Working Hours of Daugavpils Tourist Attractions And Recreation Facilities at Christmas and New Year

According to information compiled by the Daugavpils Tourist Information Centre in 2019, the active tourist season can be considered as successful, as the summer was quite dynamic and the number of visitors increased.

Information about the opening hours of sightseeing places and recreation facilities in Daugavpils.

At 4 p.m. on Friday 15 November, opening of eight new art projects will mark the launch of November’s exhibition season at Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre.

Starting from 1st of November, Daugavpils Fortress Culture & Information Centre will change the working hours.

Leaflets about the upcoming events held in Daugavpils in October, November and December 2019 are available at Daugavpils Tourist Information Centre.

At 4 p.m. on Friday 4 October at Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre the 15th International Painting Symposium “Mark Rothko 2019” will be closed with the opening of a group exhibition by its participants. The event will be followed by the opening of exhibition “Compositions” by Māris Uldriķis.

Daugavpils Tourist information Centre offers information about sightseeing places in Daugavpils and Daugavpils District; maps, guidebooks, brochures, informative materials about the sights and tourist facilities in Latvia and Lithuania free of charge.

In anticipation of Mark Rothko’s 116th birthday, at 4 p.m. on 20 September a new exhibition season will be opened at Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre. The paintings Mark Rothko created at different periods of his life are as colourful, rich and plentiful as the season of his birth, and much the same can be said about the work of the artists whose paintings will be on display throughout September and October.

International Tourism Matchmaking Event “Daugavpils – take your time, have a rest and enjoy” will be held for the second time in Daugavpils between September 26th – 27th, 2019.  Tourism agencies, tourism operators and travel and tourism journalists from Latvia and other countries are invited to attend the event.

Please be informed that schedule of the guided tours in Daugavpils Lead Shot Factory is changed from 2nd of September.

On 17 August, the International Festival of Street Theatres and Clownery will place for the first time in Daugavpils Fortress. It will be dedicated to the legendary clown Koko – Nicolai Poliakov, born in Dvinsk (1900-1974).

In the year 2019 the music festival “Musical August in Daugavpils” begins on the 1st of August and continues till the 29th of August.

      Daugavpils invites travel agencies and tour operators! ♦ PROGRAMME  ♦ An invitation letter from the Daugavpils City and  Daugavpils District Council ♦ Registration for the event here.  Applications are accepted until 16th of September, 2019. ♦ Up to date information for the participants of the event. Information will be added after September … >>

5th International Daugavpils Historical Re-enactment Festival “Dinaburg 1812”, which is dedicated to attack of the Napoleon’s Army on the Dinaburg Fortress in 1812, will be held in Daugavpils on July 20th to 21st, 2019.

In the evening of the first day of the festival, “Percival” folk music group will give a performance at 9 pm in the yard of the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre. The music group will perform in Latvia for the first time.

Daugavpils Drift Festival 2019 will take place at the city’s сartodrome “Blāzma” on July 13.

On 12 July, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre will open a new exhibition of original works by artist Mark Rothko. The event will be marked by a public discussion and concert and attended by Mark Rothko’s daughter, Kate Rothko Prizel.

From 2nd July till 11th July (including) the ticket prices and expositions’ availability in the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre are changed.

“Basics”, an exhibition of contemporary ceramic art by 71 ceramic artists from the three Baltic States, will be opened at Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre on Friday 5 July. Under the framework of the exhibition, a conference on ceramic art will take place in the conference sector from noon sharp until 2 p.m.