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

Passageway - Monthly Theme

Passageway
This is a gigantic passageway through the corner building where Matisa street meets Brivibas street.
Due very center location and hidden nature this place became a crib for many bums and druggies.
This photo is devoted to regular Monthly Theme - Passageway. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

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У Васи

U Vasi
У Васи (Vasya's, could be understood as Basil's) is a shop and cheap bar located on Miglas iela (Foggy street), the most unpleasant street of Bolderaja neighborhood.
This place is infamous for often fights, knifing and other crime.

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Foxy Lounge


Foxy Lounge is located in the same building as Fashion club, Vegas Casino and Push Club.
Despite trustworthy neighbours Foxy Lounge is blacklisted bar in Riga.
When I was taking this photo I almost get in troubles with angry security, therefore there is definitely something wrong in this business.

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Doorways - Monthly theme

Doors
This metal doors of the former NKVD building (later KGB) is untypical monument, which will always remind to people how many victims were tortured and killed because of wrong political views during the early Soviet times aka Stalin's era.
Today is the Monthly theme, which is Doorways. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

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Enigma

Enigma Club in Riga
Enigma is one more blacklisted club in Riga. This place change name so often, that you can't track all of them.
The most recent former names of this place were Puzzle and Pink Panther.

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Babylon

Babylon club in Riga
Babylon is a recently opened club in Old Riga at Kalku street. In fact it is the same infamous former club Roxy.
Everything is kept changeless, e.g. design of arenas, gloomy stuff, overpriced drinks and even the atmosphere.
I guess "splendid" club's owners decided to make rebranding because of many accuses of cheating.
Also please check full list of blacklisted places in Riga.

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Busted


Some ESKOM just got parking ticket from police on Gertrudes street.
Besides 30Ls (45 EUR) money fine, driver also gets 3 penalty points on his account for illegal parking.
If driver collects more than 10 points in one year, he get lost driving license for 6 months with obligatory repeat of examination.

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Sin City

Riga Sin City
There is an interesting word consummation, but I am sure that you get me wrong.
Working girls in Riga bars/clubs are often called as consummaters (консуматорши). It means that they do almost everything just to get you buying them a drink. Of course house shares some profit with such girls.
Sin city is one more Riga place, where it is almost impossible to meet not working girl.
Drinks in such places are usually cost up to 20 times higher than somewhere else.
Luckily this place, located on Dzirnavu iela, is not blacklisted.

Updated: this photo was used as cover sheet of Vi Menn magazine.

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Yokels

Yokels at bus stop
Sometimes Yokels are being called as Urlas in Latvia. These three are waiting for trolleybus at stop or just taking a rest.
I took this photo at Avotu iela, which is very famous for such daily pictures.

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Lord Pub

Blacklisted Lord Pub in Riga
Lord's Pub is one more place, which should be avoided by Riga guests. Couple years ago its name was Groks.
This place was always asylum for desperate tourists looking for adventures. And they always got them here.
Bill for 2 bottles of quite cheap champagne is never less than 1000 EUR. And don't even try to find prices in menu, they don't exist there :)
Lord Pub is located on Kalku steet next to Babylon aka Roxy.
See all blacklisted places in Riga

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Infinity Bārs

Infinity bar in Riga
Infinity is another one blacklisted bar in Riga. Recently, I had set my mind on to expose all dens of iniquity in Riga.
In fact, lately riga.in gets quite high results in Google. So if people are searching something in Riga, they often get my pages on top. Just try to google for example Infinity Bar in Riga.
I will use this opportunity to make our city more safe for tourists and local people.

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Saxon

Saxon night bar
Night bar Saxon located in a narrow street called Laipu iela in Riga Old Town.

This bar is blacklisted by American Embassy in Latvia. Here below the full list of dangerous places in Riga.
Be aware! Source.

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Roxy club

Roxy nightclub in Riga
Unfortunately there is no many places to go out in Riga during the working days.
Roxy nightclub is one of the places, which operates every day, but I wouldn't never advice to go there.
Despite that Roxy has very good location, in the very center of old town, on Kalku street, it is blacklisted place.
Roxy is widely known for ripping off the foreigners and even locals. Keep clear of this "night club".
Be aware that since July 2009 Roxy has a new name - Babylon club.

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Burglars

House of Press is under attack
Don't panic! Nobody lives in this skyscraper. It is former Riga Press House.
For the last 5 years this building is in the queue for demolition, so I have no idea what these people are doing there. But for sure it is not a window cleaning team.

What they were doing in real? Check another photo of Press' building.

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Gypsy House

House of evil
This pink slum dwelling, located not very far from Daugavpils iela, is home for several Gypsy families or clans.
There is no secret that one of the major Gypsy businesses is drug dealing.
So, what do you think, what this three men street gang is waiting for?

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Maskachka

Maskacka
One of the less popular areas for living in Riga is Maskachka neighborhood.
The name delivers from Maskavas iela (Moscow street), which goes through the whole hood.
One more popular nickname for this district is ghetto, because it was the only area in Riga where Jews were allowed to live during Second World War, when Riga was occupied by German Nazis.
See also the beginning of the same Moscow street.

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Just Picket

Riot in Riga
Crisis in Latvia triggered people to go out on the streets of Old Town in Riga.
The beginning was quite okay, most of people asked to create a new parliament, change economical policy in country.
Then protest turned into typical vandalism riot.
P.S. "Nothing Special" is the recent answer of Finance Minister to journalist about what is happened to Latvian economy.

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Hooligans


Yesterday on Kalku street I was watching such picture :)
Two security guards were searching two guys in front of all people walking there.
Unfortunetely I forgot to ask what guys have done :)

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Crimogenic street


The most dangerous street in Riga is Daugavpils iela, located somewhere between Railway Depot and Maskachka area.
Drunkards and bums, drug dealers and junkies, thieves, robbers, burglars, hooligans, gypsies and other criminal elements make this area quite dangerous even in day time.
Riga cheapest flats and cheapest hotels are exactly here.

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Night Bar Flames


Some time ago here was a post about empty Strip Bars in Riga.
Flames is candidate to be in the list of dangerous places in Riga, I guess this is the reason why it is quite empty, despite even good location on Kalku street.
Although some big daddies came here by limo :)

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