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How to get there by car:

  1. By car the way from Riga is 56 km. Leave Riga on the highway to Jelgava (road A8). Drive about 30 min. Turn right at the sign Ozolnieki (road P100). Pass Ozolnieki and drive into Jelgava. While driving this way, you will be soon able to see gas station Neste on your right side – you have to turn right at the gas station to Kalnciems (street name: Loka Maģistrāle), and drive about 2 km. When you reach a T-shaped crossroad, turn right again to Kalnciems (road P99) and drive on Kalnciema road.
  2. Leave the Jelgava city, cross the river Iecava. Pass the town Vitolini. After Vitolini you will be able to see the bus stop Zvejnieki. After the bus stop after 50 meters turn left onto a dirt road. Go straight 600 m until you reach  the sign "No Entry" and a farm mailbox where it stays ´Zemīte´ on it, you have to turn right before the sign and drive 1 km 800 m till the end. On the left side along the road there will be river Lielupe, you have to pass the farm Šalkas and Zuši.

By public transport:

2.1. Minibus Riga-Jelgava departs from the Riga Bus Station (several trips every hour, we  advise to buy tickets a few hours before departure). Then there are two possibilities how you can continue the way:

2.1.1. Change the bus at the bus station in Jelgava to the bus to Jelgava-Kalnciems, drive till the stop "Zvejnieki" (this bus drives 2 times a day at 7:20 and 15:15). Then walk to Svetgrivas, see paragraph 1.2. You can also take a microbus of the event organizers, from the final stop 12 and 12a in Vitolini.

2.1.2. Change in Jelgava to the city bus 12 or 12A (the nearest stop of the bus station in Jelgava - at SEB Unibanka (buses 12 and 12A from the bus stop near the Jelgava bus terminal are going in the opposite direction (see diagram). Then walk along the highway to stop Zvejnieki (approx. 15 min.), after the stop turn immediately to the left and go straight, then turn right and walk along the Lielupe river till the end of the road. Or you can wait for the event organizers minibus to get you to Svetgrivas.

The schedule of buses 12 and 12A in the direction of Bank Vitolini (on weekends and holidays):

Route 12: 10:10 / 11:16 / 12:31 / 13:36 / 19:11

Route 12A: 7:41 / 8:46 / 9:51 / 14:41 / 15:51 / 17:09 / 18:39

2.2. On the electric train Riga-Jelgava, departs from the central railway station in Riga. You can get familiar with the schedule here: http://www.pv.lv/ru/. In Jelgava, close to the station, look for a bus stop 12 and 12a (this stop is temporarily moved due to repair of roads, see the diagram), see afterwards point 2.1.2.