Practical Information

Population: 2,439,445 Foreigners: 23,662 Riga- population- 800,732 Territory: 64,589 km² Climate: annual temperature +25.7ºC(July), min -18ºC (Jan). Weather Forecast (in English): tel. 7112035 National holidays: January 1 - New Year's Day; May 1 - Labor Day; May 14 - Mother's Day; June 23-24 - Midsummer celebrations; November 18 - Independence day; December 24-26 - Christmas; December 31 - New Year's Eve. Additional Information: The electrical current is 220 volts AC, 50 Hz. National currency - LATS (1 Ls = 100 santimi)). Entering OldTown with car will cost you 5 Ls, Jurmala - 1 Ls. The speed limit is 50km/h in cities and 90km/h ouside. The drink-driving limit - 0.45 g/l. Public trans. is good and very cheep-trains and buses, can get to most of the places. Citizens from Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA and Vatican City do not require a visa to enter Latvia. (Citizenship and Migration Board tel.: 7219424, fax.: 7820306).