{"id":1303399,"date":"2026-09-30T18:41:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T18:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1303399"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:34:00","slug":"liepaja","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/latvia\/liepaja\/","title":{"rendered":"Liepaja"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1302447,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-city","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_country_stats":"","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"","hw_hub_country_facts":"","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"","hw_hub_country_cities":"","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"","hw_hub_country_do_title":"","hw_hub_country_do_body":"","hw_hub_country_do_points":"","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"","hw_hub_country_do_more":"","hw_hub_country_food_title":"","hw_hub_country_food_body":"","hw_hub_country_food_points":"","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"","hw_hub_country_food_more":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"","hw_hub_country_money_title":"","hw_hub_country_money_body":"","hw_hub_country_money_points":"","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"","hw_hub_country_money_more":"","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"","hw_hub_country_season_note":"","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"","hw_hub_country_events_title":"","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"","hw_hub_country_events_source":"","hw_hub_country_events_country":"","hw_hub_country_events_count":"","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_events":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"","hw_hub_country_faq_note":"","hw_hub_country_faqs":"","hw_hub_country_cta_title":"","hw_hub_country_cta_body":"","hw_hub_country_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_country_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_country_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_country_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_country_hub_term":"","hw_hub_country_parent_hub":"","hw_hub_country_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_city_hero_eyebrow":"Liepaja city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Liepaja","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"A western port with a wide white beach, the ruins of a closed Soviet naval city crumbling into the sea, and a claim to be where Latvian rock music came from.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1304382","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"7 km | Of Blue Flag beach\r\n1890s | When the tsar built the Karosta naval base\r\n1994 | The Musicians' Walk of Fame began here","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"A beach town with a decommissioned military city attached","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Liepaja sits on Latvia's western coast, calls itself the city where the wind is born, and has a seven-kilometre white sand beach running along the edge of it.\r\n\r\nNorth of the town is Karosta, and it is the reason to come. The tsar built a fortified naval port here in the 1890s; the Soviets took it over and closed it entirely \u2014 an off-limits military city within a city, sealed even to most Latvians. It was abandoned in 1994 and left largely as it was.\r\n\r\nWhat remains is the Northern Forts, enormous concrete gun emplacements collapsing into the Baltic, a vast Orthodox naval cathedral, blocks of decaying officers' housing still partly inhabited, and a military prison that now runs tours \u2014 including one where you can be locked in overnight and shouted at by actors in Soviet uniform.\r\n\r\nLiepaja is also Latvia's music town. The Walk of Fame along the main street honours Latvian musicians, and the Great Amber concert hall is the modern statement.\r\n\r\nTwo days.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in | Bus from Riga 3 hours, around \u20ac10. Trains are slower\r\nGetting around | The centre is walkable. Buses to Karosta about \u20ac1\r\nCurrency | Euro\r\nKarosta | Free to walk. The prison tour is about \u20ac10, the overnight experience more\r\nThe wind | Constant. The beach is beautiful and rarely still\r\nSeason | The beach works June to August. Karosta works year-round","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"A compact centre between a lake and the sea, with Karosta to the north.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"13","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"City centre | First-timers | Around Liela iela: the Walk of Fame, restaurants, the concert hall and most beds. | 56.5110 | 21.0130 |  | \nNear the beach | Sand and quiet | West: the seafront park, the wooden villas behind it and a short walk into town. | 56.5150 | 21.0020 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Liepaja","hw_hub_city_do_body":"Go to Karosta. The Northern Forts are free and unguarded \u2014 vast blocks of tsarist-era concrete fortification, blown up and abandoned, now half in the sea and being taken apart by the Baltic. You walk among them. Nothing is fenced and nothing is explained, which is both the appeal and the hazard.\r\n\r\nThe Karosta Prison, about \u20ac10, was a military lock-up used by the tsarist navy, the Soviets and briefly independent Latvia, and it closed in 1997. Tours run through the cells and the exercise yards. There is also an overnight programme where visitors are processed as prisoners by actors, which is either an excellent idea or a terrible one depending on temperament.\r\n\r\nSt Nicholas Naval Cathedral, the Orthodox church at the heart of the base, is free and still in use.\r\n\r\nIn town, the beach runs seven kilometres and holds a Blue Flag, and the seafront park behind it has the Musicians' Walk of Fame.\r\n\r\nThe Great Amber concert hall is worth looking at even if nothing is on.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"The Northern Forts | Free, unfenced, and collapsing into the sea\r\nKarosta Prison | About \u20ac10, with an overnight option\r\nSt Nicholas Naval Cathedral | Free, and still in use\r\nThe beach | Seven kilometres, Blue Flag, and very windy","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Liepaja","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Liepaja","hw_hub_city_free_body":"The Northern Forts at Karosta are free and entirely open, which is unusual for a site like this anywhere in Europe.\r\n\r\nThe beach is free, all seven kilometres, with the seafront park and the amber-themed clock behind it.\r\n\r\nThe Musicians' Walk of Fame runs along Liela iela and costs nothing to walk.\r\n\r\nSt Nicholas Naval Cathedral is free to enter.\r\n\r\nWandering Karosta's residential blocks is free and strange \u2014 this was a closed military city until 1994 and parts of it are still lived in, so it is a working neighbourhood rather than a ruin park. Be respectful about photographing homes.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"The Northern Forts | Free and completely open\r\nSeven kilometres of beach | Free, and rarely crowded\r\nThe Walk of Fame | Along the main street\r\nThe naval cathedral | Free, in the middle of the old base","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Liepaja","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Liepaja","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Coastal and cheap. A main is \u20ac8 to \u20ac15, less at the market.\r\n\r\nSmoked fish is the local product \u2014 the coast here has smokehouses and the Baltic supplies flounder, herring and eel.\r\n\r\nThe Liepaja market does hot food and produce cheaply, and it is where the town shops.\r\n\r\nLatvian standards apply otherwise: rye bread, grey peas, sour cream, pickles.\r\n\r\nA beer is \u20ac3 to \u20ac4.50, and Liepaja has its own long-standing brewery.\r\n\r\nThe seafront has summer caf\u00e9s and bars that close outside the season, so in winter eating moves entirely into the centre.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Smoked fish | The local product, from coastal smokehouses\r\nThe market | Hot food and produce, cheaply\r\nA main | \u20ac8\u201315\r\nA beer | \u20ac3\u20134.50","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Liepaja","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Liepaja","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"Small, and more musically serious than the size suggests. Liepaja is Latvia's music town \u2014 a number of the country's best-known rock bands came from here, and the Walk of Fame is not an empty gesture.\r\n\r\nLive music happens in small venues through the year, and the Great Amber concert hall carries the bigger programme.\r\n\r\nThe bars are concentrated on and around Liela iela, and a beer is \u20ac3 to \u20ac4.50.\r\n\r\nSummer moves things to the seafront, where beach bars open for the season and close again in September.\r\n\r\nThis is a town of about seventy thousand and the evening is a bar and a band rather than a club night.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"A real music town | Latvian rock largely came from here\r\nLiela iela | Where the bars are\r\nSeafront bars | Summer only\r\nA beer | \u20ac3\u20134.50","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Liepaja","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Liepaja","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"The centre is walkable and the beach is a ten-minute walk west of it.\r\n\r\nKarosta is about six kilometres north. Buses run there for around \u20ac1, or a taxi is a few euros. Allow half a day.\r\n\r\nBuses from Riga take about three hours and cost around \u20ac10, running several times a day. Trains are slower and less frequent.\r\n\r\nLiepaja has a small airport with limited seasonal routes, so most people arrive by bus.\r\n\r\nThe Lithuanian border is an hour south, which makes Liepaja a reasonable stop on a coastal route between Riga and Klaipeda.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"Walk the centre | The beach is ten minutes west\r\nKarosta | Six kilometres north, bus about \u20ac1\r\nRiga | Three hours by bus, about \u20ac10\r\nLithuania | An hour south","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Liepaja","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Liepaja costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"Cheaper than Riga. Beds are \u20ac10 to \u20ac25, a main \u20ac8 to \u20ac15, and a beer \u20ac3 to \u20ac4.50.\r\n\r\nA day is \u20ac28 to \u20ac55.\r\n\r\nKarosta is free apart from the prison at about \u20ac10, the beach is free, and the town's attractions are either free or a few euros.\r\n\r\nSummer is the peak and beds tighten in July and August, particularly around festival weekends.\r\n\r\nCarry some cash for buses and smaller places, though cards are widely accepted in the centre.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Bed | \u20ac10\u201325\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac28\u201355\r\nKarosta is free | Except the prison at about \u20ac10\r\nJuly and August | When beds tighten","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Liepaja","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Liepaja","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Liepaja is a safe town and crime against visitors is low. The risk here is the Karosta site itself.\r\n\r\nThe Northern Forts are unfenced, unlit, structurally unstable and partly in the sea. There are no barriers, no signage and no supervision. Reinforcing bar protrudes from broken concrete, there are unmarked drops into flooded chambers, and the tide moves around the seaward sections. Wear proper shoes, do not climb on the structures, do not go inside enclosed sections, and do not go at all after dark or alone.\r\n\r\nThe sea at Karosta has strong currents around the breakwaters and is not a swimming spot. Swim at the town beach instead, where there are lifeguards in season.\r\n\r\nParts of Karosta are still residential and were never a tourist site. Treat it as a neighbourhood rather than a ruin park.\r\n\r\nWinter ice and a constant wind. Emergency number is 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"The Northern Forts | Unfenced, unstable, with unmarked drops. Proper shoes, daylight only\r\nDo not climb the concrete | Or enter enclosed sections\r\nSwim at the town beach | Not at Karosta, where the currents are strong\r\nKarosta is inhabited | Treat it as a neighbourhood","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Liepaja","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Liepaja","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"Capes, waterfalls and the Lithuanian coast.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Karosta | 20 minutes | Bus, about \u20ac1 | The abandoned naval base: forts, cathedral, prison and a residential district that was closed to outsiders until 1994. |  | 1304451\nKuldiga | 1.5 hours | Bus, about \u20ac5 | A small town with the widest waterfall in Europe, wooden architecture and a long brick bridge. |  | 1304452\nVentspils | 1.5 hours | Bus, about \u20ac5 | A port town with a good beach, a narrow-gauge railway and cow sculptures throughout. |  | 1304453\nKlaipeda, Lithuania | 2.5 hours | Bus, \u20ac10\u201315 | A different country, and the gateway to the Curonian Spit. |  | 1304454","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Liepaja","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"June to August for the beach. Karosta is arguably better in bad weather.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. The wind is constant here \u2014 the town's own slogan refers to it \u2014 and it makes the beach feel colder than the numbers and the Karosta ruins feel considerably more atmospheric.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | -1 | 2 | Cold, windy and empty. Karosta looks the part\r\nFebruary | -1 | 2 | The coldest month. Very quiet\r\nMarch | 3 | 2 | Cold and grey. Thaw beginning\r\nApril | 9 | 3 | Cool and bright. Good for Karosta\r\nMay | 14 | 4 | Good. Beach too cold, everything else open\r\nJune | 18 | 5 | Excellent. Midsummer and long light\r\nJuly | 21 | 5 | Peak. The beach in use and festivals running\r\nAugust | 20 | 5 | Warmest sea and still busy\r\nSeptember | 16 | 4 | Good value. Quiet and mild\r\nOctober | 10 | 3 | Autumn. Seafront closing down\r\nNovember | 5 | 2 | Dark and windy. Very quiet\r\nDecember | 1 | 2 | Cold and dark, with a small Christmas market","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"A summer festival season built around the town's music history.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Liepaja","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/latvia\/liepaja\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Summer festival season | July and August | Citywide and the beach | Music festivals through the summer, reflecting the town's standing as Latvia's rock capital. |  | \nJani (midsummer) | 23\u201324 June | Countrywide | Bonfires and all-night celebrations. Much of the town closes and people head to the coast and countryside. |  | \nKarosta Prison tours | Year-round | Karosta | Standard tours around \u20ac10, plus an overnight programme where visitors are processed as prisoners by actors. |  | \nBeach season | June to August | The seafront | When the beach bars open and the seven-kilometre strand is actually usable. |  | \nGreat Amber concert hall | Year-round | City centre | The modern concert hall carrying the town's main classical and contemporary programme. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros \u2014 Latvia uses them.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"Latvia is in the eurozone, so these are the prices you will pay. Karosta is free apart from the prison.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2\r\nMiddle of the road | 20 | 18 | 2 | 10\r\nComfortable | 38 | 30 | 4 | 20","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Liepaja","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"A small scene in the centre and near the beach, tightest in July and August. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Liepaja","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/latvia\/liepaja\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Liepaja travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"What is Karosta? | A fortified naval port the tsar built in the 1890s, taken over by the Soviets and sealed as a closed military city \u2014 off-limits even to most Latvians \u2014 until it was abandoned in 1994. It holds the Northern Forts, an Orthodox naval cathedral, a military prison and residential blocks that are still partly lived in.\r\nAre the Northern Forts safe to explore? | They are free and completely open, which is unusual, and that is also the problem. No fences, no signage, no supervision. The concrete is broken with reinforcing bar protruding, there are unmarked drops into flooded chambers, and the tide moves around the seaward sections. Wear proper shoes, stay off the structures, do not enter enclosed sections, and go in daylight with someone else.\r\nWhat is the prison overnight thing? | Karosta Prison runs a programme where visitors are processed and treated as prisoners by actors in Soviet uniform, including being shouted at and locked in a cell for the night. It is well known, it is not for everyone, and the standard daytime tour at about \u20ac10 covers the same site without the performance.\r\nIs the beach any good? | Seven kilometres of white sand with a Blue Flag, and rarely crowded. The catch is the wind \u2014 Liepaja calls itself the city where the wind is born and it is not a joke. Swimming season is roughly June to August and lifeguards work the town beach in season.\r\nWhy is it a music town? | A disproportionate number of Latvia's best-known rock bands came from Liepaja, and the Musicians' Walk of Fame along the main street reflects that rather than inventing it. The Great Amber concert hall is the modern end of the same story.\r\nHow do I get there? | Bus from Riga, about three hours for \u20ac10, several times a day. Trains are slower and less frequent. It also sits an hour from the Lithuanian border, so it works on a coastal route between Riga and Klaipeda.\r\nWhen should I go? | June to August if you want the beach. For Karosta, autumn and winter are arguably better \u2014 wind, grey sky and empty concrete suit the place considerably more than sunshine does.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Liepaja hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. Then meet the people already there in the app.","hw_hub_city_cta_buttons":"Find hostels in Liepaja | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/latvia\/liepaja\/\r\nGet the app | https:\/\/hostelworld.onelink.me\/IdiK\/f5a50nhd","hw_hub_city_newsletter_title":"Get the good stuff monthly","hw_hub_city_newsletter_body":"New city guides, deals and route ideas. No filler.","hw_hub_city_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_city_hub_term":"liepaja","hw_hub_city_city_slug":"liepaja","hw_hub_city_country_slug":"latvia","hw_hub_city_parent_hub":"europe\/latvia","hw_hub_city_currency":"EUR","hw_hub_city_scope_rows":"1"},"class_list":["post-1303399","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","wpbf-post"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Things To Do In Liepaja - Hostelworld Travel Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Things to do in Liepaja: The Northern Forts, Karosta Prison and more. Hostels, costs and when to go.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/latvia\/liepaja\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Things To Do In Liepaja - Hostelworld Travel Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Things to do in Liepaja: The Northern Forts, Karosta Prison and more. Hostels, costs and when to go.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/latvia\/liepaja\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Hostelworld Travel Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Hostelworld\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-01T16:34:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@hostelworld\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hostelworld.com\\\/blog\\\/europe\\\/latvia\\\/liepaja\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hostelworld.com\\\/blog\\\/europe\\\/latvia\\\/liepaja\\\/\",\"name\":\"Things To Do In Liepaja - Hostelworld Travel Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hostelworld.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-30T18:41:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-01T16:34:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"Things to do in Liepaja: The Northern Forts, Karosta Prison and more. Hostels, costs and when to go.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hostelworld.com\\\/blog\\\/europe\\\/latvia\\\/liepaja\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hostelworld.com\\\/blog\\\/europe\\\/latvia\\\/liepaja\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hostelworld.com\\\/blog\\\/europe\\\/latvia\\\/liepaja\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Travel Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hostelworld.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Europe\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hostelworld.com\\\/blog\\\/europe\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Latvia\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hostelworld.com\\\/blog\\\/europe\\\/latvia\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Liepaja\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hostelworld.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hostelworld.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hostelworld Travel Blog\",\"description\":\"Cheap Travel and Backpacking Tips\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hostelworld.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hostelworld.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hostelworld.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Hostelworld\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hostelworld.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hostelworld.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"Hostelworld\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hostelworld.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Hostelworld\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/hostelworld\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/hostelworld\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.co.uk\\\/hostelworld\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/hostelworld\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Things To Do In Liepaja - Hostelworld Travel Blog","description":"Things to do in Liepaja: The Northern Forts, Karosta Prison and more. Hostels, costs and when to go.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/latvia\/liepaja\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Things To Do In Liepaja - Hostelworld Travel Blog","og_description":"Things to do in Liepaja: The Northern Forts, Karosta Prison and more. Hostels, costs and when to go.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/latvia\/liepaja\/","og_site_name":"Hostelworld Travel Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Hostelworld","article_modified_time":"2026-10-01T16:34:00+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@hostelworld","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/latvia\/liepaja\/","url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/latvia\/liepaja\/","name":"Things To Do In Liepaja - Hostelworld Travel Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-09-30T18:41:02+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-01T16:34:00+00:00","description":"Things to do in Liepaja: The Northern Forts, Karosta Prison and more. Hostels, costs and when to go.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/latvia\/liepaja\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/latvia\/liepaja\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/latvia\/liepaja\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Travel Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Europe","item":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Latvia","item":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/latvia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Liepaja"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/","name":"Hostelworld Travel Blog","description":"Cheap Travel and Backpacking Tips","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Hostelworld","url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"Hostelworld"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Hostelworld","https:\/\/x.com\/hostelworld","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hostelworld","https:\/\/www.pinterest.co.uk\/hostelworld\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hostelworld"]}]}},"lang":"en","translations":{"en":1303399},"brizy_media":[],"pll_sync_post":{},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1303399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1303399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1303399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1303400,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1303399\/revisions\/1303400"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1302447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1303399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}