Latvia

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Script
Latin
Language
Latvian, Russian
Road edge lines
White, solid
Centre lines
White, dashed
Bollards
White, black top
Bollard reflector
White / grey, Orange
Telephone poles
Concrete, Wood
Street View car
Red, Black
Camera
Gen 3, Gen 4
Licence plates
White, Blue side strip
Warning signs
White triangle
Landscape
Flat, Boreal
Vegetation
Birch, Pine
Road surface
Unsealed, Good
Road numbers
A, P, V

Country-wide 10

Plates

Plates long white + EU strip

Bollards

Bollards thin, slightly curved: rectangular front reflector + two circular back reflectors (white or orange), angled black strip, often numbered

Lithuania: Two round back dots → Latvia.

Estonia: Curved + numbered → Latvia.

Utility

Poletops w/ alternating hook insulators (left-right-left) - rare in the other Baltics

Croatia: Latvian macrons (ā ē ī) vs Croatian č/ć.

Bulgaria: Cyrillic → Bulgaria.

Signs

Chevrons white w/ red arrows (EE/RU/UA inverted); Baltic blue km markers - Latvia's parallel to the road, number on one side (LT: 45°, EE: perpendicular); warning-sign border thick red + thin white outline; A-type guardrails w/ white or red reflectors (EE: none, LT: orange)

Signs unique here

Pedestrian signs 5 stripes (Baltic-unique; EE/LT = 3) + pedestrian w/ noticeably long legs; bus-stop sign w/ 5-window bus (EE/LT: 4)

Within the Baltics both metas are Latvia-only; the long-leg pedestrian is Europe-wide distinctive.

Language unique here

Latvian: macron vowels Ā Ē Ī (Ū) + hooked consonants Ģ Ķ Ļ Ņ; street = iela (unique; ultra-rare 'gatve/gat.' in Riga)

Naming

House numbers = tall rectangles in several colours (not common EE/LT)

Arch

Wood + white brick combos, steep corrugated metal roofs; pastel stone in newer areas

Signs

Directional signs blue/white w/ more stylised arrowheads than EE/LT

Cars

Gen4 red or black car (also LT; Estonia has neither)

Regional 1

Landscape

South of Jelgava: wide open, much less forest + more fields than the rest of Latvia

City 1

Arch unique here

Downtown = majestic Art-Nouveau architecture (Vienna-like) - unique in the whole Baltics