Latvia, info needed

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Later this week I will be taking a 7.5t up to Riga, Latvia for a conference (lucky me!!).

Can anyone tell me is there a better route than going via the toll road to Warsaw and up via Balystock and Suwalki, seems to take forever this way :cry:

Also is there a vignette system in Latvia for 7.5t trucks, cant seem to find anything on the tinternet. Cheers :smiley:

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thereā€™s no better way overland, maybe just a shortcut bypassing bialystok via lomza, but many companies use the scandlines route rostock-liepaja (lv) or kiel-klaipeda(lt) as itā€™s usually more economically viable

thereā€™s no road tax in latvia

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Cheers, I have to load in London on thursday and be in Riga monday mid morning so i think iā€™ve got plenty of time.

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steve try reading the euro sticky I have two put two
sites on there here are a few more,

LATVIA-1

LATVIA-2

latvia-on google THIS one is a list of sites on google,

you could go by boat from germany, from LƃĀ¼beck;Travermunnde,Rostock,

TRY THIS

AND alsoTHIS

ALSO look at the euro sticky for the info on poland, plus ask orys
for advice as he has the local knowledge which will be a great help.
hope the adbove helps,

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milodon:
or kiel-klaipeda(lt)

I sincerely hope that they have improved the ferry over the last few years as when I used it I would have sworn it was an old Wehrmacht hospital ship :laughing: god was it a tub

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Vascoingles:

milodon:
or kiel-klaipeda(lt)

I sincerely hope that they have improved the ferry over the last few years as when I used it I would have sworn it was an old Wehrmacht hospital ship :laughing: god was it a tub

Iā€™ve been on it once, a year ago and it wasnā€™t as bad as the railferrys they use on the sweden-lithuania and latvia lines, a brand new scania with a brand new reefer was overturned on one of them in january in a storm, a write-off

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Mind you there wont be much traffic on the roadsā€¦

Most of them are over here on the doleā€¦

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Joe C:
Mind you there wont be much traffic on the roadsā€¦

Most of them are over here on the doleā€¦

:unamused:
If thatā€™s the best you can do, donā€™t bother in future.
Before trying anything, you should remind yourself of the Forum rules and sanction system

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Yes, from time to time TruckNet tolerates ā€œI hate foreignersā€ threads and you should reply to these rather than hijacking a post made by somebody seeking practical advice about driving to Latvia.

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Thanks again for the advice guys, just got back. Brilliant trip, amazing city with great character and probably the most helpfull police officers I have ever come across, no probs at all, picture diary to follow in the next few days.