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Ferries run between Nynäshamn/[wiki=fcfff492e00727b63cf5dff9f59bc2a4]Stockholm[/wiki] and Ventspils overnight. These are mainly used for transport of HGV's to Sweden but passengers and small vehicles can use the service. Tickets can be purchased from an office at Ventspils Ferry Terminal.
The same ferry-line also carries travellers from [wiki=a945162e45061380fe8250164bf1dfcc]Travemünde[/wiki] in Germany to Ventspils [http://www.scandlines.eu/].
Another ferry serves the travellers willing to get either to [wiki=058d4f9fe48b8920d409f2ebb88e0247]Lübeck[/wiki] or [wiki=3215e321c1a4aada45a03cd2e8e407bc]St. Petersburg[/wiki] via Ventspils [http://www.finnlines.com/ferry-trips/routes_fares/luebeck_ventspils_st_petersburg].
There are regular bus services from [wiki=c16c50f34911d1f5d3924c8267409904]Riga[/wiki] (5.30 or 5.50 Lats) and [wiki=cfb75a5a7481803e16b02bba55c08ca8]Liepaja[/wiki] (3.65 - 4.55 Lats) and other Latvian towns several times a day. All buses arrive at the Central Bus Station on Kuldigas iela 4. Schedules and prices can be found on the website of Riga's Bus Station [url=http://www.autoosta.lv]]and 1188 [http://www.1188.lv/transport/bus[/url].
On-again off-again train service to city was suspended again in 2010. There was normally a daily train connecting Ventspils with [wiki=c16c50f34911d1f5d3924c8267409904]Riga[/wiki], and it's not known when and if the service will be resumed.
The most commonly used routes are:
Riga - Ventspils, 190 km on main highway E22 (A10);
Kuldīga - Ventspils, 60 km on highway P108;
Liepāja - Ventspils, 120 km on highways P111, P108, and P110.
* There are transfers available from Riga if you are looking for a quick way to get to Ventspils [http://www.rigatransfers24.com/]
Ventspils (both town and the district) phone code is 63 and the six digit local subscriber number.
[url=http://www.pasts.lv/lv/privatpersonas/citi_pakalpojumi/Bilesu_serviss/Ventspils.html]Ventspils Post Office-1[/url] Central post office of Ventspils city on the 1st floor of the 2 storey building on the corner.