If you live abroad and visit your family, relatives or friends in Daugavpils during the winter holidays, we invite you to take free guided tours in Daugavpils Fortress.

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).