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Āgenskalns Market

Āgenskalns Market
Although construction of Riga’s third largest market began in 1911, due to WWI it wasn’t completed until 1923. Since then this red brick building has become the focal point of the local community. Read_on (No Comments)

Big Christopher

Big Christopher
Big Christopher, the city's protector from floods and other natural disasters, first appeared in the 16th century, in a small cave by a bank of the Daugava River. Read_on (No Comments)

Cat House

Cat House
The Cat House is named for two black felines perched on the points of its towers. Not only did the beasts curse their first sculptor, he fatally fell while putting them up, but their purpose was to cause trouble. Read_on (No Comments)

Central Market

Central Market
When construction was completed in 1930, Riga’s Central Market was one of the largest and most modern marketplaces on the European continent. Read_on (1 Comment)

Freedom Monument

Freedom Monument
'Milda,' as she is affectionately known, was unveiled in 1935 and is a national shrine for Latvians. Designed by Kārlis Read_on (1 Comment)

Great & Small Guild Halls

Great & Small Guild Halls
During the centuries of German economic domination, the guilds were Riga's power brokers. The former, dating from 1384, was the home of the merchants, while the latter held the city's artisans. Read_on (No Comments)

Grīziņkalns Neighbourhood

Grīziņkalns Neighbourhood
See a typical late 19th century to early 20th century blue-collar neighbourhood. Experience the Riga of the 1905 Revolution and of the writer Aleksandrs Čaks amid narrow cobble stone streets and, in some instances, ornately carved wooden houses. Read_on (No Comments)

House of Blackheads

House of Blackheads
One of the architectural treasures of Riga, it was rebuilt in honour of the city's 800th anniversary in 2001. Dating from 1344, it was destroyed in 1941. Read_on (1 Comment)

Kennedy House

Kennedy House
According to the plaque on the house, J.F. Kennedy, the future president of the USA stayed in this former embassy building in 1939 during his student summer holidays journey to Riga. Read_on (No Comments)

KGB Victims’ Memorial

KGB Victims’ Memorial
Surrounded as they are by a cocktail bar, a coffee shop and a striptease club, one could hardly guess that locals once considered the unassuming rusted doors of this memorial the very gates of hell. Read_on (No Comments)

Laima Clock

Laima Clock
Satiekamies pie Laimas pulksteņa - let's meet at the Laima clock! The yellow-brown clock in front of the Freedom Monument has been a meeting place since it was erected by social democrats in 1924 so people wouldn't be late for work. Read_on (1 Comment)

Monument to the Repressed

Monument to the Repressed
During the Soviet occupation of Latvia, tens of thousands of men, women and children were ripped from their homes and sent to Siberia as slave labour. Read_on (No Comments)

Old City Walls & Swedish Gate

Old City Walls & Swedish Gate
This is the oldest remaining portion of the Old Town fortifications, the rest having been progressively knocked down because artillery made them obsolete. Read_on (No Comments)

Powder Tower

Powder Tower
Dating back to the beginning of the 14th century, only the rock foundations remained after it was destroyed by invading Swedish troops in 1621. Read_on (No Comments)

Riga Castle

Riga Castle
Built in 1330 as a base for the Livonian Order, the castle was destroyed several times during battles with the local townspeople. Read_on (No Comments)

Riga National Zoo

Riga National Zoo
Take a look at a wide variety of animals from around the globe including tortoises from the Galapagos, Japanese macaques, Bactrian camels, African zebras, lions, tigers, giraffes and hippopotami, Asian red pandas and European bears, wolves and seals. Read_on (No Comments)

Salaspils

Salaspils
The memorial site of a concentration camp where the Nazis murdered thousands of Jews and other ethnic groups, including Latvians, is outside of Riga city limits, but worth the trip. Read_on (No Comments)

Three Brothers

Three Brothers
The Three Brothers are the oldest stone residential buildings in the city and represent different stages in the architectural development of Riga, from medieval to Baroque. Read_on (1 Comment)

Town Hall Square

Town Hall Square
The statue of St. Roland, Rīga’s patron saint, was erected in the centre of Town Hall Square in 1897, but was later moved to St. Read_on (1 Comment)

Warehouse District

Warehouse District
Located just behind the Central Market these beautiful brick buildings were originally erected in the second half of the 19th century as part of a concerted effort to keep warehouses out of the city centre. Read_on (No Comments)