{"id":136099,"date":"2026-02-10T14:10:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T14:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.society19.com\/uk\/?p=136099"},"modified":"2026-02-10T14:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T14:10:15","slug":"signs-you-grew-up-in-latvia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.society19.com\/uk\/signs-you-grew-up-in-latvia\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Signs You Grew Up In Latvia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Latvia (Eastern Europe, just to save you two seconds from Googling; and no, it\u2019s not the same as Lithuania). As a tourist, you will leave the country reminiscing about the picturesque Old Town, and\/or the beautiful women &#8211; the Latvian nation produces more female models than most countries across the globe-, and quite unsure whether your taste buds grasped the unique taste of rye bread or \u2018kvass\u2019 that Latvians gulp as holy water. But for Latvians, the country is so much more. Here are 15 signs you grew up in Latvia.<\/p>\n<h2>1. \u02bb\u02bbThey\u2019ve mentioned us!\u02bc\u02bc<\/h2>\n<p>As a small nation, Latvia rarely gets any mention in books or news coverage that attracts global attention. So, when a Latvian suddenly spots the name \u02bb\u02bbRiga\u02bc\u02bc, \u02bb\u02bbLatvia\u02bc\u02bc, \u02bb\u02bbLatvians\u02bc\u02bc etc. in whatever context, a sense of great significance and smugness will fill his heart. He is also <em>very<\/em> likely to share this with his friends and family: \u02bb\u02bbLook!!!\u02bc\u02bc<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center\">\n<\/h6>\n<h2>2. When it comes to swearing, you\u2019d rather use the wide range of cuss words supplied by the Russian vocabulary<\/h2>\n<p>As much as we try to stay patriotic and maintain the native language alive (especially at the current state of global politics), there\u2019s no denying that \u02bb\u02bbdritvai koci\u0146&#8217;\u00a0\u02bc\u02bc simply will not deliver the level of annoyance and anger as effectively as the Russian \u02bb\u02bbpizgyec\u02bc\u02bc.<\/p>\n<h2>3. Thursdays are for Coyote Fly<\/h2>\n<p>The reason the majority of highschool pupils are either absent or barely functioning on Fridays is because Thursday nights are the only nights the capital\u2019s most popular nightclub allows entry to the city\u2019s 18-year-olds.<\/p>\n<p>If, for whatever reason,\u00a0 you don\u2019t get to see your friends that often, Coyote Fly &#8211; or simply Coyote &#8211; is that one place where you will meet all of them. \u02bb\u02bbOh my God! You\u2019re here as well?!\u02bc\u02bc<\/p>\n<h2>4. If they\u2019re not drinking rum and coke at Coyote Fly, they\u2019ll be wandering in the city zoo<\/h2>\n<p>Another sign you grew up in Latvia is the embarrassingly high number of visits you\u2019ve paid to the capital\u2019s zoo. At this stage, you\u2019ve probably seen whole generations of species rotate and could walk to the best part of the zoo &#8211; the Tropical House &#8211; blindfolded, just to question once again if the same old disturbingly pale alligator is not dead. (But on a serious note &#8211; is he not?)<\/p>\n<h2>5. Your annual budget will always have money set aside for Pr\u0101ta V\u0113tra<\/h2>\n<p>\u02bb\u02bbLai iesper zibens, gaudo suns<br \/>\nM\u0113s \u0161onakt piedzimsim no jauna<br \/>\nTad \u010detros krastos degsies guns<br \/>\nUn lidos dzirksteles no kalna\u02bc\u02bc<\/p>\n<p>\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>My fellow Latvians, I know you\u2019re going to be humming this for the rest of the day. Oops&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>To those unaware, these are the lyrics of a song by Pr\u0101ta V\u0113tra (Brainstorm), presumably the only band from Latvia that has made it to the global stage besides Eurovision. A Latvian\u2019s summer simply would not qualify as worthwhile if he didn\u2019t sing to their greatest hits along with 50 thousand other concertgoers at one of the annual gigs in Me\u017eaparks.<\/p>\n<h2>6. For Latvian children, \u02bb\u02bbLido Krastmala\u02bc\u02bc is the equivalent to Disneyland in Paris<\/h2>\n<p>Stuffing yourself with extra oily French fries and mince cutlets to then be rushing to the numerous rides, slides and attractions outdoors was the ultimate weekend a kid could ask for. The best part of it &#8211; the driving school. One would be ready for a 20 minute wait just to hop in the ride-on and disobey the rules.<\/p>\n<h2>7. \u02bb\u02bbIs it coming?!\u02bc\u02bc<\/h2>\n<p>As typical to countries with latitudes closer to the two geographic poles, winters in Latvia can get pretty rough. And once they do, the public transport system crashes down as if it has never experienced snow before.<\/p>\n<p>A typical sign you grew up in Latvia is a long wait at the bus stop with your face hidden behind a scarf trying to keep yourself warm in the freezing (-25C) temperatures. You\u2019re ready for a cosy journey&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>8. &#8230;whilst pretending to have fallen asleep.<\/h2>\n<p>Like in many parts across Europe, Latvia is a demographically aging nation, and nothing else portrays this fact as accurately as a journey on the bus or tram. Here, the ratio of passengers younger than 65 and those above can oftentimes be as drastic as 1:20 (especially on the weekends when all the elders do their weekly shopping at the Central Market).<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center\">\n<\/h6>\n<p>But although you do want to collect the good karma points, the idea of offering your seat to a senior and then standing for 30 minutes with a heavy bag just doesn\u2019t seem inviting. And so, once you spot an elder approaching, you swiftly close your eyes as if you\u2019re in deep sleep. My dear Latvian friends, we\u2019re going to Hell.<\/p>\n<h2>9. \u02bb\u02bbNils\u2026\u2019\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>For everything, from hardly running roads to traffic jams, crap weather to overpriced public transportation fares, Latvians like to blame the mayor of Riga, Nils U\u0161akovs. Seriously, Nil, though, get your sh*t together.<\/p>\n<h2>10. A fight on public transport isn\u2019t anything shocking<\/h2>\n<p>Apart from pensioners and \u02bb\u02bbnapping\u02bc\u02bc school children, another subculture one\u2019s (<em>very<\/em>) likely to bump into on the tram or bus is an aggressive, and often highly intoxicated, fellow, commonly referred to as an \u02bb\u02bburla\u02bc\u02bc. Dressed in a tracksuit, this \u2018\u2019urla\u2019\u2019 is always looking for some trouble. But most of the time, the trouble finds him instead &#8211; the several \u02bb\u02bbdvu\u013cas\u02bc\u02bc (2l bottles of beer) he\u2019s had will finally hit him and he will fall out of the transport landing with a loud \u02bb\u02bbblyag\u02bc\u02bc (\u02bb\u02bbf*ck\u02bc\u02bc).<\/p>\n<h2>11. Your cupboard is full of \u02bb\u02bbRollton\u2019\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>The nourishing veggie soup your grandma has cooked with all her love <i>is<\/i> great&#8230; but nothing compares to the comfort a single packet of \u02bb\u02bbRollton\u2019\u2019 can provide. A health-freak or not, a true Latvian will know that, whatever the price, no other instant noodles are as good as these.<\/p>\n<h2>12. Watching Eurovision is an annual event of high importance&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>&#8230;even though we are well aware that the chances of us entering the grand final are next to nothing. Nonetheless, we always feel somewhat superior when the two neighbouring countries &#8211; Estonia and Lithuania &#8211; and our fellow Latvians who have emigrated to Ireland shower us in the 12 maximum points a country can give.<\/p>\n<p>And if they don\u2019t, a sense betrayal would swipe across the nation. \u02bb\u02bb7 points?!? Only!? What!??\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<h2>13. M\u0113rnieku laiki&#8230;umm, nope<\/h2>\n<p>A truly obvious sign you grew up in Latvia was the utter fear and the sudden realisation that you\u2019re doomed once your literature teacher notified the class that you\u2019ll have to read M\u0113rnieku laiki<i>;<\/i> several hundred pages portraying the life in Latvia in the early 19th century. The language was complex and new characters would flood in every two pages so most of us wouldn\u2019t even make it to page 15.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center\">\n<\/h6>\n<p>Although there are no factual statistics, the number of annual high-school graduates nationwide who\u2019ve actually managed to make it to the end of the book probably reaches less than a hundred (whether they have understood the plot is a different story).<\/p>\n<h2>14. And instead of reading M\u0113rnieku laiki you\u2019d rather watch Sirdsm\u012b\u013c\u0101 Monika<\/h2>\n<p>&#8230;for the 50th time.<\/p>\n<h2>15. Hektors<\/h2>\n<p>Hek\u010da&#8230;The horrendously tasting and smelling spirit that made your stomach regret its existence each time you tried to down it with Coke (a classic combo). Yet, you kept buying it whenever there was a party to attend. No party was a party without Hektors.<\/p>\n<h5>Did you grow up in Latvia? Are there any other signs we missed? Let us know in the comments and share with your friends!<\/h5>\n<h6>Featured Image Source: www.pintrest.com<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latvia (Eastern Europe, just to save you two seconds from Googling; and no, it\u2019s not the same as Lithuania). As a tourist, you will leave the country reminiscing about the picturesque Old Town, and\/or the beautiful women &#8211; the Latvian nation produces more female models than most countries across the globe-, and quite unsure whether&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24767,"featured_media":136101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8522],"tags":[8614,15093,9397,15579],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-136099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-life","tag-city-life","tag-europe","tag-hometown","tag-latvia"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>15 Signs You Grew Up In Latvia - Society19 UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Latvia is a unique place to grow up in. 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