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St. Peter's Church Riga
61 Reviews It is the one very tall church in Riga old town, going on the top of the tower you can see panorama, but I haven't had that chance, maybe someday… This church is one of the best examples of gothic...
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Old Town Riga
49 Reviews In Riga still some fragments of old defensive wall left and it proves Riga was once medieval and well equipped defensively city. Some fragments of red wall you can see near Jacob's barracks - in one...
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House of Blackheads Riga
40 Reviews The House of Blackheads is well worth a visit, but was closed to the public when we were there in March, 2011. From information on the internet, the outside is the main attraction of this building....
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31 Reviews The street of Elizabetes Street has a park on one side, and quite a few Art Nouveau buildings on the other side. It is one of the best streets to see the art work. Be careful when walking, as the Tram...
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Central Market Riga
20 Reviews We found people in Riga pleasant and helpful but reserved, and we found it difficult to get a sense of the people until we visited the main fresh produce market. This is magnificently housed in a...
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Freedom Monument Riga
48 Reviews Located in the city centre, this seems to be a focal point for the nation from time to time. It is surrounded by parkland and was being well tended to by cleaners who were sweeping the streets. The...
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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
15 Reviews This building looks very medieval and romantic, but, for real, it was built not for defense, but to celebrate the Scandinavian occupation of Riga (1698). So, in my opinion, it was good gift for...
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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
37 Reviews Entering Dome Square we can see big, gothic, old Riga Cathedral. It was built in 1211, mostly in the first years of Riga existence. It is the largest Cathedral in the Baltic States and was founded by...
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National Opera Riga
22 Reviews It is easy to be cultured in Riga. Like most former socialist countries, enormous emphasis was placed on promoting and popularising the performing arts, and one of the happy outcomes of this focus is...
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19 Reviews More of a palace cum castle than what you'd expect of a traditional medieval stronghold, although it retains some elements, like a flag bedecked tall round tower. The front of the castle, that looking...
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Powder Tower Riga
23 Reviews It is only one defensive tower that survived in Riga - it houses the Museum of war. Tower looks big enough, could be hard to attack :) In 14th century this tower was the one of many towers around the...
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Daugava River Riga
13 Reviews It is worth to see, just walk near the Daugava river bank and watch how big that river is, how nice bridges around, modern buildings. Especially I liked architecture of bridges - Vansu bridge,...
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Orthodox Cathedral Riga
20 Reviews (work in progress) We were particularly touched by the Russian Orthodox cathedral in Riga, the largest Orthodox church in the Baltics. This lovely building has had a turbulent history, being converted...
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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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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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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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Latvian Riflemen Monument Riga
12 Reviews Just outside the main square of Ratslaukums is the somewhat controversial statue to the Latvian Red Riflemen. As you might be able to tell from the reference to Red, and the sharp contours of the...
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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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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
12 Reviews The Science Academy in Riga is of typical Soviet architecture of the Stalin era. It was built in 1957 and because of its appearance it has the nickname “Stalin’s birthday cake”. On the façade some...
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St. John's Church Riga
19 Reviews On the same street as St. John's and opposite St. Peter's, is one more church: St. George's. Only this one is a little different, and unless you look out for its arched windows and high roof, you'd...
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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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Latgale, the eastern region of Latvia, seems to be far back in time as compared to the both other regions. Here - other than in the rest of Latvia which is Lutheran, the people are Roman Catholics due to the long Polish rule which was here.Aglona.is the most important place of pilgrimage in the Baltics. On every 15 August about 150000 pilgrims meet here.
Kolkas Rags is the nothernmost point of Kurzeme and separates the bay of Riga from the Baltic Sea. The region south of Kolkas Rags, today the Slitere National Park, was in ancient time inhabitated by the Lives who are other than the Latvians relatives of the Estonians and Finns and speaking a similar language. Unfortunately the native speakers are now dying out, about a generation ago they were living as fishermen along the coast southwest from Kolkas Rags in the area around Mazirbe.
This is the biggest castle of the Teutonic Knigths in the Baltcs. Its construction started in 1220 and it was abandned in 1703.Latvia is a very young state. Its territory was under many different rulers as the Swedes, the Teutonic Knights, Poland and the hardest and most influential period was the Russian and later Soviet rule which even left a heavy ethnic distortion behind. One part of the Latvians emigrated, an other was deported to many different regions of the Soviet Colonial Empire, the last one on European territory after the Habsburg and Turkish Empire were destroyed. These Latvians were replaced by Russians, Caucasians, Uzbeks etc. who often can not even speak Latvian after being more than half a century here but are now all claiming to be Latvians but only because Latvia became a member of the EU.
This is the central region of Latvia containing interesting sights as the Gauja National Park, the hilly area around Sigulda and the picturesque city Cesis.The Gauja National Park with the river of the same name offers lots of nice leisure activities as for example kanoeing.
Lake Kanieris located not far from Jurmala (20 km). The lake is full of different kind of birds and fishes. It is posible to rent a boat there. Price: 2 LVL per hour. Fishing licences possible to buy in the boats renting point.
These are 4 slopes on two hills, which are connected, not for beginners :) for me, as for the beginner in snowboarding, these were a bit complicated hills :) but im sure that for professionals these hills would seem funny ;)
Very good skiing center... of course the slopes are not so long as in Slovakia for example, but for beginners it should be ideal place for learning... here you can rent skies, boots, snowboard.. you can take instructor... here is one simple slope for beginners and several slopes for more advanced skiers... and a snowboard park for advanced snowboarders...
Aglona village with beautiful white basilica is a centre of Catholicism. The region is famous for its sincere and lively people, who speak the old Latgalian dialect and know how to celebrate the traditional festivities.
Kurzeme – the land of the ancient Liv and Couronian people. Fishing villages, massive forests, high sand dunes and beaches you can walk for kilometres without meeting a single soul. The “Ventas Rumba”, one of the widest waterfalls in Europe is in this region.
Zemgale – Latvia’s breadbasket with its most fertile soil, where farming has always been honoured. The scenic forest park in Tervete contains the tallest pine trees in Latvia, some of them are 250 years old.
Best Eastern Centra Hotel Riga Riga
7 Reviews and 250 Opinions We had an opportunity to travel somewhere with my husband for two nights. As we have 3 small kids,...
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