Bauska Castle

Bauska is a town in Zemgale, 66 km from Riga and 20 km from the Lithuanian border, at the confluence of the Mūsa and Mēmele rivers where they form the Lielupe river.

Get in

Buses from and to Riga leave every hour between 06:00 and 23:00. Travel time is about 1 hour 30 minutes. Price €3.

See

Bauska town hall

• 1 Bauska Castle, Pilskalna iela 40. 
• 2 Bauska Motor Museum, Sarkanmuiža 6, ☏ +371 67 025 887. Branch of the Riga Motor Museum. 
• 3 Bauskas vecpilsēta (Bauska Old Town), ☏ +371 63960508, tourinfo@bauska.lv. 

Do

• 1 Bauskas alus darītava (Bauska Brewery), ☏ +371 63 960 013, guna@bauskasalus.lv. Visits for groups by prior arrangement only. 

Eat

• Bauska Cheese Shop, Camembertielas (near the city centre). 9:30 AM - 7:30 PM. Latvia's most famous cheese shop, famous for selling up to seventy thousand different kinds of Latvian cheese, although admittedly the majority of those are just traditional Latvian cheese made with a slight variation to the breed of cow, flavouring of the milk, etc. Many Bauskan merchandise is based on the famous cheese shop, including a cartoon character, Mr. Cheese (Mr Sieru in Latvia), who can be seen on posters throughout the city. Nice spot for enjoying whatever type of cheese you seem to be interested in. Sadly, due to hygiene issues, the 'make your own cheese' option has now been closed. (updated Dec 2017)

Go next

• Riga