Ventspils is a port city in Latvia. Located at the mouth of the Venta River, north of Liepaja and west of Riga. The population is 44,000 inhabitants. The city was founded in the 13th century by the Teutonic Order. The largest city of Courland. An important Latvian port on the Baltic Sea.

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Since ancient times, Ventspils has been an important trade corridor between East and West due to its advantageous geographical position on the Baltic Sea and its ice-free port. And today the Baltic Sea region is one of the most rapidly developing in the EU. The activities of the ports on the shores of the Baltic Sea have always been the engine of the economic development of the region - both in the days of the Hanseatic League and today.

The following sites will be interesting places worth visiting on Ventspils

Here is the castle of the Livonian Order.

Ventspils Castle or Windava Castle is one of the oldest and best-preserved castles of the Livonian Order, the only Livonian castle in Courland preserved to this day. Located in Latvia, in the city of Ventspils. The castle was restored and turned into a museum.

The next place we are considering is the Planetarium and Observatory in the House of Creativity in Ventspils

To reveal the secrets of the universe, visitors are waiting every day in the planetarium of the House of Creativity, where they show unique star shows and show films with a 360-degree view and a duration of 50 minutes, as well as in an observatory equipped with a high-quality telescope for observing the Sun, planets, and their satellites and nebulae. Under suitable weather conditions, night sessions are also held at the observatory.