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Ventspils

Ventspils is a city in Kurzeme on the western coast of Latvia and one of Europe's busiest ports. Wikivoyage

Population 32,479 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Latvia

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Latvia

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Knights Festival at the Castle

    June

  2. Festival of the Sea

    July

  3. Ghetto Games Festival

    July

    A youth festival celebrating ghetto basket, streetbike freestyle, BMX freestyle, MTB freestyle, skateboard, etc. FB

    Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Ventspils); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Ventspils Market

    Ventspils Tirgus

    1. Monday: 08:00–15:00
    2. Tuesday: 08:00–15:00
    3. Wednesday: 08:00–15:00
    4. Thursday: 08:00–15:00
    5. Friday: 08:00–15:00
    6. Saturday: 08:00–15:00
    7. Sunday: 08:00–15:00

    08:00–15:00

    970 m from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 4 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.