Šmerlis forest

The most biologically diverse forest in Riga with 200-year-old pine stands.

In Šmerlis Forest, there are large numbers of notable pine trees as well as some exotic trees like a sweet chestnut, walnut tree, and many other noteworthy nature objects. From time to time, natural scientists visit Šmerlis Forest to see and re-measure the notable trees, and it is quite often that they find some pearl of nature there. We have been lucky to explore the forest together with Arnis Bērziņš, who is born in the Railroad-worker Hospital nearby in Biķernieki, and knows Šmerlis and Biķernieki forests like the back of his hand. Continue reading...