Often overlooked by tourists, Latvia is a tiny Baltic country filled with charming surprises. The capital city, Riga, mixes the old world of cobbled streets with twenty-first century nightclubs where students dance all night long. In the summer, days are long with the sun setting around midnight and rising around four a.m. on the longest days of the year. The country lights up, both literally and figuratively, in the summer as locals take to the beaches, hiking trails, summer cottages, and any sun-drenched location around. In the winter, days are short, but the locals take it in stride by taking up winter sports and drinking plenty of coffee. Whenever you visit, you

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