Temporary Riga photos are being published not in a regular manner due to blog author has moved to Vilnius.
Ščecina or
Szczecin is the name of shopping mall and restaratunt built in Soviet times in Kengarags.
It was very common to name public places after cities of frienly countries.
Labels: cities, kengarags, polish, restaurants, shopping, soviet
Fiat 126p of Polish make is one of the tiniest cars you can find in Riga. It is smaller than world-famous Mini.
The benefits of such car are that it takes just a half of parking place and it magnifies much more public attention than any other luxurious car, especially if you have
Barbus writing on the back :)
Labels: brivibas, cars, polish, streets
Embassy of Poland (
Ambasada Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Rydze)
Last days a lot of people came here to lay down a funeral wreath, lit the candle and pay their respects.
12 April 2010 is announced as a national
day of mourning in many countries including Latvia.
Labels: buildings, center, embassies, incidents, polish
Rīgas Svētā Alberta baznīca (
Riga St. Albert's Roman Catholic Church) is built on Liepajas iela in 1901, in the year when Riga became 700 years old.
I guess it is named after
Bishop Albert, the founder of Riga, although he was never canonized.
Saint Albert's church is the
biggest Catholic church in Latvia, it is crowned with baroque towers.
Regular divine services are in Latvian and Polish languages.
Labels: agenskalns, baroque, churches, pardaugava, polish, religious, towers, trees, winter
Varšavas iela (
Warsaw street or
Warszawska) is a small street in
Maskachka area, which delivers its name from Riga's sister city
Warsaw, the capital of almost neighbor country Poland, and which is only 561 km (349 miles) away.
Before 2003 the name of this street was
Īsā iela (
Short street), which was used in the records since 1880.
I am interested, are there many regular readers from Poland? Please sign :)
See also other
destinations from Riga.
Labels: cities, maskachka, monuments, polish, towers, writings
Swastika is flying over Riga buildings because
Latvian Legioners got approval for their new event. A joke! :)
Miss Irena's Children movie is being filmed in Riga this days. This movie tells the story about Polish jews during Second World War, and will be released in 2009.
Labels: buildings, culture, german, history, movies, polish, symbols, vecriga, wars
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