Military Heritage Tourism - Infrastructure

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Liepāja militia building or "Blue miracle"

Closed ammunition depots built in the 1950s

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

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.

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

Bastejkalns neighborhood in Riga

Photographer Salvijus Kulevičius. Collection of S.Kulevičius

Šeikiškiai (Moletai) Anti-Aircraft Missile Base

Saxby (Vormsi) lighthouse

Soviet border guard post in Jūrmalciems

Soviet Army Observation Tower (Kurgan of Officers)

Šiauliai (Zapalskiai) nuclear arsenal - nuclear warhead storage facility

Latvian Radio's secret broadcasting site in Salaspils

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

Latvian military aviation aerodrome

Iron tank bridge over the Bērze River

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

Parliament House (Saeima)

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

The railway bridge over the river Rauna

German Army concrete tower (by the beach)

Alksnynė Defence Complex

Rumbula Air Base

Latvian soldiers’ former medical warehouse

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

Aukštaitija barge railway

Watch tower of border guards in Salacgrīva

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Former Soviet border guard observation tower in Pāvilosta

Šateikiai railway station

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

Railway bridge over Amata

Liepāja coastal artillery battery No. 2

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

Mõntu 127mm beach defense battery

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

Soviet air force target firing ground in Zvārde

Stebel Coastal Battery No 315, Command Post

Chemical warehouse and bypass road

Anti-aircraft gun emplacement in Āmurkalna

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

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

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

Luggage railway station

Naissaar

Bastion Powder Cellar

Mežaparks Grand Stage

The author of the photo is Kęstutis Kilinskas.

“Memel-Nord” Coastal Artillery Battery

Artillery Officers' Building

The pillars of the former German army bridge near Radze

“Nordmolle” Air Defence Battery

World War I battlefields

Military hospital

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

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

Iron bridge over Gauja in Valmiera

Oskara Kalpaka Bridge in Karosta

Šateikiai ground missile base

Zeppelin hangars of Riga Central market

Latvian Army Spotlight Point

Railway branch and platform

St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral. Karosta Prison Archives

Karosta St.Nicholas Orthodox Sea Cathedral

Aegna Island

Dome Square in Old Riga

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

Zokniai airfield

Daile Theatre

Šautuve (shooting gallery)

Jelgava Airport

Daudzeva - Sunākstes - Viesītes narrow gauge railway

Vecumnieki Railway Station

Former shop/police building

Collection of Soviet Military Vehicles

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

Mazirbe boat cemetery

Große Kurfürsten Damm

Mazirbe Nautical School

Commandant's Administration Building

Linkaicai Weapons Workshop

Viktorija Mačiulaitytė. Archive of the Department of Cultural Heritage

Zokniai Air Base Hangar (KVR)

Water-lifting building

Mangalsala Street

Spilve airport

Viesturs (Mihailas) Gate

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

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

Submarine marina in Alksnynė

Oviši Lighthouse and Soviet border guard

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

Concrete access road from Mārciena to Gaizinkalns via Bērzauna

Fortifications of the Daugava River Mouth

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Northern Camp

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

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

Ristna Lighthouse

Writers' Union building

North Pier and Battery No.3 in Karosta

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

“Memel Sud” Coastal Artillery Battery

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

Lēni Manor in 2020. Photo: Līga Landsberga

Lēnu Manor

Spitham Radar Station

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

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

11th November Embankment in Riga. 2025. Photo: U. Neiburgs

Daugavmala (11. November Embankment)

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

Naval Communication Station in Undva

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

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Vaiņode station

Mazirbe border guard tower

Photo: J.Smaļinskis. The reconstructed tower

Fire correction tower of the Ventspils 46th Coastal Defence Battery

Taurkalne German army warehouses

Prince Leopold Straße (Prinz – Leopold Straße)

Tahkuna Lighthouse

Unity House

Lāčplēsis (Aleksandras) Gate

Mērsrags lighthouse and former border guard

Food warehouse

Open ammunition depots, lightning conductors, wells

Tempelhofas lauks (Tempelhofer Feld)

Information stand by the road. Photo: Jana Kalve

Zvārde shooting range and former Soviet military base "Lapsas"

Narrow gauge railway in Biržai

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

Jēkabpils Guards House (now the People's House)

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

Valka train station

Photo: Museum of the National Resistance Movement

Strazde manor

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.

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

The airfield section of the Biržai–Pandėlys road

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

Latgale Artillery Regiment Army Barracks

Vaiņode air base

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Ārdava (Jezufinova) Manor

Hara Harbor and Submarine base

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

Lielā ģilde

Papissaare Seaplane Base

Soldiers' barracks

Ruhnu Lighthouse

A Set of Railway Bridge Structures in Kurmaičiai

Daugavpils Technical and Industrial Design Center “Engineers' Arsenal”

Pine Hill

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.