Valmiera
About the City
Valmiera, the northern gateway to Gauja National Park, delights visitors with its beautiful nature and its cultural and historic monuments, along with hosting interesting cultural and sporting events and providing breathtaking stories and legends.
Active tourism enthusiasts will find that Valmiera and its surroundings are the perfect places for this. In the summer, everyone has the opportunity to travel across the whole of Valmiera and its surrounding areas by bicycle or go for a hike. The banks of the River Gauja are highly suitable for this purpose as they reveal a different landscape behind each bend.
Valmiera is an excellent starting point for a boat trip on the Gauja because the Kazu Rapids form the best-facilitated rowing slalom track in the Baltics. Every year the best paddlers in Latvia and the Baltics come to Valmiera to participate in the ‘Abuls-Gauja Boating March’ event. In winter, enthusiasts of active recreation can go cross-country skiing both in Valmiera’s surrounding areas and on the ski track in the J Daliņš Stadium. Anyone who likes alpine skiing is welcome to visit the ‘Baiļi’ skiing and active recreation center.
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