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St. Peter's Church Riga
62 Reviews St. Peter's Church [1209], is named after Saint Peter. A rather plain looking Church on the outside, it's built of stone which probably saved the Church from being devastated by the fire that burnt...
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Old Town Riga
53 Reviews Bastion Hill was a beautiful garden that was a real pleasure to walk through. The landscaped garden was begun in 1881, and is very pretty, as a brook with many waterfalls runs through the Park, and...
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35 Reviews This building was a different, brightly coloured design. It was an apartment house and shop, and is known for the blossoming foliage-shaped corner with a stylised sun above. Designed in 1903 by...
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House of Blackheads Riga
41 Reviews Unfortunately, the lovely "House of Blackheads" I was viewing today, was not old, it was only completed in 1999. World War II, and because the House of Blackheads was one of the most impressive...
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Central Market Riga
22 Reviews Riga Central Market, one of the largest markets in Eastern Europe, is visited daily by 80,000 to 100,000 people. It was wow! How big is this place, certainly the biggest Market I have ever been to!...
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Freedom Monument Riga
49 Reviews The Freedom Monument is a symbol of freedom, sovereignty and an independent Latvia. The Monument honours soldiers killed during the Latvian War of Independence (1918–1920). This impressive monument...
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Three Brothers Riga
19 Reviews These residential buildings are charming, looks so much to be medieval. It is said, these three brothers (Tri Brali) are best examples of medieval buildings in Riga. The three brothers are different...
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Swedish Gate Riga
16 Reviews The Old Town of Riga used to be surrounded by walls on all sides, but now-days, not much is left. The Invaders tore must of them down in the 1800s. The Swedish Gate is an attractive city gate, so...
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Museum of the Occupation of Latvia Riga
26 Reviews I decided to view this museum as I had previously visited the Freedom Museum in Estonia..The museum was Established in 1993 to show what happenend here in Latvia during the years of Occupation from...
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Dome Cathedral Riga
38 Reviews The Dome Cathedral is the largest place of worship in the Baltics The foundation stone of the Dome was laid in 1211, when Bishop Albert had a great plan of building a church, a monastery, some more...
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National Opera Riga
23 Reviews The National Opera House is set in a lovely position overlooking some very nice Parks and gardens. The Theatre is affectionately known as “The White House,' and when viewing it, I could see why! An...
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Powder Tower Riga
24 Reviews This lovely old tower with Ivy growing over the red bricks, was once used for storing Gun Powder. Built in the 14th century, the building is now part of the Museum of War, with displays including...
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20 Reviews Riga Castle was built in 1330 in the old Town as the residence for Master of Livonian Order. Originally the castle was fortress-like 3 story building with an inner courtyard and four towers. Since...
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Daugava River Riga
15 Reviews The Railway Bridge connects the two banks of Riga that are divided by the Daugava River. I happened to see this Bridge when I was having a look at the central markets. The Bridge was built in 1872,...
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Orthodox Cathedral Riga
21 Reviews The Nativity of Christ Cathedral is surrounded by a lovey park. Built in the Neo-Byzantine style between 1876 and 1883, during the period when the country was part of the Russian Empire, it is the...
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Cat House Riga
16 Reviews Not every house has a cat in the roof :) But in Riga - yes, it is :) The house surely has the Cat name after two black cats put on the roof. The owner of the house turned cats’ tails into the Guild...
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Latvian Riflemen Monument Riga
13 Reviews The Red Riflemen Monument is another impressive monument and also a very controversal! The monument was built in 1970, to honor the Latvian red Riflemen who guarded Lenin during the Russian...
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Musicians of Bremen Monument Riga
8 Reviews The Musicians of Bremen Statue is strategically placed between three major churches in Riga, Saint Peter's, Saint John's and Saint George's churches. The German city of Bremen, by the way, is twinned...
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Latvian Ethnographic Open Air Museum Riga
6 Reviews I will confess up front that I am a complete sucker for 'skansen' type museums, so the fact that we made a beeline for the open air ethnographic museum just outside Riga should come as little...
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Jurmala Beach Riga
6 Reviews If you fancy something of a change from the city, then I can very well recommend a visit to the water park at Jurmala. It must be a good 20 miles out of town, but you can get there very quickly and...
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Bastejkalns Park Riga
9 Reviews Coming over Bastion Hill you’re greeted by an outdoor dance floor filled with energetic couples. Welcome to Bastejkalns Park. A little further on you come to Lover’s bridge (second picture) where...
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Laima Clock Riga
12 Reviews Hard to say for me why Laima clock is famous in Riga, but anyway it was nice to see how it looks. This clock was donated by Laima chocolate manufacturer, and the main thing people like it as it is...
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Academy of Sciences Riga
13 Reviews The Academy of Sciences was a building that caught my attention, as it looked something like the American Empire state building! This tall building was built between 1953 and 1956, as a gift from the...
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10 Reviews Located next to each other in Riga, is the Small and Great Guild Halls, both impressive buildings. The Great Guild [1354], was a Merchant's organization for German merchants. The first building from...
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Bastion Hill Riga
7 Reviews Bastejkalns is one of the parks that surround Old Riga Town. Bastejkalns in translation to English mean The Bastion Hill, so from the name we can guess that this place was very significant for the...
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Something new is always offered by the museum displays. Here you can have a look also at the vehicles belonging to members of the Latvian Antique Automobile Club. Vehicles for display here have been received from Audi and Volkswagen museum as well as private collectors.Cars, reconstructed in the Motormuseum's restoration department, have received international appreciation.
The following exhibits will remain in your memory forever:- 16-cylinder 520 HP Auto Union;- fire fighting vehicle Russo Baltique;- Hansa G 12/36;- Brezhnev Rolls Royce Silver Shadow;- Molotov Rolls Royce Wraith;- Stalin armour limousine ZIS 115S (you should see 12mm wide auto windows...);- BMW 328;- Recordauto Pioneer 2M;- ARVW - an object for aerodynamic research;- E. Erman selfconstructed resordmotorcycle EKE 1;- many sport motorcycles;- etc.
There u could see the old Soviet times cars ... as Stalins supermachine, red fire-engine so known from the past ... the gifts of riches to the museum ... old mercedes, red ferrari ... beauty BMW (as for me) ... small cars that hardly imagine could be driven, motocycles ... and more ... moreEntrance costs 1 Latas.
U must see the Old Town in Riga cause it's full of great buildings: ancient one, churches with its Dome Sobor, squares, reconstructed buildings including Latvias Seimas, little cosy streets with bars, cafes and shops.There are some beautiful brigdes through Daugava river, the fascinating view is coming to look at all from the birds flight on the top of Dome's Sobor.
Did you know that...The Blackheads was characteristically a common union of young, unmarried merchants and ship captains in the Hansa cities, which chose St. Maurice to be their patron. St. Mauritius was an imaginary African black moor (from this the name of the brotherhood “the Blackheads” comes). Due to their exceptional status the Blackheads played an important role in the society life and traditions; many VIPs of that time (including Russian tsars) took part in events organized by the Blackheads. As a German merchant club the Brotherhood of Blackheads existed in Riga until 1939.I was impressed by the architecture of this amazing and mysterious house - I happened to pass near it at night so the lights and all atmosphere made me a great impression..
The building of St. Mary’s Cathedral or Riga Dome and Monastery for Riga’s Order of Monks, was started in 1211, as Riga’s Archbishop’s Chapel.I was mostly impressed by a wide alcove, which was formed by the cathedral’s walls 3 m deep down into archaeological strata of many centuries allowing to detect the Dome Cathedral’s original size and to view the primary foundation of the cathedral. It's amazing how during the years the "ground" which we walk on is not the same ground which our ancestors walked - we are almost one floor higher! Does that mean that after some millions years (to keep other factors constant) our Earth would become "a larger ball" than it is now?:)
In 1999 the Latvian National Opera celebrated its 80th anniversary. The construction of this magnificent structure was completes in 1863 and originaly intented to house the City of Riga's German Theatre. "The White house" as it's fondly known in Riga re-emerged immaculate and radiant after the reconstruction in 1995. It now boasts a 967 seat auditorium.
Museum of the Occupation of Latvia. Excellent exhibition giving the history of Nazi & Soviet occupation of Latvia during WW2. Lots of artefacts from Siberian gulags. Also details the history of Latvian independance in the early 1990'sIt is technically free admission, but a donation of some kind is welcome.
The house was named after the two black cats perched on the roof. At the turn of the century the owner of the building was exiled from the Great Guild across the street and ordered the cats to be turned with their tails towards the Guild. The cats were eventually turned back after a long court battle, and the man was admitted back to the Guild.
In the 14th century Roland's statues appeared all over Northern Germany as a symbol of justice and freedom. Roland's statue was placed in Town Hall Square in front of the Guilds of Hanseatic cities. It is interesting to learn that the pointed and of Roland's sword was the point from which different distances in Riga and Latvia were counted.
Best Eastern Centra Hotel Riga Riga
7 Reviews and 252 Opinions We had an opportunity to travel somewhere with my husband for two nights. As we have 3 small kids,...
Reval Hotel Ridzene Riga
6 Reviews and 116 Opinions This year - hotel Ridzene again. The main hotel's advantage is its very quiet location in the very...
Albert Hotel Riga
4 Reviews and 407 Opinions Despite no plausable connection with the late great Mr Einstein The Albert Hotel is a shrine to the...
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Q: Sveiki! I need an advice. my departure from Riga airport at 11.30, but bus arrived (internetional, from belarus) only at 8.10....
A: You should have no problem. Yes, traffic can be bad, but by 0900 it seems to clear out. I used Municipal bus and as I recall, it took about 30 minutes from the stop near...
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