Location

Ventspils is located in the north-west part of Latvia (57º23'06" northern latitude and 21º32'46" eastern longitude) near the place, where the river Venta flows into the Baltic Sea and 189 km from the capital city Riga. According to the number of inhabitants, Ventspils is the sixth largest Latvian city.

Distances from Ventspils

Amsterdam
1880 km
Moscow
1200 km
Athens
2800 km
Milan
2200 km
Barcelona
3000 km
Minsk
600 km
Belgrade
1700 km
Munich
1700 km
Berlin
1250 km
Oslo*
600 km
Bern
2100 km
Paris
2400 km
Brussels
2000 km
St. Petersburg
700 km
Bucharest
1850 km
Prague
1300 km
Budapest
1350 km
Rome
2500 km
Dublin
2700 km
Sofia
2100 km
Helsinki*
500 km
Istanbul
2700 km
Copenhagen*
700 km
Stockholm*
60 km
Kiev
1100 km
Tallinn
500 km
Cologne
1800 km
Vilnius
400 km
Lisbon
4200 km
Warsaw
750 km
London
2300 km
Vienna
1400 km
Madrid
3600 km
Zagreb
1750 km

*
Oslo 600 km + a ferry Ventspils-Nineshamn
Helsinki 500 km + a ferry from Tallinn
Copenhagen 700 km + a ferry Ventspils-Nineshamn (or 1600 km through Warsaw)
Stockholm 60 km + a ferry Ventspils - Nineshamn