Temporary Riga photos are being published not in a regular manner due to blog author has moved to Vilnius.

Mildas tirdziņš

Mildas Tirdzins
Mildas tirdziņš (Milda's Market) is a recently opened small market next to Central Station.
Since its opening in 2009 it is a good place to purchase products made in Latvia.

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Pļavnieki

Plavnieki
Pļavnieki (Fields) is the most densely populated neighbourhood in Riga. The territory of future Plavnieki was incorporated into Riga in 1974, and formed its South-East city border.
Nowadays around 50,000 people call this ultra-Soviet area as their home.

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DnB Nord

DnB Nord
Since recently a Norwegian-origin bank DnB Nord is my employer.
DnB Nord is one of 25 banks operating in Latvia and it is one of the most influential financial institutions in Nordics and Central Europe.

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Coffee Nation

Coffee Nation
Coffee Nation is the second café chain in Riga, the competitor of Double Coffee chain.
This is one of the most expensive cafés in Riga - Coffee Nation in Riga Airport.

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Zelta Paradīze

Zelta Paradīze
Zelta Paradīze (Gold Paradise) is a jewelry shop in Old Town on Grecenieku iela.
Huge icicles is the result of constantly changing weather last days. Now walking in town is more dangerous than ever.

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Night Vecrīga


Winter Vecrīga in Night.
Riga's Old Town is UNESCO World Heritage site, including Peter's Tower Church.

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Russian Theater

Russian Theater
Рижский русский театр им. Чехова (Riga Russian Theatre) aka Russian dramatic theater was opened in 1882 and it is the second oldest theater in Riga after Opera.
Recently the theater was renovated and now it hosts again many art performances, mostly of Russian origin.

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Zoo Fire

Zoo Fire
Sad news reached me today :( This night fire in Riga zoo has killed many animals including 3 zebras and antelope.

Photo was taken from news portal delfi.lv

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Photo Exhibition

Photo Exhibition
A photo exhibition of historical moments of Latvia is being located at Station Square these days.
All these photos of Modern Latvia were on first pages of newspapers and displayed the reality of those days.
Unfortunately, none of my Riga photos were picked up :)

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Free Ride

Free Ride
Take a free ride for children and adults from artificial mountain in the middle of Katedrale Park :)

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Snow Hills

Snow Hills
Snow Hills in the middle of Old Town, just right next to McDonalds, Laima Clock and Liberty Statue.

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Zemitānu tilts

Zemitānu tilts
Zemitānu tilts is a bridge connecting Center and Purvciems over Zemitanu Railway Station.
It was opened in 1985 under the name of Soviet communist Otomārs Oškalns. Although since 1991 it is holding the current name of the small Latvian village next to Lithuanian border.
According Riga development plan Oškalnu tilts was supposed to have tramways, but it is still not realised.

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The Best Photo 2010

Best Photos of 2010
The beginning of the new year regularly is being celebrated by choosing the Best Photo of the year!
As always, it is nearly impossible to pick up the one among all other Riga photos, especially for me :)
therefore, I kindly asked for help from my dear visitors to pick up their best photo.
Here below are top 4 photos according visitors choice:
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church - fairy tale glade with church in early September
Brivibas Bulvaris - photo of the high street taken from the hotel in the sunny July morning
Towards Petersburg - October's perspective view of highway towards Russian North capital
Meistaru iela - photo of cartoon-like little houses in Old Town, which was published in December

Thank you!

Click to see The Best Photo 2009

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Happy New Year 2011

Happy New Year 2011
New Year after-party in the brand new Riga nightclub RAЙ (Rai), which name could be translated as Paradise.
Rai was open few weeks ago in place of the former ultra-popular club La Rocca, which is connected to Studio 69
Apparently Rai is an affiliate of Moscow club with the same name.

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