Military Heritage Tourism - Infrastructure

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Pirmā dzelzceļa stacija Latvijā Kārsavā un Bozovas ciems

Oviši Lighthouse and Soviet border guard

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

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

Nuclear warhead storage (hangar) in Plokštinė

Iron tank bridge over the Bērze River

The former Writers' Union building in Riga. 2025. Photo: U. Neiburgs

Latvian Radio's secret broadcasting site in Salaspils

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.

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

Latgale Artillery Regiment Army Barracks

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

“Memel Sud” Coastal Artillery Battery

Torņakalns Church. 2021. Photo: U. Neiburgs

Riga Lutheran Evangelical Lutheran Church

Artillery arsenal

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

Hara Harbor and Submarine base

Mērsrags lighthouse and former border guard

Šateikiai ground missile base

Keruspils (Jekabpils) Airport

"Daugava Path" (Düna Weg)

Linkaicai Weapons Workshop

The author of the photo is Kęstutis Kilinskas.

“Ramovė” Villa club of Lithuanian Officers

Naissaar

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

Iron bridge over the Gauja River in Valmiera

Daile Theatre

German Army concrete tower (by the beach)

Riga Congress Center

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

Aukštaitija barge railway

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

Unity House

Lugaži railway station

Food warehouse

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

Vaiņode air base

The pillars of the former German army bridge near Radze

Commandant's Administration Building

Latvian Army Spotlight Point

Bastion Powder Cellar

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.

Spilve airport

“Memel-Nord” Coastal Artillery Battery

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

Stebel Coastal Battery No 315, Command Post

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Former Soviet border guard observation tower in Pāvilosta

Vatla temporary airfield

Anti-aircraft gun site at Āmurkalns

Ekspozīcija Latvijas armija 20 gs 20 gados

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

Papissaare Seaplane Base

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

The railway bridge over the river Rauna

Užava Lighthouse

Abandoned Soviet Army oil base in Borovka

Gulbene depot, Saloon car No. 572699-698047

Cabinet of Ministers building

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

Pakri Islands - Soviet aviation target range

Mangalsala Street

Concrete access road from Mārcienė to Gaiziņkalns via Bērzaunis

Liepaja Police Building or "Blue Miracle"

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

Pigeon post sea station in Karosta

Mazirbe border guard tower

Barta missile base

Ferry Dignāja–Līvāni

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Vaiņode station

World War I battlefields

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

Soldiers' barracks

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

Railway bridge over Amata

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

Pelči Manor

Former Telšiai Prison

Ristna Lighthouse

Kogula (Mõnnuste) airfield

Oskara Kalpaka Bridge in Karosta

Aegna Island

Zokniai airfield

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

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

Lokatoru hill

Former store/police building

Soviet border guard post in Jūrmalciems

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

Arcadia Park

Karosta Water Tower

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

Vecumnieki Railway Station

Rumbula Air Base

“Nordmolle” Air Defence Battery

St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral. Karosta Prison Archives

Karosta St.Nicholas Orthodox Sea Cathedral

Alksnynė Defence Complex

Šiauliai (Zapalskiai) nuclear arsenal - nuclear warhead storage facility

The Great Guild

Mazirbe Nautical School

Former World War I narrow gauge railway branch: “Banhoff – Bhf. Waldl. Salit” site

Naval Communication Station in Undva

Saxby (Vormsi) lighthouse

Latvian soldiers’ former medical warehouse

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

Parliament House (Saeima)

Ruhnu Lighthouse

Spitham Radar Station

Mežaparks Grand Stage

Chemical warehouse and bypass road

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

Open ammunition depots, lightning conductors, wells

Shooting range (Schießstand)

Artillery Officers' Building

Rata Hill

Lāčplēsis (Aleksandras) Gate

Tempelhofas lauks (Tempelhofer Feld)

Factory "Kurzeme tsela"

Lēni Manor in 2020. Photo: Līga Landsberga

Lēnu Manor

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

The airfield section of the Biržai–Pandėlys road

Daugavpils Technical and Industrial Design Center “Engineers' Arsenal”

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.

Photo: Museum of the National Resistance Movement

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