Jurmala
Jūrmala Airport is an airport located 5 km in Smārde Parish, Tukums Municipality, in the Courland region of Latvia, southeast of Tukums. All of the airport's technical infrastructure, runway and buildings are what was left of the former Soviet military Tukums air base, which was a spartan military airfield with a single long ramp and revetted area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Airfield
- Description: airport
- Also known as: “EVJA”, “Jurmala Airport”, “Jūrmala Airport”, “Tukums air base”, and “Tukums Airport”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Šlokenbeka Castle and Milzkalne Station.
Šlokenbeka Castle
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Šlokenbeka Castle is a fortified manor in the Smārde Parish of Tukums Municipality, in the Courland region of Latvia. It is the only existing example of a fortified manor centre in Latvia. Šlokenbeka Castle is situated 3½ km north of Jurmala.
Milzkalne Station
Railway stop
Photo: ScAvenger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Milzkalne Station is a railway halt located about 1 km south the village of Milzkalne in the Courland region of western Latvia. The railway halt is located on the Torņakalns – Tukums II Railway. Not every train stops at the Halt. Milzkalne Station is situated 3 km north of Jurmala.
Durbe Manor
Building
Photo: Igors Jefimovs, CC BY 3.0.
Durbe Manor is a Neoclassical manor house located in Tukums, in Tukums Municipality, in the Courland region of Latvia. One of the most interesting classical manor houses in Latvia. Today it houses part of the Tukums Museum collection. Durbe Manor is situated 3½ km northwest of Jurmala.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ozolnieki and Jauntukums.
Ozolnieki
Village
Photo: Treisijs, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ozolnieki is a village, which is situated 2½ km south of Jurmala.
Jauntukums
Suburb
Photo: Егор Журавлёв, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Jauntukums is a suburb, which is situated 3 km northwest of Jurmala.
Ozolpils
Hamlet
Photo: Treisijs, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ozolpils is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Jurmala.
Jurmala
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Smārdes pagasts, Tukums Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Jurmala” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Aeroport de Jūrmala”
- Cebuano: “Tukums”
- Estonian: “Jūrmala lennujaam”
- Estonian: “Lennujaam ‘Jūrmala’”
- French: “aéroport de Jūrmala”
- French: “Aéroport de Jūrmala”
- German: “Flughafen Jūrmala”
- Hungarian: “Tukumsi repülőtér”
- Indonesian: “EVJA”
- Japanese: “トゥクムス空港”
- Japanese: “トゥクムス空軍基地”
- Latvian: “Jūrmala”
- Latvian: “Lidosta ‘Jūrmala’”
- Latvian: “Lidosta "Jūrmala"”
- Latvian: “Tukuma Lidlauks”
- Lithuanian: “Jūrmalos oro uostas”
- Persian: “پایگاه هوایی توکومس”
- Polish: “Baza lotnicza Tukums”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Jūrmala”
- Russian: “Юрмала”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоӣ тукумс”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоии Тукумс”
- Turkish: “Jūrmala Havalimanı”
- Welsh: “Maes Awyr Jūrmala”
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