Jurmala

To get to Jurmala, simply take a train and arrive at “Majori” station.

Jurmala is one long street along the coast with plenty of cafes and souvenir shops. However, prices in the same chain restaurant in Jurmala and Riga differ by one and a half times. A resort, what did you expect.

Assortment.

There are quite a few people on the streets in May. Especially in the morning: shops and cafés only open at 11.

The beach is about 300 meters from this street. The beach, of course, is not tropical. It’s the Baltic Sea after all.

Goodness knows what to do on this beach.

Well, they play football.

They collect metal.

Who and why come here to swim is completely unclear. Only out of despair.

Probably better in summer.

Let’s return to the street. Wooden Jurmala.

The globe of Jurmala.

The city is clean.

There are bicycle lanes.

Surprisingly, there are many wealthy people living in Jurmala — both Latvians and Russians.

Modern architecture.

In a building like this, a 90-square-meter apartment costs 300,000 euros.

The surroundings are fairly well arranged.

Beauty. A house in Japanese style, they even planted sakura.

English lawn.

There is an amazing park nearby.

Children love climbing on all these structures.

The paths in the park are made of wooden planks. There are modern benches and trash bins.

In the middle of the park, among the trees, there is an observation tower.

If you walk a little further, the wealthy houses end and simpler ones begin.

There are even some very humble houses.

Urban development gradually dissolves. If you look for it, you can even find an abandoned Soviet sanatorium.

It resembles Pripyat.

Soviet playground for children.

A unique specimen: the only Russian-language street sign I saw in all of Latvia.

They are planning to demolish the sanatorium. There used to be many of them in Jurmala, but now only a couple of them remain.

In general, there is absolutely nothing to do in Jurmala.