Latvia Photo Thread - Page 2

flaveris · December 19th, 2008, 05:31 PM

I'll add some photos of Jelgava palace from courtyard side

Vecais Sakarnis · December 22nd, 2008, 02:01 AM

Jurmala (Jūrmala, english translation - "seaside") - Latvian resort town next to Riga with 55 000 population (once it was part of Riga and had name "Riga's Jurmala"). Jurmala is notable also for it's wooden architecture which is very rich. Let's look at pictures which I took in sunny day this May - still before the summer season, so don't wonder there aren't too many people around.

One of the Jurmala train stations have really experimental shape:

Jurmala is very long (about 30 km) town and in terms of area size it is similar to Barcelona, so it is very different in different places. Jurmala's far western end is Kemeri (Ķemeri), and there one can feel like in a time machine - back to USSR! With the difference, that now it looks much worse - many buildings have collapsed and turned to wrecks, even the once famous Kemeri sanatorium area now looks sad. Thank God, Kemeri sanatorium itself, which is built in 30ies and is one of the most impressive architecture pieces in Latvia, have been renovated:

Jarmo K · December 22nd, 2008, 03:30 PM

jurmala is just wonderful!! always good to see photos from there. although... i would have prefered the more new architecture - i know there are a lot of pearls of contemporary architecture in jurmala... btw, this was the first time i saw that train station - O M G ! ! it's impressive!! and of course, so is the sanatorium. btw, who's the architect of the latter?

one more thing: the spa - http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/5117/dsc03521dz1.jpg - can anyone please tell me if this is a new structure or a reconstruction? i'm interested because the architect of the building (reconstruction?) is an estonian, not well known but still, uko künnap ( http://www.u-disain.ee/ )...

raz · December 22nd, 2008, 06:01 PM

Marvellous pics, Sakārni! Thanks a lot!

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Originally Posted by Jarmo K

... and of course, so is the sanatorium. btw, who's the architect of the latter?

The architect of the Sanatorium is Eižens Laube. He has designed quite many well known buildings in Riga.

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Originally Posted by Jarmo K

one more thing: the spa - can anyone please tell me if this is a new structure or a reconstruction?

The building was built during Soviet era, possibly mid-70s. Anyway, it was there already when I was spending summers in Jūrmala as a kid in late 80s.

Jarmo K · December 22nd, 2008, 06:07 PM

alright, thanks (:

eižens laube, yea... the master of national romanticism, art nouveau AND functionalism! what a career!

Triceratops · December 22nd, 2008, 07:16 PM

Wonderful pics of Jurmala!!! Thanks Vecais!

JohnFlint1985 · December 23rd, 2008, 06:40 PM

Jomas iela in Jurmala and Hotel Jurmala looks perfect. so nice and clean. I am truly amased.

Hotel Majori lost its red roof for some reason - green is a little bit too much for my taste.

p.s. BTW do they still have a ice cream cafe on the roof of restaurant in Hotel Jurmala? used to be the best ice cream in the whole city. It was about 20 minutes from my house on Turaidas street.

Vecais Sakarnis · December 24th, 2008, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnFlint1985

Jomas iela in Jurmala and Hotel Jurmala looks perfect. so nice and clean. I am truly amased.

Hotel Majori lost its red roof for some reason - green is a little bit too much for my taste.

I love that green roof - it is so harmonic with the surrounding, resonates with the sky and the trees and is very appropriate for Jurmala as a seaside city!

Vecais Sakarnis · January 18th, 2009, 01:51 AM

It's time to go to another place in Latvia and this time it will be Tukums - a town in Kurzeme, western part of Latvia. It is a really nice town for latvian standards, quite large part of the town is renovated, especially the streets. Pics from last July when I was there.

Tukums district in Latvia map:

1. Train station of Tukums

2. Broader view around train station. Bus station also there, in background you see a small hill - main part of the town is on that hill.

3. Main street of Tukums - stretching through the town's central part for about 2 kms.

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5. This is even Riga-class building!

6. Some nice wooden architecture too

7. This was real surprise, looks like a mini palace. Seems it is a new building not historical but maybe I am wrong.

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9. This square should be the most historical part in the town - looks like almost in some 15th Century!

10. Central, cosy square of Tukums - Brīvības square.

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14. "Stenders" soap shop in lovely small house. "Stenders" shop you can find even in Luxembourg, it's one of the successful Latvian international businesses

15. Tukum's main church

16. Another great building farther on Brīvības street

17. One example of modern architecture in Tukums - it's a bank building (no surprise, banks are those institutions which has built the most of the good-looking modern buildings in Latvia in last years)

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19. There are several quite charming historical streets of wooden houses in Tukums

20. Imagine how it would look when renovated

21. This is a very nice place, would like to live there (in that house in the garden)

22. Outside of Tukums centre, there is a castlemound. View from there to Old town

23. View to Soviet time commieblock part of Tukums

24. View to private houses in Tukums suburbs

ABC LV · January 18th, 2009, 09:39 AM

Nice photo thread!

Did you visited Jaunmoku castle during your trip Tukums?

RipleyLV · January 18th, 2009, 11:10 AM

Just viewed this thread! Marvellous pictures of Jelgava and other cities as always!

Triceratops · January 18th, 2009, 11:28 AM

Tukums - one of the best examples of pretty little towns in LV!!

raz · January 18th, 2009, 12:34 PM

Hey, Tukums looks really great! I never even imagined it's so idyllic!

Geborgenheit · January 18th, 2009, 03:00 PM

Tukums looks cute in your pictures. Good job!
P.S. Un, starp citu, Tukums atrodas Zemgalē

DenverDane · January 18th, 2009, 04:29 PM

Very nice. I agree that Tukums looks like a very nice place, and it could be made to look even nicer. How big is it? I assume these pictures are from last summer?

Vecais Sakarnis · January 18th, 2009, 05:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ABC LV

Nice photo thread!

Did you visited Jaunmoku castle during your trip Tukums?

No, I managed to see only the town itself.

Vecais Sakarnis · January 18th, 2009, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ita

Tukums looks cute in your pictures. Good job!
P.S. Un, starp citu, Tukums atrodas Zemgalē

Oh yes, my bad, Tukums is westernmost district of Zemgale, but somehow it always associates with Kurzeme.

Vecais Sakarnis · January 18th, 2009, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DenverDane

Very nice. I agree that Tukums looks like a very nice place, and it could be made to look even nicer. How big is it? I assume these pictures are from last summer?

Yes, pics from last summer. Tukums has ~20 000 inhabitants, area: 13 km2.

Nõgesh · January 18th, 2009, 06:32 PM

The older part looks very nice and when the old districts get fully renovated, the town will be one of a kind!

IceCheese · January 18th, 2009, 11:36 PM

Nice town! The wooden architecture is really nice. A coat of paint and a bit more people, and it would be perfect

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vecais Sakarnis

11.

What? You have "Narvesen" in Latvia?!

December 19th, 2008, 05:31 PM	#21
flaveris Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Vilnius Posts: 19 Likes (Received): 0	I'll add some photos of Jelgava palace from courtyard side __________________ Why visit Vilnius? Vilnius - European Capital of Culture 2009 http://www.culturelive09.lt/en/ Gallery

December 22nd, 2008, 02:01 AM	#22
Vecais Sakarnis Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Riga Posts: 3,193 Likes (Received): 73	Jurmala (Jūrmala, english translation - "seaside") - Latvian resort town next to Riga with 55 000 population (once it was part of Riga and had name "Riga's Jurmala"). Jurmala is notable also for it's wooden architecture which is very rich. Let's look at pictures which I took in sunny day this May - still before the summer season, so don't wonder there aren't too many people around. One of the Jurmala train stations have really experimental shape: Jurmala is very long (about 30 km) town and in terms of area size it is similar to Barcelona, so it is very different in different places. Jurmala's far western end is Kemeri (Ķemeri), and there one can feel like in a time machine - back to USSR! With the difference, that now it looks much worse - many buildings have collapsed and turned to wrecks, even the once famous Kemeri sanatorium area now looks sad. Thank God, Kemeri sanatorium itself, which is built in 30ies and is one of the most impressive architecture pieces in Latvia, have been renovated: __________________ Enjoy Art Nouveau capital of the world! ⇨RIGA - THE CITY OF ARCHITECTURE TALLINN [NEW!] MADRID & BRUSSELS PARIS & STOCKHOLM ROME MARSEILLE WARSAW

December 22nd, 2008, 03:30 PM	#23
Jarmo K 3:36 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Tallinn, Estonia Posts: 2,359 Likes (Received): 3	jurmala is just wonderful!! always good to see photos from there. although... i would have prefered the more new architecture - i know there are a lot of pearls of contemporary architecture in jurmala... btw, this was the first time i saw that train station - O M G ! ! it's impressive!! and of course, so is the sanatorium. btw, who's the architect of the latter? one more thing: the spa - http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/5117/dsc03521dz1.jpg - can anyone please tell me if this is a new structure or a reconstruction? i'm interested because the architect of the building (reconstruction?) is an estonian, not well known but still, uko künnap ( http://www.u-disain.ee/ )... __________________ arhitektuurihuvilistele: http://www.arhitektuurid.blogspot.com/

December 22nd, 2008, 06:07 PM	#25
Jarmo K 3:36 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Tallinn, Estonia Posts: 2,359 Likes (Received): 3	alright, thanks (: eižens laube, yea... the master of national romanticism, art nouveau AND functionalism! what a career! __________________ arhitektuurihuvilistele: http://www.arhitektuurid.blogspot.com/

December 22nd, 2008, 07:16 PM	#26
Triceratops Labor Omnia Vincit Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Riga Posts: 3,649 Likes (Received): 0	Wonderful pics of Jurmala!!! Thanks Vecais! __________________ There are no borders, there are only obstacles

December 23rd, 2008, 06:40 PM	#27
JohnFlint1985 I love New York Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: New York - New Jersey Posts: 12,363 Likes (Received): 797	Jomas iela in Jurmala and Hotel Jurmala looks perfect. so nice and clean. I am truly amased. Hotel Majori lost its red roof for some reason - green is a little bit too much for my taste. p.s. BTW do they still have a ice cream cafe on the roof of restaurant in Hotel Jurmala? used to be the best ice cream in the whole city. It was about 20 minutes from my house on Turaidas street. __________________ "Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.” Thomas Jefferson "We Shall Never Surrender." Winston Churchill “Not all those who wander are lost.” J.R.R. Tolkien "Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious." Oscar Wilde "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin

January 18th, 2009, 01:51 AM	#29
Vecais Sakarnis Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Riga Posts: 3,193 Likes (Received): 73	It's time to go to another place in Latvia and this time it will be Tukums - a town in Kurzeme, western part of Latvia. It is a really nice town for latvian standards, quite large part of the town is renovated, especially the streets. Pics from last July when I was there. Tukums district in Latvia map: 1. Train station of Tukums 2. Broader view around train station. Bus station also there, in background you see a small hill - main part of the town is on that hill. 3. Main street of Tukums - stretching through the town's central part for about 2 kms. 4. 5. This is even Riga-class building! 6. Some nice wooden architecture too 7. This was real surprise, looks like a mini palace. Seems it is a new building not historical but maybe I am wrong. 8. 9. This square should be the most historical part in the town - looks like almost in some 15th Century! 10. Central, cosy square of Tukums - Brīvības square. 11. 12. 13. 14. "Stenders" soap shop in lovely small house. "Stenders" shop you can find even in Luxembourg, it's one of the successful Latvian international businesses 15. Tukum's main church 16. Another great building farther on Brīvības street 17. One example of modern architecture in Tukums - it's a bank building (no surprise, banks are those institutions which has built the most of the good-looking modern buildings in Latvia in last years) 18. 19. There are several quite charming historical streets of wooden houses in Tukums 20. Imagine how it would look when renovated 21. This is a very nice place, would like to live there (in that house in the garden) 22. Outside of Tukums centre, there is a castlemound. View from there to Old town 23. View to Soviet time commieblock part of Tukums 24. View to private houses in Tukums suburbs __________________ Enjoy Art Nouveau capital of the world! ⇨RIGA - THE CITY OF ARCHITECTURE TALLINN [NEW!] MADRID & BRUSSELS PARIS & STOCKHOLM ROME MARSEILLE WARSAW

January 18th, 2009, 09:39 AM	#30
ABC LV ✖✖✖✖✖✖ Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,701 Likes (Received): 9	Nice photo thread! Did you visited Jaunmoku castle during your trip Tukums?

January 18th, 2009, 11:10 AM	#31
RipleyLV Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Jelgava Posts: 3,140 Likes (Received): 90	Just viewed this thread! Marvellous pictures of Jelgava and other cities as always!

January 18th, 2009, 11:28 AM	#32
Triceratops Labor Omnia Vincit Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Riga Posts: 3,649 Likes (Received): 0	Tukums - one of the best examples of pretty little towns in LV!! __________________ There are no borders, there are only obstacles

January 18th, 2009, 12:34 PM	#33
raz Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Helsinki & Riga Posts: 249 Likes (Received): 1	Hey, Tukums looks really great! I never even imagined it's so idyllic!

January 18th, 2009, 03:00 PM	#34
Geborgenheit Sans logique Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Latvija Posts: 1,921 Likes (Received): 293	Tukums looks cute in your pictures. Good job! P.S. Un, starp citu, Tukums atrodas Zemgalē

January 18th, 2009, 04:29 PM	#35
DenverDane Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denver/Copenhagen Posts: 1,056 Likes (Received): 0	Very nice. I agree that Tukums looks like a very nice place, and it could be made to look even nicer. How big is it? I assume these pictures are from last summer? __________________ The Øresund Region - Copenhagen, Denmark + Malmö, Sweden - One destination, two countries. Latest photo threads: World Photos (2011), World Photos (2010), World Photos (2009), World Photos (2008), World Photos (2007), Madrid, Spain, Atlanta, Georgia, The Wild West, Denver, Colorado

January 18th, 2009, 06:32 PM	#39
Nõgesh Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,054	The older part looks very nice and when the old districts get fully renovated, the town will be one of a kind!

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