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Latvia’s Secret Fairytale Kingdom Exposed: Why Gauja National Park Puts the Rest of Europe’s “Nature Escapes” to Shame
Latvia’s Secret Fairytale Kingdom Exposed: Why Gauja National Park Puts the Rest of Europe’s “Nature Escapes” to Shame Gauja National Park is introduced as Latvia’s largest and oldest national park, located in the Vidzeme region about 50–75 kilometres northeast of Riga and centred around Sigulda, Cēsis, Līgatne and Valmiera. The park covers an area of approximately 91,786 hectares, or 917 square kilometres, and has been recognised as Latvia’s first national park since its establishment in 1973. It was created with the purpose of protecting the ancient Gauja River valley and its...