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AIR: Airlines serving Riga are Air Baltic Corporation (BT), British Airways, SAS, Austrian Airlines, Finnair, Aeroflot, Lufthansa, Swiss, Czech Airlines, Estonian Air and LOT Polish Airlines.
Approximate flight times: From Riga to Frankfurt/M is 2 hours 10 minutes, to London is 2 hours 30 minutes, and to New York is approximately 14 hours (via Helsinki).
International airports: Riga (RIX) (Spilve) is 7km (4 miles) from the city (travel time – 15-20 minutes). Bus no. 22 runs every 20-30 minutes to the city centre (0550-2315). An express bus service goes to various hotels in the city. Taxis are also available. Airport facilities include duty-free shop, car hire (Avis, Budget, Europcar, National Car Rental and Hertz), restaurant (0700-2200), bar/cafe (0700-2200) and post office (0800-1300 and 1330-1900).
There is an international airport at Liepaja (LPX), with flights to Copenhagen and Moscow.
Departure tax: None.
SEA: There are ferry connections from Riga to Stockholm with Monolines (travel time – 18 hours). There are direct ferries from Travemunde in Germany and Stockholm in Sweden. There are also connections from Liepaja to Rostock and to Karlshamm in Sweden. Several shipping lines run cruises on the Baltic Sea calling at Riga.
RAIL: Latvia has links with Belarus, the Russian Federation, Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. The main route into Western Europe runs from Riga to Berlin via Warsaw and Vilnius.
ROAD: The road network is relatively well developed and there are good routes through to Belarus and to the neighbouring two Baltic Republics. Entry by car is possible from the Russian Federation, Estonia, Belarus or Lithuania. Border posts between Poland and Lithuania: Ogrodniki–Lazdijai; between Poland and Belarus: Terespol–Brest. Recent changes in Eastern Europe have opened a new highway through the Baltic countries, known as the Via Baltica. To drive along the Via Baltica is to discover places that were closed to Western tourists for decades. Services along this highly attractive route are improving all the time. Both the road network and signposting are being modernised; the service station network is represented by both local and foreign companies (many of which are open 24 hours). Eurolines, departing from Victoria Coach Station in London, serves destinations in Latvia. For further information, contact Eurolines (4 Cardiff Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, L41 1PP; tel: (08705) 143 219; fax: (01582) 400 694; website: www.eurolines.com or www.gobycoach.com).
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