Culture

Anyone, who has enough time to stay in the city of seven hills to enjoy its multicultural hospitality, can ascertain the variety of culture traditions in Rezekne.
Rezekne is being called the heart of Latgale, the capital city of culture. There successfully cohabit the ancient with the modern, the eternal with the worldly, the national with the international, and the wisdom of ancestors with the bustle of the juvenility. Rezekne people protect and take care of traditions inherited from ancestors.
The societies of Latgalians, Russians, Poles, Ukrainians and Jews are represented in the city preserving the multi ethnical culture heritage. The gratification arises when names of artists and musicians from city’s theatres, choirs, dancing groups announce around the world certifying that Rezekne takes the significant place in the processes of Europe and world culture.
In cooperation with the culture institutions and collectives, Rezekne city Culture Department task is to promote the culture processes and advantageous culture environment development in the region, to contribute into the creation of positive image of Rezekne, Latgale and Latvia.

The manager of Rezekne city Culture Department is Ināra Jaudzema.