Exploring cultures and communities – the slow way

A remote coastal area of northern Latvia is at the heart of a modest revival of Liv culture. The Liv community of Latvia have their own language and way of life and are one the Baltic region's most distinctive cultural minorities.

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Few visitors to Latvia make it to the remote northwest of the country. Good roads peter out to gravel as you travel from Ventspils towards Cape Kolka. This is a part of Latvia that was until recently by-passed by modernity. Wooden houses are protected from the fierce Baltic wind by small clumps of trees, and with the coast quickly giving way to marshes inland you have a sense of approaching the very end of the world.


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This article was published in hidden europe 25.