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.

Labels: center, markets, shopping, winter

Flea Market in Ciekurkalns area (technically in Teika) is not famous beyond its area at all, although here you can buy a lot of antique stuff and especially interesting books.
Čiekurkalns market in general is also famous for its pet market, a unique place in Riga where you can trade domestic animals.

Labels: ciekurkalns, markets, teika

Autohof (Car Yard) and other similar car lots are located in Rumbula area.
Such parking places are used to trade with used cars, which are mostly imported from Germany.

Labels: cars, markets, rumbula, shopping, yards

Night Market is located between Maskavas iela and Krasta iela next to Central Market.
It is famous because of extremely low wholesale prices and the most freshest vegetables and fruits in Riga.
This picture is devoted to Open Air Market theme. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

Labels: center, cheap, markets, maskachka, night, people, themes

Dzīvnieku Tirgus (Pet market) is located in Teika area, behind Ciekurkalns market.
The pet market is open only on weekends and dealing with cats, dogs, poultry, aquarium fish and other pets.

Labels: animals, birds, cats, ciekurkalns, markets, shopping, teika

Finally, Riga has got its own map with photographic street views, like many other cities in the world.
I have to say that it is not fully Google's product, but add-on from Latvian company 1188.
Limited amount of streets (basically only central region for now), low functionality, but it does work! Check it here.
If you have found some interesting pictures of street views, please share link in comments :)
After 2 years Google launched the same service Street View of Riga

Labels: center, maps, markets, people, streets

Narrow streets between warehouses at Central Market at night are looking very mysterious.

Labels: buildings, markets, night, skyscrapers, streets

Pavilions of Central Market is remarkable sight of Riga since the market grand opening in 1930.
The famous urban legend says that these pavilions were used as hangars for dirigibles before.
In fact they were built using reinforcing steel, which were only designed for hangars, but never used so.
Nowadays Riga Market is the biggest in Europe and has been declared as UNESCO World Heritage Site.
On the picture are 2 of 5 market's hangars - vegetable and fish pavilion.

Labels: buildings, eclecticism, legends, markets, night, roofs, shopping, sights, towers, trains, winter

Cascade icicles on roof of Agenskalns Market. Some of them are longer than 2 meters (6 feet)

Labels: agenskalns, buildings, doorways, markets, roofs, snow, weather, winter

Christmas Market next to Dome Cathedral.
Every year hand-knitted socks, lather wallets, soap, cookies and other stuff is being sold here as Christmas gifts.

Labels: children, christmas, lights, markets, people, shopping, squares, traditions, trees, vecriga

Piparkūkas (German: Pfefferkuchen) is a variation of gingerbread, which very popular in Latvia and especially during Christmas period.
Some people find that the taste of pepper sweets is strange, but I personally like piparkukas and its taste always reminds me about Christmas time.
Picture is taken at one of Christmas markets by guest photographer is A. Garbuzar.

Labels: christmas, food, jobs, markets, people, shopping, traditions

There are a lot of old warehouses around Central Market.
Some of them were rebuilt and still are being in use, some of them became night clubs or even art galleries.
But some structures were never renovated and nowadays look like ruins of Ancient Rome.

Labels: abandoned, buildings, cars, doorways, markets, maskachka, ruins, sunset

Few hundreds meters from Riga Central Market, in the area of old warehouses, there is a real Latvian farmer's market.
It opens at sunset, and, I guess, works all night long. Here you can buy healthy products grown in Latvia.

Labels: food, jobs, markets, maskachka, people, shopping, sunset

Riga Centre Market has the whole street, where people sell and buy flowers.
Prices here are much lower than at Sakta Flower Market or any other flower shop in Riga.

Labels: center, flowers, markets, people, shopping, streets, summer

Gloomy vendor selling old cameras on flea market in Riga.
This counter could be considered as museum of photographic apparatus of all ages.

Labels: devices, jobs, markets, museums, people, shopping

Who could have believed a couple of years ago that it would be possible to buy a psychedelic drugs in center of Riga absolutely legally? I guess only the last Riga junkies could think like that.
Nowadays a lot of shops (mostly online) were opened, which officially sell analogs of cannabis aka spice.
It is said that effect is absolutely the same, but Latvian police doesn't have any device to prove illegal status of this product.
Some Riga bars, e.g. Bakery, already include such products in their menu.
See similar herbal shop in Vilnius.

Labels: center, culture, drugs, funny, markets, shopping

Big red brick building is Āgenskalna tirgus (Market of Agenskalns neighborhood). It is one of the biggest markets in Riga.
Market was built just before 1st World War in 1914 and quickly became very important shopping point in Riga.
It became especially vital when Riga was split into two big parts, because of bridge demolition.
Nowadays, Agenskalna tirgus is informal center point of all Pardaugava area.
The prices here slightly lower than at Central Market.

Labels: agenskalns, buildings, markets, pardaugava, roofs, shopping, tramways

Despite the snowstorm people working hard at Central Tirgus.

Guest Photographer is Miriam @ Reznas

Labels: center, jobs, markets, people, shopping, snow, weather, winter

Christmas Market at Dome square with Dome Cathedral at background.

Labels: churches, holidays, lutheran, markets, shopping, towers, traditions, trees, vecriga

You may ask, what is the point to sell Christmas trees after 24th of December? :)
Basically half of people living in Riga celebrate Christmas on 7th of January and then an Russian New Year on 14 of January.
Terefore, to make Christmas tree stay fresh until middle of January, you have to buy it just before 31 of December :)
On the picture hidden Lada in firs. It is mobile office of Christmas trees vendor :)

Labels: cars, holidays, markets, prices, russian, shopping, traditions, trees, vecriga