Ventas Rumba, the Widest Waterfall in Europe
About 240 metres across, and wider still in the spring flood.
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Nine short guides to the town: what to see, when to see it, and where to eat once you’re done.
About 240 metres across, and wider still in the spring flood.
164 metres of red brick over the Venta, and still carrying traffic.
Inscribed in 2023, for a whole town that never got rebuilt.
The Alekšupīte drops 4.2 m, the tallest waterfall in Latvia.
Two kilometres of hand-cut tunnel, walked by candlelight at 8°C.
25 m in Pārventa Park, tilted twelve degrees, more than Pisa.
Half an hour to an hour on paths along both banks.
Old garages turned brewery, roastery and piano workshop.
Bangert’s, Goldingen Room, KOPA, DUNA, and where to get bread.