Vidzeme
Vidzeme is one of the Historical Latvian Lands. The capital of Latvia, Riga, is situated in the southwestern part of the region. Literally meaning "the Middle Land", it is situated in north-central Latvia north of the Daugava River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Valmiera and Cēsis.
Valmiera
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Valmiera is the second largest city of the historical Vidzeme region, Latvia, with a total area of 19.35 square kilometres. As of 2002, Valmiera had a population of 27,323, and in 2020, it was at 24,879.
Cēsis
Cēsis is a town in Gauja National Park, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, on the Gauja river, roughly 100 km to the east of the capital Riga.
Valka
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Valka is a town in northern Latvia, on the border with Estonia. Valka and the Estonian town Valga are twins, separated by the Estonian/Latvian border but using the slogan "One Town, Two Countries".
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Explore places such as Alūksne and Madona.
Alūksne
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Alūksne is a town on the shores of Lake Alūksne in the Vidzeme region of Latvia near the borders with Estonia and Russia. It is the seat of the Alūksne municipality.
Madona
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Madona is a town in the center of eastern Latvia, in the eastern part of the Vidzeme region.
Gulbene
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Gulbene is a town in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is an administrative center of Gulbene Municipality.
Smiltene
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Smiltene is a town in the Vidzeme region in northern Latvia, 132 km northeast of the capital Riga, and the administrative centre of Smiltene Municipality. It has a population of 5,536.
Ligatne
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Līgatne is a town in Līgatne Parish, Cēsis Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is situated on the Gauja River. The village of Līgatne was built around the paper mill, still extant, on the River Līgatne in the 19th century.
Strenči
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Strenči is a city in Valka district, northern Latvia, 25 km from the border with Estonia. Strenči lies half way between Valmiera and Valka.
Seda
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Seda is a town in the Valka district of Latvia, with 1,700 inhabitants. It lies 20 km from Valka and the Estonian border.
North Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve
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The North Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve is the only biosphere reserve in Latvia. It is in the northern Vidzeme region along the border with Estonia. The coastal part consists of sandy beaches, coastal meadows and areas of bare rocks.
Straupe
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Straupe is a 14th-century village in the Latvian region of Vidzeme. It is best known for the two Livonian castles – the largest fort of the Livonians was also around here.
Vidzeme
- Type: State with 360,000 residents
- Description: Historical and cultural region of Latvia
- Also known as: “Livland”, “Livonia”, “Livonija”, “Liwonia”, “North Vidzeme”, “Terra Mariana”, and “Vidzeme ”
- Categories: region and historical region
- Location: Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude of center
57.2995° or 57° 17′ 58″ northLongitude of center
25.6661° or 25° 39′ 58″ eastPopulation
360,000Elevation
182 metres (597 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 1629678544GeoNames ID
7639661Wikidata ID
Q745303
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Venetian—“Vidzeme” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Vidzeme”
- Aragonese: “Livonia”
- Armenian: “Վիձեմե”
- Azerbaijani: “Vidzeme”
- Basque: “Vidzeme”
- Belarusian: “Відземе”
- Belarusian: “Відземэ”
- Belarusian: “Відзэмэ”
- Bulgarian: “Видземе”
- Catalan: “Vidzeme”
- Chinese: “維澤梅”
- Czech: “Vidzeme”
- Danish: “Vidzeme”
- Dutch: “Midden-Lijfland”
- Dutch: “Vidzeme”
- Estonian: “Liivimaa”
- Estonian: “Vidzeme”
- Finnish: “Vidzeme”
- French: “Livonie”
- French: “Vidzeme”
- Galician: “Vidzeme”
- Georgian: “ვიძემე”
- German: “Livland”
- German: “Livonia”
- German: “Livonija”
- German: “Liwonia”
- German: “Terra Mariana”
- German: “Vidzeme ”
- German: “Vidzeme”
- Greek: “Βίντζεμε”
- Hebrew: “וידזמה”
- Hungarian: “Vidzeme”
- Indonesian: “Vidzeme”
- Japanese: “ヴィドゼメ”
- Korean: “비제메”
- Latgalian: “Vydzeme”
- Latvian: “Līvzeme”
- Latvian: “Māras zeme”
- Latvian: “Vidzeme”
- Latvian: “Ziemeļvidzeme”
- Lithuanian: “Vidžemė”
- Macedonian: “Виѕеме”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vidzeme”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vidzeme”
- Norwegian: “Vidzeme”
- Ossetian: “Видземе”
- Persian: “ویدزمه”
- Polish: “Livland”
- Polish: “Livonia”
- Polish: “Liwlandia”
- Polish: “Liwonia”
- Polish: “Terra Mariana”
- Polish: “Vidzeme”
- Polish: “ziemia Liwów”
- Portuguese: “Livônia”
- Portuguese: “Vidzeme”
- Russian: “Видземе”
- Russian: “Ливония”
- Samogitian: “Vėdžemė”
- Samogitian: “Vidzeme”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vidzema”
- Slovenian: “Livland”
- Slovenian: “Livonija”
- Slovenian: “Terra Mariana”
- Slovenian: “Vidzeme”
- Spanish: “Vidzeme”
- Swedish: “Vidzeme”
- Tajik: “Видземе”
- Ukrainian: “Відземе”
- Venetian: “Vidzeme”
- “Vėdžemė”
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