http://www.karostascietums.lv/new/en/intro-en.html In this prison type museum prison comes very alive, the smell of solviet times is thill there. Interesting place to visit definitely! I did like the personal dressing and atmoshere. Place also offers extreeme stay overnight, which we didn't use. We were there part latvian and english speakers so we decided to go for an english tour, witch is... More

This horrible prison is really worth visiting. All the surroundings and interior are left as they were and you really get to experience how it was for the prisoners at the time it was in use. This is a perfect way to get a glimps of how horrible it was only 25 years ago!

It took some finding this gem of cold war history. A building which has served as a prison for Tsarist, Lithuanian and Soviet regimes. The building appears to be being turned into a kind of theme park, but badly. Watch towers which would appear at home in a childs activity park and not very convincing barbed wire fencing are being... More

This place is a really interesting place to visit. The prison is located in a town just north of Liepaja. The adventure started with getting the bus and trying to work out which stop to get off at just by using the map. We thought our luck was in when we asked an old woman when to get off and... More