Sculpture "Acorn Sailor"
An acorn has become the symbol of Kandava. In 2010, artist of Kandava Zigmunds Piņķis (1950-2012) created this sculpture.
Kandava
is an old town encircled with ancient oak-trees. The trees were there
before the town itself. Also the coat of arms of the town depicts acorns
and oak-tree leaves, and the open-air stage in Kandava has long been
called "Ozolāji" (in Latvian – an oak-tree grove). The townspeople have
restarted the tradition of making acorn coffee, which, if prepared
correctly, is rather delicious. That is how the character "Acorn Sailor"
came about, inviting the travellers to go on a trip in the area of
Kandava and in the ancient river valley of Abava.
