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Hidden places in Latvia

2 uncrowded places in Latvia, away from Riga: quiet towns, geological oddities and free-to-enter ruins.

Koknese Castle, Castle ruins in Latvia
Forgotten ruins Latvia · Vidzeme

Koknese Castle

The red-brick shell of a 13th-century Livonian Order castle at the meeting of two rivers, its lower storeys drowned when the Daugava was dammed in 1965.

Coordinates
56°38′28″N 25°25′30″E
Crowds
Quiet
Landscape
River valley
Best season
Best in Summer