scenic viewpoint
Slītere Lighthouse
Lighthouse on the ancient Baltic shoreline bluff in Slītere National Park, with an observation deck over the Kurzeme forest canopy.
35 km · about 40 min drive
Talsu novads, Latvia · Europe
Valdemārpils sits on the route: 25 minutes from Talsi, 43km from Cape Kolka and the Livonian Coast Road.
Valdemārpils is a town located in Talsu novads, Latvia. With a population of 1,135, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Valdemārpils sits in Latvia, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Riga time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Valdemārpils to your route.
Valdemārpils (; German: Saßmacken, Yiddish: שאַסמאַקען, romanized: Shasmaken) (called Sasmaka until 1926) is a town in the Courland region of Latvia, in Talsi Municipality. The town is named after Krišjānis Valdemārs, born in nearby Valdgale parish (then part of Ārlava parish), who was one of the leaders of the FirstRead more
Latvian National Awakening. He is celebrated in the town with a memorial stone. Famous Jewish bibliographer and book collector Ephraim Deinard was born here in 1846.
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Valdemārpils is located in Talsu novads, Latvia, Europe. The coordinates are 57.3707 latitude, 22.5919 longitude.
Valdemārpils has a population of approximately 1,135 people, making it a town in Latvia.
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4 notable places within an hour's drive.
scenic viewpoint
Lighthouse on the ancient Baltic shoreline bluff in Slītere National Park, with an observation deck over the Kurzeme forest canopy.
35 km · about 40 min drive
coastal drive
The wild tip of Courland where the Gulf of Riga meets the open Baltic, reached by a lonely forest-lined coastal road through tiny Livonian fishing villages. Waves collide off the cape in two directions at once.
43 km · about 50 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Headland where the Baltic Sea meets the Gulf of Riga, producing visible colliding waves, with a car park and coastal pine forest walk.
43 km · about 50 min drive
waterfall
Europe's widest waterfall at around 240 metres across on the Venta river at Kuldīga, viewable from the adjacent old brick bridge.
58 km · about 65 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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