15. Sabile Wine Hill Sabile Wine Hill is oficially the world’s most northern wineyard, as mentioned in Guiness World Records Book!
16. Aldaris Luxus Beer Aldaris Luksus Beer has won the World Beer Cup 2008 in category “Dortmunder/European Style Export or German-Style Oktoberfest/Wiesen (Meadow)”, so it is the oficially the world’s best beer in that category at the moment!
17. VEF Minox Photo Camera In 1937 the production of the world’s first mini photo camera VEF Minox started in Riga. It was not only the first camera of such small size but also the first camera in the world using which it was possible to make clear and sharp photos in the distance starting at 20cm.
18. Karosta Prison Karosta Prison in Liepaja is the only military prison open to public in Europe!
19. Largest Mechanical Organ The Holy Trinity Cathedral in Liepāja is the place of world’s largest historically unreconstructed mechanical organ. The organ has 131 stops, 4 manuals and more than 7000 pipes. Its sound is just magnificent.
20. Interesting that... ... Latvia has the most important proportion of women to men in the world (Women=54%, men=46%)
