Military Heritage Tourism - Infrastructure

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Liepāja Coastal Artillery Battery No. 2

Tempelhofas lauks (Tempelhofer Feld)

North Pier and Battery No.3 in Karosta

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

Fortifications of the Daugava River Mouth

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

Jēkabpils Guards House (now the People's House)

Soviet air force target firing ground in Zvārde

Watch tower of border guards in Salacgrīva

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

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

Taurkalne German army warehouse site

Prince Leopold Road (Prinz – Leopold Straße)

The author of the photo is Kęstutis Kilinskas.

“Memel-Nord” Coastal Artillery Battery

Gulbene depot, Saloon car No. 572699-698047

Collection of Soviet Military Vehicles

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.

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

“Ramovė” Villa club of Lithuanian Officers

Open ammunition depots, lightning conductors, wells

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

Submarine marina in Alksnynė

Soldiers' barracks

Keruspils (Jekabpils) Airport

Pigeon post sea station in Karosta

Abandoned Soviet Army oil base in Borovka

Ristna Lighthouse

Ķeizerdambis (Kaiser - Damm)

Stebel Coastal Battery No 315, Command Post

Zokniai airfield

Fortress (Commandant's) Garden

Alksnynė Defence Complex

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

Bastejkalns neighborhood in Riga

Spitham Radar Station

Rata Hill

Chemical warehouse and bypass road

Former store/police building

Hara Harbor and Submarine base

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

Latvian Military Aviation Airport

Orjaku Military Harbour

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

Former Telšiai Prison

Photo: Museum of the National Resistance Movement

Strazde Manor

Viesturs (Mihailas) Gate

A Set of Railway Bridge Structures in Kurmaičiai

French Commissariat in Klaipėda

Rumbula Air Base

The pillars of the former German army bridge near Radze

Naissaar Railway

Naissaar

Anti-aircraft gun site at Āmurkalns

Narrow gauge railway in Biržai

Molotov defensive line bunker in Raguviškiai. Photo by K. Kilinskas

Molotov defensive line bunker in Raguviškės

Great Electoral Dam (Große Kurfürsten Damm)

“Nordmolle” Air Defence Battery

Photo: J.Smaļinskis. The reconstructed tower

Fire correction tower of the Ventspils 46th Coastal Defence 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

Saxby (Vormsi) lighthouse

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

Zeppelin hangars of Riga Central market

Mērsrags lighthouse and former border guard

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

Dome Square in Old Riga

Food warehouse

Information stand by the road. Photo: Jana Kalve

Zvārde shooting range and former Soviet military base "Lapsas"

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

The airfield section of the Biržai–Pandėlys road

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Northern Camp

Karosta Water Tower

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

Railway bridge over Amata

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

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

Lēni Manor in 2020. Photo: Līga Landsberga

Lēnu Manor

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

Latgale Artillery Regiment Army Barracks

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

Mangalsala Street

The Great Guild

German Army concrete tower (by the beach)

Mazirbe Nautical School

Ekspozīcija Latvijas armija 20 gs 20 gados

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

"Daugava Path" (Düna Weg)

Lāčplēsis (Aleksandras) Gate

Šiauliai (Zapalskiai) nuclear arsenal - nuclear warhead storage facility

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

Pakri Islands - Soviet aviation target range

Mežaparks Grand Stage

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

Molotov defensive line observation position in Palanga

Torņakalns Church. 2021. Photo: U. Neiburgs

Riga Lutheran Evangelical Lutheran Church

Pelči Manor

Iron tank bridge over the Bērze River

Military hospital

Writers' Union building

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

Arcadia Park

Factory "Kurzeme tsela"

Šateikiai railway station

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

Iron bridge over the Gauja River in Valmiera

Barta missile base

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Ārdava (Jezufinova) Manor

Pine Mountain

Spilve airport

Jekeln headquarters in Talsi

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

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

Mõntu 127mm beach defense battery

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

Valka train station

Shooting range (Schießstand)

Latvian Radio's secret broadcasting site in Salaspils

Latvian soldiers’ former medical warehouse

World War I battlefields

Mazirbe boat cemetery

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

Latvian Popular Front headquarters in Riga

Oskara Kalpaka Bridge in Karosta

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

Aukštaitija barge railway

Cabinet of Ministers building

St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral. Karosta Prison Archives

Karosta St.Nicholas Orthodox Sea Cathedral

Riga Congress Center

Tahkuna Lighthouse

Unity House

Jelgava Airport

Viktorija Mačiulaitytė. Archive of the Department of Cultural Heritage

Zokniai Air Base Hangar (KVR)

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

The railway bridge over the river Rauna

Photographer Salvijus Kulevičius. Collection of S.Kulevičius

Šeikiškiai (Moletai) Anti-Aircraft Missile Base

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

Lokatoru hill

Liepaja Police Building or "Blue Miracle"

Concrete access road from Mārcienė to Gaiziņkalns via Bērzaunis

Water-lifting building

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

Vatla temporary airfield

Linkaicai Weapons Workshop

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Vaiņode station

Daugavpils Technical and Industrial Design Center “Engineers' Arsenal”

Eastern (Mangalsala) Pier

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

Vaiņode air base

Lyduvenai Railway Bridge

Papissaare Seaplane Base

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

Parliament House (Saeima)

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

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

Oviši Lighthouse and Soviet border guard

Soviet Army Observation Tower (Kurgan of Officers)

Soviet border guard post in Jūrmalciems

Closed ammunition depots built in the 1950s

Projectile warehouses

Nuclear warhead storage (hangar) in Plokštinė

Undva Naval Radio Communication Center

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

Užava Lighthouse

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

Daugavmala (11. November Embankment)

Daudzeva - Sunākstes - Viesītes narrow gauge railway

Railway branch and platform

Hullo border outpost

Former World War I-era railway: Vecumnieki - Mercendarbe

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.