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Limbaži

Limbaži Municipality, Latvia · Europe

About Limbaži

Limbaži sits on the route: 30 minutes from Stalbe, 36km from Gauja National Park.

Limbaži is in Limbaži Municipality, Latvia, with about 6,500 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Stalbe, about 24 km away.

Limbaži (, Estonian: Lemsalu, German: Lemsal, Livonian: Limbaž) is a town and the center of Limbaži Municipality in the Vidzeme region of northern Latvia, with a population of 6,888. Limbaži is located 90 km northeast of the capital Riga. During the Middle Ages, as part of Livonia, Limbaži was a fortified town with

Read more stone walls, second in importance only to Riga.

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What is there to see near Limbaži?

Within an hour or so of Limbaži: Līgatne Secret Soviet Bunker (35 km), Gauja National Park (36 km), Turaida Castle (37 km), Gutmanis Cave (38 km).

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The nearest famous roads are Cape Kolka and the Livonian Coast Road.

Where is Limbaži?

Limbaži is in Limbaži Municipality, Latvia, about 24 km from Stalbe.

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Quick Information

Population
6,517
Continent
Europe
Country
Latvia
Region
Limbaži Municipality
Timezone
Europe/Riga
Coordinates
57.5129, 24.7194

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Latvia

Police
112
Ambulance
113
Fire
112
Driving side
right
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Worth the detour from Limbaži

6 notable places within an hour's drive.

museum

Līgatne Secret Soviet Bunker

A 2,000 m² nuclear command bunker 9 m beneath an innocuous rehabilitation centre in Gauja National Park, built for Soviet Latvia's elite and classified until 2003: original 1980s equipment, canteen and all. Guided tours only.

35 km · about 40 min drive

national park

Gauja National Park

Latvia's largest and oldest national park with forested sandstone cliffs, medieval castles, caves, and the scenic Gauja River valley.

36 km · about 40 min drive

castle

Turaida Castle

A striking red-brick medieval castle rising above the wooded Gauja valley near Sigulda, its round tower offering sweeping views over Latvia's 'Switzerland'. An easy, scenic drive from Riga.

37 km · about 45 min drive

natural wonder

Gutmanis Cave

The widest cave in the Baltics, a sandstone grotto with centuries of carved inscriptions, beside the Sigulda–Turaida road with parking.

38 km · about 45 min drive

castle

Cēsis Medieval Castle

One of the most iconic medieval castle ruins in the Baltic states, the 13th-century stronghold of the Livonian Order set in a picturesque park.

40 km · about 45 min drive

racetrack

Sigulda Bobsleigh Track

Olympic-standard bobsleigh and luge track in Gauja National Park offering public rides, with its own access road and car park.

41 km · about 45 min drive

When to drive here

May to September

Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.

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