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A1 Road (Latvia)
The A1 highway (Riga (Baltezers) - Border of Estonia (Ainaži)), also known as the Tallinn highway is a national road in Latvia, which connects the Riga bypass with the Estonian border at Ainaži. The highway continues in Estonia as highway 4 until Tallinn. A1 is fully covered in asphalt, and its length in Latvia is 101,7 km. The highway is part of European route E67 and, starting from Lilaste until the Estonian border, does not move further than 6 km from the coast of the Baltic sea. On the Saulkrasti bypass and other sections, the speed limit outside of populated areas is 100 km/h in summer, and 90 km/h in winter. The permitted speed along Ādaži is 80 km/h, in all other sections outside the populated areas the permitted speed is 90 km/h. Traffic In the section until the bridge over Gauja, the road is used by about 27,000 cars a day, until the end of the Saulkrasti bypass, it's used by about 9,000 cars a day, and in the remaining part until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Baltic Sea. Riga's territory covers and lies above sea level, on a flat and sandy plain. Riga was founded in 1201 and is a former Hanseatic League member. Riga's historical centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, noted for its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture and 19th century wooden architecture. Riga was the European Capital of Culture in 2014, along with Umeå in Sweden. Riga hosted the 2006 NATO Summit, the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, the 2006 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 2013 World Women's Curling Championship and the 2021 IIHF World Championship. It is home to the European Union's office of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC). In 2017, it was named the European Region of Gastronomy. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been described as a '' sui generis'' political entity (without precedent or comparison) combining the characteristics of both a federation and a confederation. Containing 5.8per cent of the world population in 2020, the EU generated a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of around trillion in 2021, constituting approximately 18per cent of global nominal GDP. Additionally, all EU states but Bulgaria have a very high Human Development Index according to the United Nations Development Programme. Its cornerstone, the Customs Union, paved the way to establishing an internal single market based on standardised legal framework and legislation that applies in all member states in those matters, and only those matters, where the states have agreed to act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnikava
Carnikava ( Livonian: ''Sarnikau'', german: Koivemund, ''Zarnikau''), previously Sānkaule, is a village and the center of the Carnikava parish of Ādaži Municipality in Latvia. It's located 25 km north from Riga at the mouth of the Gauja River. Carnikava had 4689 residents as of January 2020. The village was first mentioned in Livonian Chronicle of Henry in 1211 as a summoning place of Livonian troops. Later Carnikava grew into a fishermen village, where in the 17th century the first breeding fishery and canned fish factory in the Russian Empire was built. Due to its proximity to the Baltic Sea, several forest lakes, the Gauja and annual fishermen and craftsmanship fairs, nowadays Carnikava is a popular summer resort among visitors from Riga. A notable symbol and long-time specialty of Carnikava has been grilled lamprey, which is also pictured on the coat of arms of the municipality. Heinz Christian Pander (1794-1865), researcher of biology, embryology and paleontol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SIA Projekts 3
Sia Kate Isobelle Furler ( ; born 18 December 1975) is an Australian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Adelaide, she started her career as a singer in the acid jazz band Crisp in the mid-1990s. In 1997, when Crisp disbanded, she released her debut studio album, titled ''OnlySee'', in Australia. She moved to London and provided vocals for the British duo Zero 7. Sia released her second studio album, ''Healing Is Difficult'', in 2001, and her third, ''Colour the Small One'', in 2004. Sia moved to New York City in 2005 and toured the United States. Her fourth and fifth studio albums, ''Some People Have Real Problems'' and ''We Are Born'', were released in 2008 and 2010, respectively. Each was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association and attracted wider notice than her earlier albums. Uncomfortable with her growing fame, Sia took a hiatus from performing and focused on songwriting for other artists, producing successful collaborations "Titanium" (w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salaca
The Salaca () is a river in northern Latvia. It flows from Lake Burtnieks in Vidzeme, 90 km, to the Gulf of Riga. The river flows through three towns, Mazsalaca, Staicele and Salacgrīva. The riverbanks feature Devonian red sandstone cliffs, and many caves and rapids as well. Salaca is the best salmon Salmon () is the common name for several commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the family Salmonidae, which are native to tributaries of the North Atlantic (genus ''Salmo'') and North Pacific (genus '' Oncorhy ... river in Latvia and one of the best in Baltics. References External links * Rivers of Estonia Rivers of Latvia Gulf of Riga Drainage basins of the Baltic Sea International rivers of Europe {{Estonia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VSIA Latvijas Valsts Ceļi
{{redirect, VSIA, the airport in Port Blair, Veer Savarkar International Airport Virtual Socket Interface Alliance (VSIA) is a body of SIP (Semiconductor / Silicon intellectual property) standards. History VSIA was founded in 1996 and dissolved in 2008, and was an open, international organization of companies such as Mentor Graphics, Cadence Design Systems, Magma Design Automation, ARM Holdings, and Synopsys, from various segments of the SoC (System-on-a-chip) industry. Importance of VSIA VSIA's mission was to enhance the productivity of the SoC design community dramatically. VSIA has developed an international standard, the QIP metric ( Quality Intellectual Property Metric) for measuring SIP quality and examining the practices used to design, integrate and support the IP. This is important and, to have a measure of the quality, VSIA also works on other issues such as IP protection, IP transfer, IP integration and IP reuse standards ( IP hardening is required for easy IP reuse) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ādaži Military Base
Ādaži () (formerly german: Neuermühlen) is a town in Pierīga, on the left bank of the Gauja river. Town is administrative center of Ādaži Municipality. It is located by the highway A1, 21.6 km from the center of Riga. Ādaži has administrative offices, schools (Ādaži Elementary School, Ādaži Secondary School, and Ādaži Free Waldorf School), Kindergarten Strautins, several shops (Maxima, Rimi, Elvi) and service companies. Latvia's longest river Gauja flows along the Ādaži River, and its tributary Vējupe divides town into two parts. Ādaži also has an eponymous wakeboarding club on the Gauja. The town is mostly known due to the nearby ''Latfood'' factory producing ''Ādažu Čipsi'', the best known potato chip brand in Latvia. History The castle of ''Neuermühlen'' has been documented since at least 1204. Here the Battle of Neuermühlen took place in 1492. After the battle the Bishop of Riga has to recognize the Teutonic Order as Overlord of Livonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rail Baltica
Rail Baltica (also known as Rail Baltic in Estonia) is a high-speed railway under construction between Warsaw, Poland and Tallinn, Estonia, with further connections to Finland via Baltic Sea cruiseferries or the proposed Helsinki–Tallinn Tunnel. Trains will operate at top speeds of 234 km/hour. Travel time between Vilnius and Tallinn is projected to be 3.5 hours and travel times between Riga and either Vilnius or Tallinn will be under 2 hours. It is projected to shift travel and transportation from roads to rail and have numerous benefits on economies and quality of life. Trains are predicted to begin operating on various sections of the route at various times between 2026 and 2030. Passenger stations will include Ülemiste railway station in Tallinn, Pärnu railway station, Riga Central Station, Riga Airport, Panevežys, Kaunas railway station, and Vilnius railway station and there will be multimodal transport freight terminals in Muuga Harbour, Estonia; Salaspils, Latvia; a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vangaži
Vangaži () is a town in Ropaži Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. History The name Vangaži (german: Wangasch) was first mentioned in the 17th century as the name of a local manor. The name itself is a combination of two words in the Livonian language - ''vang'' (field) and ''aži'' (place). Since the 17th century there was also a Lutheran church in Vangaži. Close to the modern town of Vangaži there were several manufactures which produced paper, glass and copper products. The modern town started in the 1950s when the concrete factory was founded. In 1957 the village Oktobra ciemats was founded which in 1961 was renamed to Vangaži. In 1992 Vangaži was granted the status of a town. Sports From 1968 to 1991 Vangaži had a relatively strong football club - known at first as Celtnieks Vangaži, then renamed to Betons Vangaži. From 1989 to 1991 the club coached by Vladimirs Serbins played in the top Latvian football league. With the bankruptcy of the concret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skulte Parish
Skulte Parish ( lv, Skultes pagasts) is an administrative unit of Limbaži Municipality, Latvia. It was an administrative unit of Limbaži District Limbaži District ( lv, Limbažu rajons) was an administrative division of Latvia, located in Vidzeme region, in the country's north-east, on the shore of the Baltic Sea. It bordered Estonia in the north, the former districts of Riga in the sout .... Towns, villages and settlements of Skulte Parish * - parish administrative center * Skulte References External links Parishes of Latvia Limbaži Municipality {{vidzeme-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltezers, Ādaži Municipality
Baltezers is a village in Ādaži Municipality in the historical region of Vidzeme, and the Riga Planning Region in Latvia. History Baltezers historically formed around Adazi-Bukultu Castle (Neuermühlen, 1287) as Baltezera-Bukultu surrounding the parish church. In 1562, Gotthard Kettler Gotthard Kettler, Duke of Courland (also ''Godert'', ''Ketteler'', german: Gotthard Kettler, Herzog von Kurland; 2 February 1517 – 17 May 1587) was the last Master of the Livonian Order and the first Duke of Courland and Semigallia. Biography ... appointed Heinrich von Don as the landlord.Hagemeister, Heinrich von. ''Materialien zu einer Geschichte der Landgüter Livlands.'' Teil 1. Riga:Eduard Franzen's Buchhandlung, 1836. S.52-53. References Ādaži Municipality Villages in Latvia {{Vidzeme-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salacgrīva
Salacgrīva () is a town in Salacgrīva Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. The centre of the area surrounding Salacgrīva is the mouth of Salaca River, and the town's name literally means "Mouth of Salaca" in Latvian. It is famous for hosting Positivus Festival every July since 2007 for 3 days attracting thousands of tourists. The distance from Salacgrīva to the capital of Latvia - Riga is 103 km, to Limbaži – 50 km, to Valmiera – 95 km. Export of timber, wood-working industry, food production and trade are the most important factors in the economy of Salacgrīva. History The first time Salacgrīva was known as a locality in the early 5th century, when Livonians created their settlement of Saletsa near the mouth of Salaca River. Several centuries later the knight's castle was built in honor of Bishop Albert on the right bank of Salaca River. It was attacked several times during the Livonian war, and for this reason by the end of the 17th century th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
