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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

Get to Know Valmiera with an Audio Guide

Do you know how the St. Simon’s Church got its name or what was previously situated in the current town hall building? Can you imagine what a Livonian Order Castle with 10 m high walls looked like, with only ruins remaining nowadays? Did you know that the first music school in Latvia, outside of Riga opened its doors in Valmiera in 1920? You will find answers to these and many other questions in the Valmiera audio guide.

All food lovers are welcome at restaurants in Valmiera

For the second time now, Valmiera is inviting people to the Restaurant Week, welcoming visitors with ancient flavours delivered in a contemporary manner. The Restaurant Week will take place from November 6 to November 12.

Small Hanseatic cities attract with nearness to nature and authentic history

Research on Valmiera during the Hanseatic period has been published

Research carried out by historian Ilgvars Misāns on the Hanseatic League is an important contribution to a better understanding of the history of Valmiera. It looks at the Hanseatic League not only as a political subject, but also highlights its social and economic contribution.

Cross-border tourism offers bring new perspective to travelling

Cross-border tourism offers are a relatively new feature in the tourism market. This common conclusion was reached at the ITB Berlin travel fair, where representatives of the HANSA project had the opportunity to meet many tour operators from Europe and other parts of the world.

The HANSA project starts its way to the tourism fairs!

Year 2017 already rolls full steam ahead, and so do the travel fairs. The HANSA project also prepares for the upcoming tourism season, and the fairs are a great opportunity for You to meet us and get us know a little bit more!

Road to “Hansa culinary”: focus on local possibilities

Local ingredients have the potential to be an increasingly important part of the modern culinary – this was apparent in Viljandi (Estonia) in the beginning of the week, when chefs from seven Hanseatic cities (Cēsis, Limbaži, Kuldīga, Straupe and Valmiera in Latvia; Pärnu and Viljandi in Estonia) across Baltics met with Swedish colleague Mikael Nypelius.

Meet a Hanseatic merchant in the Valmiera Tourist Information Centre

The interior of the Valmiera Tourist Information Centre has been improved with a design wall, which reflects the everyday life of Valmiera during the Hanseatic times. The purpose of the new design wall is to familiarize locals and guests of Valmiera with the historical events, particularly by showing the dynamic and active lifestyle of the medieval Valmiera and by allowing people to transform themselves into a medieval merchant.

Rich in traditions – the Simjūds Fair – will take place in Valmiera

On October 8 from 9:00 till 16:00 in Valmiera – in the stretch from Katrīnas Street till Ziloņu Street on Rīgas Street, in the Town Square and in the territory of the Livonian Order castle – the smell of delicacies will tickle your nose, practical and beautiful items will feast your eyes, songs will be sang and stories will be told, and the autumn will be greeted with dances and lots of laughter. It can mean only one thing – the famous Simjūds Fair is about to begin and everyone – from far and wide – is invited!

Miniature Hanseatic time buildings to create medieval atmosphere in Valmiera

Exhibition „Bruņinieku iela - Die Ritterstraße” opened for public viewing

This exhibition is dedicated to the main street of the Valmiera Old Town, around which the city has emerged. The castle ruins just next to it is the oldest evidence of the existence of this street. Only later on Bruņinieku or Knight Street appeared with the oldest buildings in Valmiera. Each and every of them has a unique story giving us an insight of how people once used to live.

Mint your special coin of Valmiera during the city festival

The emblem of Valmiera as it was in 1524 on the obverse and a picture of a typical vessel of the Hanseatic League designed by the artist of the Valmiera Museum on the reverse – everyone will have an opportunity to mint such a unique coin during the Valmiera City Festival, while enjoying the medieval spirit by the castle ruins.

HANSA project partners share experiences at the 36th International Hanseatic Day

From 9th to 12th June partners of the project “Hanseatic Approach to New Sustainable Alliances” (HANSA) participated at the 36th International Hanseatic Day in Bergen (Norway). HANSA cities Pärnu, Viljandi (both – Estonia), Visby (Sweden), Kuldīga, Limbaži, Straupe and Valmiera (all – Latvia) presented city stands and offered entertaining performances. Project HANSA manager Inger Harlevi and Vidzeme Planning Region project manager Rūta Vasermane presented HANSA project and its communication activities in a seminar for tourism professionals.