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.

Labels: cars, neighbourhoods, plavnieki, snow, soviet, streets, winter

Morkovka (carrot) is colloquial name for shopping center located on the crossroads of Ilukstes & Deglava streets.
It was built in the end of 1980s and painted in absolutely irregular color for Soviet times - the orange one.
Nowadays the whole area around this building is called Morkovka, although it is not so orange as before.
Morkovka is also kind of nightlife center. Some main residents of the building are Enigma nightclub, Fortuna casino and Deli cafe.

Labels: cafes, casinos, clubs, nightlife, orange, plavnieki, post, shopping, soviet

Tirdzniecības centrs Sahara (Sahara Shopping Centre) is not named after the biggest desert in Africa.
It is named after Soviet human rights activist and Nobel prize laureate Andrei Sakharov.
The shopping center was built in 2004 on the cross of Andreja Saharova iela and Lubanas iela.

Labels: modernism, plavnieki, shopping

August has passed and, again, it's time for the city monthly theme! September's topic is Big.
What does Riga have really big? The Big Christmas Tree, of course. Also Bigbank. Anything else? A Big problem!
Big Game is casino network with fruit machines. My attitude to Riga casino is the same as Riga Mayor's one - All gambling places should be removed from Riga or concentrated in one area.
Especially small ones, made at the corner like Zilais Dimants on Ernesta Birznieka-Upisa iela.
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Labels: casinos, entertainment, people, plavnieki, themes