Let us discover the abandoned Soviet nuclear missile base at Zeltiņi.
This base located in the far northeast of Latvia is the most well-preserved of the three bases in this area.
Back in the Soviet times the base was armed with 4 medium-range ballistic missiles P-12 and Р-12У equipped with thermonuclear warheads with the blast capacity of one megaton. To help you imagine the power of the war machine that awaited the western imperialists at this base, let’s take both nuclear weapons detonated over Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, combine them and multiply by roughly 25. And they had four of these. Sounds quite scary, right?
The base at Zeltiņi offers all kind of military buildings, underground bunkers, missile silos, launch pads, etc. You can also meet Lenin here. Well, not exactly with full set of body parts – this time it is only the 3 m high head that is one of the rare monuments dedicated to the great communist leader still remaining after the fall of the Soviet Union.
So clip on your red badges and pack your hate against the capitalism because we are going back in time again.
Trip includes bus Riga-Zeltiņi-Riga and a guided tour with an interpreter.
Date: 08/04/2017 – around 9:30 AM
Meeting point: Strēlnieku laukums (Old Riga near RTU University Kaļķu Street 1)
Price: 25 EUR per person – due date 2 weeks before the trip
Price: EUR 30 per person if paid less than two weeks before the trip
Date: 06/05/2017 – around 9:30 AM
Meeting point: Strēlnieku laukums (Old Riga near RTU University Kaļķu Street 1)
Price: 25 EUR per person – due date 2 weeks before the trip
Price: EUR 30 per person if paid less than two weeks before the trip
Tour is in English and Latvian.
The trip is taking place if minimum amount of people have applied (25 people). If the excursion is cancelled, it will be announced a week before the trip.
