Military Heritage Tourism - Infrastructure

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"Laukgaļi" house, writer Kārlis Skalbe's place of residence

Latgale Artillery Regiment Army Barracks

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

Rangefinder No.1 of the 23rd Shore Battery (1941)

A Set of Railway Bridge Structures in Kurmaičiai

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.

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

Vatla temporary airfield

Ristna Lighthouse

Šautuve (shooting gallery)

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

Lokatoru hill

Zokniai airfield

Linkaicai Weapons Workshop

Daudzeva - Sunākstes - Viesītes narrow gauge railway

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Vaiņode station

Food warehouse

Anti-aircraft gun emplacement in Āmurkalna

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

Mõntu 127mm beach defense battery

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

Iron bridge over the Gauja River. Source: Valmiera Tourism Information Center

Iron bridge over Gauja in Valmiera

Mazirbe border guard tower

"Daugava road" (Düna Weg)

Artillery arsenal

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

Concrete access road from Mārciena to Gaizinkalns via Bērzauna

Iron tank bridge over the Bērze River

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

Oskara Kalpaka Bridge in Karosta

Open ammunition depots, lightning conductors, wells

Kaiser Dam (Kaiser - Damm)

Commandant's Administration Building

Latvian Radio's secret broadcasting site in Salaspils

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.

Closed ammunition depots built in the 1950s

Soviet Army Observation Tower (Kurgan of Officers)

Spitham Radar Station

Latvian soldiers’ former medical warehouse

Karosta Water Tower

Pelči Manor

Stebel Coastal Battery No 315, Command Post

Border checkpoint in Kudani

Soldiers' barracks

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

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

The former building of Jelgava Secondary School No. 2 today. Photo: A. Barševskis

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"

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

North Pier and Battery No.3 in Karosta

Riga Congress Center

Photo: J.Smaļinskis. The reconstructed tower

Fire correction tower of the Ventspils 46th Coastal Defence Battery

Hara Harbor and Submarine base

Oviši Lighthouse and Soviet border guard

Latvian military aviation airfield. Source: Gulbene Tourism and Cultural Heritage Center.

Latvian military aviation aerodrome

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

Bastejkalns neighborhood in Riga

Gulbene depot, Saloon car No. 572699-698047

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

Pigeon post sea station in Karosta

Daugavpils Technical and Industrial Design Center “Engineers' Arsenal”

Mazirbe boat cemetery

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

Mazirbe Nautical School

Lyduvėnai railway bridge

Projectile warehouses

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

Railway bridge over Amata

Liepāja coastal artillery battery No. 2

Zeppelin hangars of Riga Central market

Vecumnieki Railway Station

Bastion Powder Cellar

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

Valka train station

Unity House

The author of the photo is Kęstutis Kilinskas.

“Memel-Nord” Coastal Artillery Battery

Lāčplēsis (Aleksandras) Gate

The pillars of the former German army bridge near Radze

Viesturs (Mihailas) Gate

Soviet air force target firing ground in Zvārde

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

Lielā ģilde

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Northern Camp

Collection of Soviet Military Vehicles

Photo: Museum of the National Resistance Movement

Strazde manor

Oriküla Command Centre and Missile Base

Užava Lighthouse

Papissaare Seaplane Base

Große Kurfürsten Damm

German Army concrete tower (by the beach)

Photographer Kristupas Armonaitis (Apleistazona.lt). From: "Missile Base near Šilutė", in: Apleistazona.lt. (Un)Tourist City Guide, 2021-05-28, available online: http://www.apleistazona.lt/pasivaiksciojimas-sateikiu-raketu-bazeje/.

Tarvydai (Rumšai) Anti-Aircraft Missile Base

Aegna Island

Mangalsala Street

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

Submarine marina in Alksnynė

Watch tower of border guards in Salacgrīva

Hullo border outpost

“Ramovė” Villa club of Lithuanian Officers

Orjaku Military Harbour

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

Mērsrags lighthouse and former border guard

Pine Hill

Photographer Salvijus Kulevičius. Collection of S.Kulevičius

Šeikiškiai (Moletai) Anti-Aircraft 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 route Mercendarbe-Skarbe

Abandoned Soviet Army oil base in Borovka

Fortress (Commandant's) Garden

Naissaar

Dome Square in Old Riga

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

Mežaparks Grand Stage

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.