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CULTURE.

CULTURE

CONCERT HALL “LATVIJA”
 

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 Lielais laukums 1, Ventspils
+371 25773303 (working days from 9:00 to 17:00)
+371 26608676
kf@ventspils.lv
www.koncertzalelatvija.lv
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The Concert Hall “Latvija” – a music, art and education space offering unique content, with excellent acoustics, refined repertoire and broad technical capabilities.

 

The Concert Hall “Latvija” – a place, where music aficionados can enjoy the music of Latvia’s top musicians and bands, as well as the exclusive performances of musicians from abroad. This is a venue for various artistic events encompassing many genres, for international cooperation projects and educational events.

 

The pride of the Concert Hall is the two world-class, unique musical instruments: a manual acoustic organ made by Johannes Klais Orgelbau GmbH & Co. KG in Germany, and the current world’s biggest upright piano, made by Dāvids Kļaviņš, piano maker of Latvian origin.

 

There are 578 seats in the Grand Hall of the Concert Hall “Latvija”.

 

The Small Hall is for chamber-format events and can be transformed into an open-air stage, when necessary.

 

THEATRE HOUSE “JŪRAS VĀRTI”
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Karlīnes iela 40, Ventspils
+371 63624271
+371 63621755
kf@ventspils.lv
www.jurasvarti.lv
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Theatre House “Jūras vārti” is a contemporary, dynamic and internationally competitive culture centre of regional significance.

 

Theatre House “Jūras vārti” offers professional performing art of various genres – theatre, opera and ballet performances, classical, popular, experimental, folk and other music genre concerts, visual and new media art exhibitions, events for children.

 

VENTSPILS CULTURE CENTRE
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Social networks:		 Kuldīgas iela 18, Ventspils
+371 63624796
+371 63607670
kulturas.centrs@ventspils.lv
www.kulturascentrs.ventspils.lv
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Ventspils Culture Centre:

 

    • Implements Ventspils City Council orders regarding culture events, process, program and projects;
    • Promotes and supports artistic creativity processes, preserves culture inheritance and traditions and their further development;
    • Carries out organisation of national festivities, commemoration days, concerts, festivals and other culture events in Ventspils;
    • Encourages and supports activities of national culture societies and Ventspils minority creative groups.

 

Also You have the possibility to join any of the amateur performance groups – a choir, vocal band, song band, folklore group, vocal instrumental band, orchestra, dance groups, theatre club, or national applied art groups.

More information available at: ww.kulturascentrs.ventspils.lv/lv/amatiermaksla

 

VENTSPILS MUSEUM
Ventspils Museum studies and sums up history of the Ventspils City and region, works on the Ventspils City chronicle, builds the museum stock, carries out the museum’s scientific work, including organisation and marketing of archaeological and scientific conferences. The Culture Centre systematically supplements the museum’s permanent exhibition and the unique digital exposition “Living History”.

 

The Ventspils Museum also is in charge of activities of its four branches and takes active part in the city’s cultural life.

 

More information: www.ventspilsmuzejs.lv

 

Livonian Order Castle

 

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Jāņa iela 17, Ventspils
+371 63622031
+371 63626288
muzejs@ventspils.lv
www.muzejs.ventspils.lv/livonijas-ordena-pils
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Seaside Open-Air Museum


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 Riņķa iela 2, Ventspils
+371 63624467
brivdaba@ventspils.lv
www.muzejs.ventspils.lv/piejuras-brivdabas-muzejs
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The House of Crafts

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Skolas iela 3, Ventspils
+371 63620174
amatumaja@ventspils.lv
www.muzejs.ventspils.lv/amatu-maja
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H.Dorbe Memorial Museum

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Ērgļu iela 1, Ventspils
+371 63625004
inese.aide@ventspils.lv
www.muzejs.ventspils.lv/h-dorbes-memorialais-muzejs
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VENTSPILS LIBRARY

VENTSPILS MAIN LIBRARY

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Social networks:		 Akmeņu iela 2, Ventspils
+371 63623598
+371 63637005
biblioteka@ventspils.lv
www.biblioteka.ventspils.lv/galvena-biblioteka
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The largest library in the city. The library offers diverse collection of fiction and sectoral literature, periodicals, collection of audio-visual materials, materials of local history studies, free Internet access, electronic catalogues and databases, as well as informative, culture and lifelong learning events.

The Library also offers home service for people, who cannot attend the library due to limited mobility.

 

Children’s Library

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Homepage: 		 Akmeņu iela 2, Ventspils, LV-3601
+371 63627361
liva.berzkalne-berzina@ventspils.lv
www.biblioteka.ventspils.lv/bernu-biblioteka
  Library for children and teenagers – from picture books and creative workshops for pre-school and primary school children to reference literature for study process.

 

Gāliņciems Library

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Homepage: 		 Kuldīgas iela 110, Ventspils
+371 63624485
krista.spude@ventspils.lv
www.biblioteka.ventspils.lv/galinciema-biblioteka
  Library for the whole family with a small yet interesting stock for children, teenagers, their parents and grandparents. The Library also offers Internet work stations.

 

Pārventa Library

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Homepage:		 Tārgales iela 4, Ventspils
+371 63680072
igeta.gredzena@ventspils.lv
www.biblioteka.ventspils.lv/parventas-biblioteka
  A Library for children and adults with diverse stock of literature and wide offer or periodicals, free Internet access, as well as access to electronic catalogues and databases. The Library hosts various cultural and lifelong learning events, exhibitions and concerts. In the Library there is the Resident Information Centre and Pārventa branch of the Digital Centre.

 

Library of the Ventspils University of Applied Sciences

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Homepage:		 Inženieru iela 101, Ventspils
+371 63629658
solvita.stekerhofa@ventspils.lv
www.biblioteka.ventspils.lv/augstskolas-biblioteka
  Library for students and the teaching staff

 

Medicine Library

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Homepage: 		 Inženieru iela 60, Ventspils
liene.bunke@ventspils.lv
www.biblioteka.ventspils.lv/medicinas-biblioteka
  Ventspils Medicine Library offers books and periodicals in the areas of medicine, as well as psychology, dietetics, untraditional medicine, sports medicine, literature for pregnant women and new moms.

 

Music Library

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Homepage: 		 Lielais laukums 1, Ventspils
+371 63627363
muz.bibl@ventspils.lv
www.biblioteka.ventspils.lv/muzikas-biblioteka
  On the 2nd Floor of the Concert Hall “Latvija” a new branch of the Ventspils Library has been opened – the Music Library. This is the first library of this kind in Latvia and it offers wide range of services for music professionals and fans.

 

INTERNATIONAL WRITERS’ AND TRANSLATORS’ HOUSE
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Social networks:		 Annas iela 13, Ventspils
+371 63623595
ventspilshouse@ventspilshouse.lv
www.ventspilshouse.lv
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Objective of the International Writers’ and Translators’ House is to create an international multi-functional centre for writers and translators in Latvia to further the development of literature, encourage intercultural dialogue, promote local literary processes on the international level, as well as to facilitate decentralization of literature development process in Latvia, thus creating a favourable cultural environment in the regions.

 

The House offers to writers and translators:

    • a creative work space in Ventspils, one of the most beautiful Latvian cities on the Baltic Sea;
    • an opportunity to live and work in the House for 4 weeks;
    • an opportunity to discover Ventspils, a city where history meets tomorrow, and the coast of the Baltic Sea, one of the most attractive and inspiring coastlines in Europe;
    • an opportunity to meet other writers and translators from Latvia, the Baltic states, Europe and other places all over the world;
    • an opportunity to take part in creative cooperation projects, e.g. festivals, seminars, etc.

 

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