拉脱维亚馆位于世博园C片区，以“科技创新城市”的主题传达这样的理念——自然与科技的和谐共存；运用“快乐科技”给人们带来更美好的生活，创造更美好的环境。展馆的外墙由10万个15cm×15cm的彩色透明塑料片组成，每当微风拂过就会随之摇曳，熠熠发光。展馆入口是一个向上的螺旋形阶梯，寓意人类生生不息的发展。

在阶梯的顶部，即展馆三楼，游客可以参观一个在玻璃制成的风洞机内进行的“飞行秀”。开馆仪式上，拉脱维亚首相瓦尔季斯·东布罗夫斯基亲自走进风洞机体验高空飞行秀，在特技演员的帮助下，首相成功地“飞离”了地面。

据悉，想要参与体验高空飞翔的游客，可以将信息输入设在馆内三楼的电脑，馆方将每天从中抽出200名幸运儿，他们将在工作人员的培训后亲身体验“空中飞人”的惊险与刺激。此外，来自拉脱维亚的“飞行员们”将借助“垂直风洞机”，在离地面30米的高处为大家进行“飞翔表演”。

Latvia held an opening ceremony and party yesterday to celebrate the opening of its Expo Pavilion.

The Latvian prime minister, Valdis Dombrovskis, attended the ceremony and the "Technology of Happiness" acrobatic show was performed.

The Latvian pavilion is located by the central square of the Shanghai Expo, occupying 1,000 square meters next to the pavilions of Estonia, Denmark, Greece and Belgium.

Its facade comprises 100,000 colorful, transparent, plastic plates which sparkle and sway in the wind, generating a dynamic, kinetic effect.

It symbolizes nature and its various facets - forests, sea, land, sky and wind.

A wind tunnel is the centerpiece of the pavilion, representing flight embodied in the harmony, happiness and creative energy that people pursue.

Each pavilion patron will have a chance to win a free flight in the vertical wind tunnel.

Every day up to 200 visitors will be randomly selected for the Technology of Happiness experience, a free flight in the vertical wind tunnel.

Their names will be drawn randomly by a computer.

After the flight they will receive an e-mail containing a video of their flight experience. It will be produced in a format allowing it to be easily shared on social networking Websites, the pavilion said.

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