Jugla Lake () is a large and scenic urban lake in
Jugla,
Riga
Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga Planni ...
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Latvia
Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...
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The lake has popular beaches in the summer and ice fishing in the winter.
The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia
The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia () is an open-air museum located just outside Riga, the capital of Latvia, on the lightly wooded shores of Jugla Lake.
History
In 1924, the Latvian Council of Monuments signed an order to create th ...
is an open-air museum, situated in a forest park area beside Jugla Lake.
See also
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Ķīšezers, Riga
References
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Geography of Riga
Lakes of Latvia
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