Liepāja Resident Discovers Sleeping in Bus is Prohibited — Even if it's Your Own Bus

Liepāja entrepreneur Normunds Albrekts has discovered a surprising fact — turns out you're allowed to eat in a tram, but you can't sleep in a bus. Even if it's your bus. Even if you bought it from the Liepāja bus depot. The logic is as clear as a December morning in Liepāja.

The entrepreneur had planned to convert an old "Volvo 8700" into a hotel room with four beds, a kitchen, shower, and even a rooftop terrace. The plan was to place this marvel somewhere by the sea — maybe near the North Pier or close to the new water terminal. As one local resident puts it: "Normunds thought his bus would be like a five-star hotel on wheels, but the municipality thought it would be like a gypsy camp with panoramic windows."

After lengthy communication with the municipality — which, as experience shows, is about as productive as trying to convince Liepāja's wind not to blow in winter — the entrepreneur abandoned the idea. Now the bus stands at the intersection of Amatas and Ezera streets as a monument to misunderstood ideas.

While in Riga a hotel room costs like a small car, in Liepāja even an original autohotel project gets no support. But don't worry — you can still eat in the tram. If only the tram is running.