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Explore Rumbula in Latvia
Rumbula in the region of Rīgas Rajons is a town in Latvia - some 8 mi or ( 12 km ) South-East of Riga , the country's capital city .
Current time in Rumbula is now 02:53 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Riga " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Ulbroka, Tukums, Sigulda, Salaspils, and Rumbula. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Ulbroka . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Rumbula ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
Videos
VISIT LATVIA (English version)
Video about Latvia made by Latvian tourism portal www.visitLatvia.lv. Beautiful things and places in Latvia. ..
Latvia / Letland
Trailer to a 30 minutes Ducksingel video impression of Latvia. We see images of Riga, the Gauja Valley, Koshrags, Kolka and Liepaja ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Rumbula, Stopiņi Municipality
Rumbula is a village in Stopiņi Municipality in the historical region of Vidzeme, and the Riga Planning Region in Latvia.
Located at 56.88 24.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Dārziņi
Dārziņi is part of Riga, the capital of Latvia.
Located at 56.86 24.28 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Salaspils concentration camp
Salaspils concentration camp was established at the end of 1941 at a point 18 km southeast of Riga. The Nazi bureaucracy drew distinctions between different types of camps. Officially, Salaspils was a Police Prison and Work Education Camp (Polizeigegfängnis und Arbeitserziehungslager). It was also known as camp Kurtenhof after the German name for the city of Salaspils. Planning for the development of the camp and its prisoner structure changed several times.
Located at 56.87 24.30 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Rumbula Air Base
Rumbula is an air base located 11 kilometres southeast of Riga city centre in Latvia. The airfield had military use in the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1960s it was used as temporary passenger airport for bigger planes until the new Riga International Airport was opened in 1973. At least since 2001 there has been no military or commercial aviation based in Rumbula. Now it is mainly used as the biggest auto market in Latvia, and only about five small general aviation planes are based here.
Located at 56.88 24.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Jungfernhof concentration camp
The Jungfernhof concentration camp was an improvised concentration camp in Latvia, at the Mazjumprava Manor, near the Šķirotava Railway Station about three or four kilometers from Riga (now within the city territory). The camp was in operation from December 1941 through March 1942, and served as overflow housing for Jews from Germany and Austria, who had originally had been intended for Minsk as a destination.
Located at 56.89 24.20 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
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