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Blonde Parade To Beat Recession In Latvia

Submitted by TravMonkey on February 2, 2009 – 10:02 pm5 Comments

I happened to be in Latvia for a long weekend when I heard the news that a blonde parade was due on the Sunday. The idea behind the parade was to lift the spirits of the recession hit Latvians and perhaps boost the tourism.

Around 500 blonde female Latvians paraded through the streets of the capital Riga. Dressed mostly in pink or white the paraders waved and smiled proudly some even brought their lapdogs for the event.

The organisers of the event are hoping it will become an annual event and judging by people’s response this could well be the case.

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sacha says:

July 7, 2009 at 3:45 am

DAMM there are no ugly women in latvia think i visit there

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TravMonkey says:

July 20, 2009 at 6:22 pm

It was a nice place in general really, although the night life seemed to be a bit dead due to the recession.

Paul @

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Ieva The Squirrel says:

September 3, 2009 at 1:12 pm

You guys loved the parade So should we book a bed for you next year arround the blond parade time?

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TravMonkey says:

September 3, 2009 at 10:57 pm

Hi Leva!

I'm not sure about booking us in just yet! But you never know! Are they doing the parade again next year?!!

The Naughty Squirrel was a great hostel to stay in!

Thanks,

Paul @

TravMonkey.com

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Sanjeev's Trave says:

September 7, 2009 at 10:41 am

Wow! makes me wanna go there next..

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