Vecpiebalga
Vecpiebalga, a modest village in Latvia's Vidzeme region, holds an outsized place in Latvian cultural history as the birthplace of the country's first novel — Mērnieku laiki (The Time of the Land Surveyors), written in 1879 by brothers Reinis and Matīss Kaudzīte during the Latvian national awakening. The village was also a significant centre of traditional Latvian textile weaving, and the ruins of Vecpiebalga Castle remain on site. It sits between two lakes in rolling upland countryside protected as a landscape reserve since 1987.
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- Population596
- Nearest water from center 2.3 km1.4 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 2.0 km1.3 mi
Nearest airports
Nearest train stations
Vecpiebalga: quick answers
Where is Vecpiebalga?
Vecpiebalga is in Latvia, about 104 km65 miles in a straight line from Riga.
How do you get to Vecpiebalga?
The nearest airport is Riga (RIX), about 2 hr 20 min away by road. The nearest train station is Madona, about 31 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Vecpiebalga?
The warmest month is July, averaging 18°C64°F across day and night; the coolest is January, at -5°C24°F. The wettest month is June, with about 95 mm3.8 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Vecpiebalga?
OpenStreetMap lists 2 restaurants, 1 café and 3 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.