Liepāja Beach on a very Baltic day🥶🇱🇻

I took a walk along the Beach in Liepāja (Latvia) on a very windy and cold October day, it was deserted except for a few dog walkers and crazy tourists like me, being right on the Baltic Sea it was literally Baltic ,freezing!They certainly don’t call it the “city where the wind is born” for nothing ! I suspect doing this in January would be a lot colder and you would definitely see snow. A few facts and information- Liepāja’s reputation as a great beach for swimming dates back to the 1860s, when the city was an emerging resort town popular among European and Russian aristocrats, including the Russian Tsar. With its soft white sand and glistening sea, Liepāja Beach remains a popular destination among leisure travellers to this day. The shore stretching along Liepāja’s historical centre is about 1.2 km long and 50-80 meters wide of the weather is calm. Since 2001, the beach flies the Blue Flag in summer, certifying water quality, coastal quality, safety, access to services and environmental education and information. The central beach by the lifeguard tower is adapted for people with visual and mobility impairments. On April 8th 1950, a U.S Navy PB4Y-2 Privateer aircraft was shot down by Soviet fighter jets off the coast of Liepāja. The plane, nicknamed “Turbulent Turtle”, was on a reconnaissance mission, but it strayed into Soviet airspace, leading to the incident. A monument on Liepāja’s beach commemorates the 10 crew members who died in the crash. The monument is often called “The Mother of the wind” by locals, and every year a commemoration ceremony is held at the monument, attended by representatives from the U.S. embassy and Latvian officials.