskas.

“Nordmolle” Air Defence Battery

Soviet air force target firing ground in Zvārde

Iron tank bridge over the Bērze River

Narrow gauge railway in Biržai

Šateikiai railway station

Chemical warehouse and bypass road

Ruhnu Lighthouse

Pine Mountain

Oskara Kalpaka Bridge in Karosta

Oriküla Command Centre and Missile Base

Rumbula Air Base

Spilve airport

Writers' Union building

Ristna Lighthouse

Jelgava Castle. 2024. Photo: M. Neiburga

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

Cold War exposition

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.

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.

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

Latvian Army Spotlight Point

Soldiers' barracks

Spitham Radar Station

Unity House

Ferry Dignāja–Līvāni

Collection of Soviet Military Vehicles

Karosta Water Tower

Mazirbe border guard tower

Railway bridge over the Amata, June 20, 1889. Source: National Archives of Estonia

Railway bridge over Amata

Lēni Manor in 2020. Photo: Līga Landsberga

Lēnu Manor

Fortifications of the Daugava River Mouth

Oviši Lighthouse and Soviet border guard

Construction of the Jēkabpils Guard House. Second half of the 1930s

Jēkabpils Guards House (now the People's House)

Locator Hill, 2020. Source: Latvian Rural Tourism Association "Lauku ceļotājs", author: Juris Smaļinskis.

Lokatoru hill

Naval Communication Station in Undva

Projectile warehouses

Šateikiai ground missile base

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 Mercendarbe-Skarbe route

Tempelhofas lauks (Tempelhofer Feld)

Photo: J.Smaļinskis. The reconstructed tower

Fire correction tower of the Ventspils 46th Coastal Defence Battery

Mežaparks Grand Stage

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

Arcadia Park

Hullo border outpost

Border checkpoint in Kudani

The first railway station in Latvia in Kārsava and the village of Bozova

Fortress (Commandant's) Garden

Eastern (Mangalsala) Pier

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Northern Camp

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

Mangalsala Street

Watch tower of border guards in Salacgrīva

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.

The building of Jelgava Secondary School No. 2 at Filozofu Street 50, where members of the youth resistance organization “Three-Star Column” studied in 1945