Jurmala
To get to Jurmala, simply take a train and arrive at “Majori” station.
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Jurmala is a stretched 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. It’s a resort, just as you wanted.
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Assortment.
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There are quite a few people on the streets in May. Especially in the morning: shops and cafes only start working from 11 o’clock.
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The beach from this street is about 300 meters away. The beach, of course, is not tropical. It’s the Baltic Sea after all.
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Goodness knows what to do on this beach.
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Well, they play football.
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They collect metal.
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Who and why come here to swim is completely unclear. Only out of despair.
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Probably better in summer.
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Let’s return to the street. Wooden Jurmala.
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The globe of Jurmala.
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The city is clean.
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There are bicycle lanes.
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Surprisingly, there are many wealthy people living in Jurmala — both Latvians and Russians.
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Modern architecture.
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In such a cottage, apartments of 90 square meters cost 300,000 euros.
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The surroundings are fairly well arranged.
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Beauty. A house in Japanese style, they even planted sakura.
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English lawn.
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There is an amazing park nearby.
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Children love climbing on all these structures.
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The paths in the park are made of wooden planks. There are modern benches and trash bins.
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In the middle of the park, among the trees, there is an observation tower.
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If you walk a little further, the wealthy houses end and simpler ones begin.
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There are even some very humble houses.
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The urban planning is dissolving in the air. If you look for it, you can even find an abandoned Soviet sanatorium.
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It resembles Pripyat.
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Soviet playground for children.
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Unique specimen: the only street sign in Russian language throughout the entire trip in Latvia.
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They are planning to demolish the sanatorium. There used to be many of them in Jurmala, but now only a couple of them remain.
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In general, there is absolutely nothing to do in Jurmala.
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