Latvia is a low-lying country situated on the Baltic coast with large forests that supply timber and paper industries. The population is 59% Latvian and 29% Russian, with over a third living in the capital city of Riga. Latvia has a culturally rich population consisting of Latvians as well as Russians, Belarusians, Poles, Ukrainians, Lithuanians, Estonians, Jews, Roma, Germans and other nationalities. Classical Latvians are considered to have blonde hair and blue eyes, and to be hard-working, modest, and not seeking attention. The people of Latvia respect family values and nature while also being rather reserved but tolerant of other cultures.

1. L A T V I A

2. NATIONAL SYMBOLS OF LATVIA

3. LATVIAN
MONEY

4. Situated on the Baltic coast, Latvia is a low-lying
country with large forests that supply timber
for construction and paper industries. The
environment is rich in wildlife.

5. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE LATVIA CULTURALLY RICH
AND INTERESTING IS ITS INHABITANTS. NOT ONLY
LATVIANS, BUT ALSO RUSSIANS, BELARUSSIANS, POLES,
UKRAINIANS, LITHUANIANS, ESTONIANS, JEWS, ROMA,
GERMANS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER NATIONS
LIVE IN LATVIA.

6. ETHNICALLY, THE
POPULATION IS 59%
LATVIAN AND 29%
RUSSIAN, AND MORE THAN
A THIRD LIVE IN THE
CAPITAL RIGA.

7. IT IS CONSIDERED THAT A CLASSICAL LATVIAN HAS BLUE
EYES AND BLONDE HAIR, IS HARD-WORKING, MODEST,
DOES NOT LOVE TO STAND OUT AND WILL NOT MAKE AN
EFFORT TO BE NOTICED ABOVE ALL THE REST.

8. A LATVIAN IS HONEST,
SIMPLE, BUT ALSO
ENVIOUS. IS NOT TOO
TALKATIVE AND IS
RETICENT, WHICH IS
REFLECTED IN A
LATVIAN PROVERB:
“TALKING IS SILVER,
KEEPING SILENT IS
GOLD”.

9. A LATVIAN
IS JOYFUL,
CHEERFUL
AND IS
A GREAT SINGER!

10. THE PEOPLE OF LATVIA
RESPECT FAMILY VALUES,
TREAT NATURE WITH
REVERENCE, ARE RATHER
RESERVED, BUT ARE
TOLERANT TOWARDS THE
CULTURE OF OTHER
NATIONS.

11. FOUNDED IN 1201, RIGA IS THE LARGEST CITY IN THE
THREE BALTIC STATES WITH A POPULATION OF 730 000.

12. THE FREEDOM
STATUE
IS ONE OF THE
HIGHEST
MONUMENTS IN
EUROPE,
AT 43 METRES.

15. CLOSE CIRCUIT VIDEO-CAMERAS MAKE THE A MUCH SAFER
PLACE, ALLOWING THE POLICE TO RECORD VIOLATIONS AND
ARRIVE AT THE PLACE OF INCIDENT FAST.

17. Producer and pioneer of modern cinema
Sergey Eisenstain
was from Riga and is the author of the movie that
shocked the world “The Battleship Potyomkin”
(1925)

18. American ballet star
Mihail Baryshnikov
was born in Riga and
took his first steps in
art in Riga. In 1974
during a tour in
Canada, Baryshnikov,
the soloist of the
Leningrad Kirov Opera
and ballet theatre,
decided to stay in
Canada.

19. AERODIUM IS A VERTICAL WIND TUNNEL THAT ALLOWS
YOU TO SOAR IN THE AIR JUST LIKE IN A FREE FALL, BUT
YOU DON’T NEED TO JUMP WITH A PARACHUTE FROM AN
AIRPLANE IN THIS CASE.

20. BALTIC AMBER IS THE MOST POPULAR LATVIAN PRODUCT.