Environmental accessibility route in Valmiera – from history to nature
Route, Audio info available, Accessible to parents with baby-strollers, Partly accessible
Object list
We recommend starting your trip around Valmiera with a visit to the “De Woldemer” museum. In the Middle Ages, people from Valmiera were known by this combination of words, because in Latin it meant “from Valmiera”. In the museum, you can find out how the name of the city of Valmiera came about, what kind of crafts were practiced here, how they lived in the castle and in the city of Valmiera, and what was sold in the great market of Valmiera. All this – in an interactive exposition, the content of which is partially adapted for people with visual impairments.
Valmiera Museum buildings are partially accessible to people with mobility restrictions. On the territory of the Valmiera museum, it is possible to enter the “de Woldemer” exposition, the Exhibition House, the Maršner House, the museum’s courtyard and the Garšaugu Garden, located on Pilskalnas Street 2, with a wheelchair. There are also elevators available in the museum buildings.
We also recommend visiting Valmiera St. Sīmanis Church, which is one of the most important Latvian medieval architectural monuments. An audio guide is available in the parking lot near the church.
You can eat in the sports cafe “Rekords”
Further, the route leads from Valmiera to Strenči. The distance is 20 km. Around 30 different wooden sculptures in honor of rafters have been installed in Strenči on the Gauja nature trail. Every year, the Gauja rafters’ festival takes place here, where new sculptures are also created. Walking along the Gauja nature trail, you can enjoy being in nature. This feeling heals mental health. On the trail you can see the flooded islands, peculiar trees, Strenci rapids. The trail markings are white with blue and yellow lines. One loop of the trail is about 5 km, the other loop around 7 km.
Gauja nature trail and wooden sculpture park
The Strenči Lutheran Church is also partially accessible and worth visiting. The wooden building of the church was built in 1907. In 1935, the church was in a very bad condition, the church tower was even threatened with collapse. In 1936, the old church tower was demolished, and the foundation stone for the new tower was laid in the same year. Construction of the tower and painting of the interior of the church were completed in 1936. The following year, in 1937, the outer walls of the church and the new tower were plastered, which was consecrated in the same year.
In order to open the GPX file with the trail route on a mobile phone or computer, please install one of the hiking apps or maps, e.g., Wikiloc, Outdooractive, ViewRanger, OS Maps or any other GPX file reading programme or application.
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Adress:
Start of route - "de Woldemar"
Info:
VisitValmiera
Route duration:
1 day
Lenght:
25 km
Type:
linear
Surface:
asphalt, path
We recommend starting your trip around Valmiera with a visit to the “De Woldemer” museum. In the Middle Ages, people from Valmiera were known by this combination of words, because in Latin it meant “from Valmiera”. In the museum, you can find out how the name of the city of Valmiera came about, what kind of crafts were practiced here, how they lived in the castle and in the city of Valmiera, and what was sold in the great market of Valmiera. All this – in an interactive exposition, the content of which is partially adapted for people with visual impairments.
Valmiera Museum buildings are partially accessible to people with mobility restrictions. On the territory of the Valmiera museum, it is possible to enter the “de Woldemer” exposition, the Exhibition House, the Maršner House, the museum’s courtyard and the Garšaugu Garden, located on Pilskalnas Street 2, with a wheelchair. There are also elevators available in the museum buildings.
We also recommend visiting Valmiera St. Sīmanis Church, which is one of the most important Latvian medieval architectural monuments. An audio guide is available in the parking lot near the church.
You can eat in the sports cafe “Rekords”
Further, the route leads from Valmiera to Strenči. The distance is 20 km. Around 30 different wooden sculptures in honor of rafters have been installed in Strenči on the Gauja nature trail. Every year, the Gauja rafters’ festival takes place here, where new sculptures are also created. Walking along the Gauja nature trail, you can enjoy being in nature. This feeling heals mental health. On the trail you can see the flooded islands, peculiar trees, Strenci rapids. The trail markings are white with blue and yellow lines. One loop of the trail is about 5 km, the other loop around 7 km.
Gauja nature trail and wooden sculpture park
The Strenči Lutheran Church is also partially accessible and worth visiting. The wooden building of the church was built in 1907. In 1935, the church was in a very bad condition, the church tower was even threatened with collapse. In 1936, the old church tower was demolished, and the foundation stone for the new tower was laid in the same year. Construction of the tower and painting of the interior of the church were completed in 1936. The following year, in 1937, the outer walls of the church and the new tower were plastered, which was consecrated in the same year.
In order to open the GPX file with the trail route on a mobile phone or computer, please install one of the hiking apps or maps, e.g., Wikiloc, Outdooractive, ViewRanger, OS Maps or any other GPX file reading programme or application.
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