The city is rich with various monuments of architecture, history and culture both of local or national value. The Daugavpils fortress is really unique because it is the only building of such type in Europe that has remained without any evident changes up to present. The historical centre of the city consisted of 80 cultural-historical objects presents itself a specific monument of urban construction. One may be amazed by variety of architecture styles of the buildings, the red clay bricked facades of peculiar form recognized as Latgale baroque. The church ensemble Jaunbūve, the Church Hill included churches of four confessions, contributes a lot to very special panorama of the city of Daugavpils. The Concord House is the first high building built in the time of existence of Latvian Republic. At those time it also was one of the most modern and multifunctional buildings in Europe. It was built in 1937 as a symbol of people’s concord and unity. The first stone to the foundation of the Concord House was laid by Kārlis Ulmanis, the president at that time.

Not without reasons Daugavpils may also be proud of its sport complex. Ice Hall and the open-air swimming pool, one of the biggest open-air swimming pools in the Baltic countries, are the real pride of the city.

Daugavpils is the city that is more endowed with water space than other cities of Latvia. There are 15 lakes, 8 rivers and numerous brooks its territory. In spite of this the climate is the most continental of the country. Forests and parks make up the green area with a square of approximately 10 400 ha.

On November 9, 2001 His Majesty Prince of Welsh Charles paid his visit to the city in the course of his guest visit to the Baltic countries by the invitation of the president of Latvian Republic.

Daugavpils has been growing and developing rapidly getting better and economically more stable day by day.