Strenči
Strenči is a town in Valmiera Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is located about northeast of Riga, about northeast of Valmiera and about southwest of Valka.
Strenči is known as the raftsmen capital of Latvia, due to the town's location on the Gauja river and historical role in timber rafting. However it is also widely known in Latvia for its psychiatric hospital, "Strenču psihoneiroloģiskā slimnīca, VSIA" which was built in 1907 on the initiative of the Livonian Knighthood.
Strenči is bordered by the North Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve.