Frozen Night Walk: -18°C Swamp Trail in Ķemeri | Latvia (No Talking, 4K)

Описание: Step into the deep silence of a Latvian winter night. At -18°C, the air is sharp, the swamp is frozen solid and the only sound is the rhythmic crunch of footsteps on the frost.

This is the Black-alder Swamp boardwalk (Melnalkšņu purva laipa) in Ķemeri National Park, captured after 23:00 (11:00 PM). For a few brief weeks, this trail is transformed by light - sometimes guiding the way with festive glows and other times leaving you in the complete, eerie darkness of the forest.

This 600m path starts at the "Forest House" (Meža māja) and winds through the swamp. It is a walk of contrasts: the warmth of the illuminated gazebo, the spooky creek of the forest in the dark and the strange beauty of frozen roots lit from below.

The lights on the Light Trail will be On for the last week, up until January 31st, 2026. And they stay On every evening in the dark hours of the day until midnight.


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📅 Date of Walk: January 24, 2026
🕓 Start Time: 23:00 (11:00 PM)
⏳ Duration of Walk: 20min
📍 Location: Ķemeri National Park | Latvia
🌡️ Temperature: -18°C / -0.4°F



⏱️ VIDEO CHAPTERS:
00:00 The Forest House (Meža māja) Start
01:25 The Illuminated Gazebo
03:50 Trail Info & First Darkness
06:30 Under the Christmas Light Canopy
09:45 Distant Forest Glows & Second Darkness
13:15 The Frozen Stream & The Lights Bridge (10-Second Reset)
14:05 The Owl of Athena: A Dark Story* (more under the chapters)
15:40 Corner of Lights & Fallen Roots: Illuminated from Below
16:35 A Moment of Silence (10-Second Reset)
17:35 Purple Lights, Christmas Ornaments & Snow Projections
18:07 The Creaking Woods (Eerie Forest) & Another Darkness
19:30 Exit to Forest House & Parking


*The Little Owl’s House: A stop by the nesting box of the "Owl of Athena". While beautiful, nature researchers found this spot to be a grim collection site for the owl's winter prey - a reminder of the wild reality of the forest.


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