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Why Golf Is The Perfect Sport To Take You Outdoors in Valmiera

Sport has always been important in Valmiera. Multiple Olympians have called it home, and the sporting infrastructure is second-to-none. Basketball, football, and floorball are the sports of choice, but what better way to spend some time outdoors in a relaxed and fun manner than to play a round of golf. We truly believe that golf is the perfect sport to take you outdoors in Valmiera! Whether you’re taking junior for a day out, spending time as a family, or getting away by yourself to calm your mind, it’s ideal for being out in the fresh air. Here’s what makes golf the ideal activity for spending a day outdoors in Valmiera. 

Tourism in numbers and facts in 2021 in the Valmiera municipality

The Valmiera Art Benches – on the route along the river Gauja

Valmiera's application for the title of European Capital of Culture 2027 – openly true and motivating

Aviareps Nordic virtual exhibition - for the promotion of Gauja National Park municipalities and tourism entrepreneurs

The Old Pharmacy in Valmiera - the oldest, built in the most archaic way wooden building in Latvian cities

The Valmiera Tourist Information Centre receives the “Hiker-friendly” badge

Valmiera joins the world’s biggest photo project

A different tourism year in Valmiera in 2020

ITB Berlin NOW virtual exhibition - for the promotion of Gauja National Park municipalities and tourism entrepreneurs

Worth knowing about Valmiera!

Valmiera is the largest city in Vidzeme with active business, nature-friendly thinking, lively cultural and sports life, based on ancient traditions. Here the ancient meets the modern, the industrial meets the natural and therefore the residents and guests of the city feel good here.

Visit Valmiera - the pearl of northern Latvia - on a virtual tour!

Valmiera commits to become the European Capital of Culture

Valmiera residents are pragmatic, realistic and rational. Valmiera and the future Valmiera region are also a united and rich cultural space with strong traditions and formidable creativity. It is unique and constantly rediscovered. That is why Valmiera is determined to become a European cultural destination by developing and implementing a long-term cultural program at the European level in the newly established region. It will be available to everyone living in Valmiera region and at the same time interesting for Latvian and European residents, giving everyone the opportunity to find an important place in the program.

Valmiera Castle cultural environment center is being built

Simultaneously with the ongoing wall restoration, reconstruction of the pharmacy building ensemble and construction of the new Valmiera Castle cultural environment center building, the historians of the Museum of Valmiera, in cooperation with the authors of the exposition design project SIA “H2E” and municipal specialists, are creating the exposition of the future Valmiera Castle cultural environment center.

Ski tracks are open in Valmiera

To encourage people to spend their free time healthy and actively, ski tracks are opened in the Dīvaliņa meadows and leasure park "Avoti", and are available free of cost to everyone.

Valmiera Tourist Information Centre is closed to visitors

Live Tour Around Gauja National Park

Video about Valmiera in Hanseatic period

Video is made to show Valmiera and citizens in Hanseatic times through new costumes and cullinary. The video is made to upgrade application "Explore Valmiera". Video is financed by the project No.CB110 "Hanseatic Approach to New Sustainable Alliances" co-funded by the Central Baltic Sea Region Cross-Border Cooperation Programme for 2014-2020.

Explore the 9 HANSA cities with the new travel Apps

HANSA cities have developed “Explore HANSA” Apps to smooth the visit to the 9 enchanting Hanseatic cities rich in heritage and tradition – Visby in Sweden, Pärnu and Viljandi in Estonia and Cēsis, Koknese, Kuldīga, Limbaži, Straupe and Valmiera in Latvia. The Apps allow to immerse in the city with all the necessary information in your pocket.

"Explore HANSA" in ITB Berlin 2018

In March 7–11, 2018, the project will participate in one of the largest tourism trade fairs – ITB Berlin (Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin) in Germany to introduce the international audience to our cities and our products.

Tourism enterpreneurs from Valmiera get to know the Hanseatic city - Kuldīga