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

Five Minutes before Sunset


The sun in the winter is like a miracle, even if you notice it for a couple of minutes before sunset.

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Audeju Roofs


Narrow Audeju street from the top. It is one of the most typical roof views in Old Town.

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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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Meistaru iela

Meistaru iela
Meistaru iela (Master street) is adjacent street to Livu square. It is a street of Small and Great Guild.
Photo has been taken from Riga Observation wheel.

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Winter Sunset

Winter Sunset
Winter sunset as it is from VEF Tower.
Check the same summer panoramic view.

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Center Roofs

Center Roofs
Center buildings roofs as they are during autumn sunset. Check similar photo in the winter morning.

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Growing Tower

Growing Tower
A water tower located between Ilguciems and Imanta neighborhoods has fertile land on the roof.
Have you ever seen trees growing on tower's roof? :)

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Krasta masīvs

Krasta Masivs
Krasta masīvs (Krasta Area) is a district around Krasta street, in fact part of Maskavas Forstate.
A lot of Soviet apartment buildings, shopping malls are located here.

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Hangars


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.

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Bowlero

Bowlero
Bowlero is an entertainment complex next to Spice Shopping Mall. It was opened in 2002.
Bowlero is has more than 20 bowling alleys, billiard aka pool tables, restaurant and even playground for kids.

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I Love Riga Photos - Theme

I love Riga Photos
5 years passed since monsieur Eric Tenin started his Paris Daily Photo, the very first City Daily Photo blog.
In fact I was inspired not only by Paris, but also by Brain's New York, which was started on 17 March 2006.
Today's Photo is a tribute to celebrate 5 years anniversary and the theme is the Tenin Technique.
Eric's photo I love PDP inspired me to use the Tenin's Technique. Do not forget to view all participants.

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Fighting Icicles

Fighting icicles
I have never thought that removing icicles and cleaning roofs from the snow is so important procedure.
This year my flat on the last floor get flooded because of the rapidly melted ice and snow. And the insurance company says it's not their case .
P.S. Check the angry guy on the most-left photo ;)

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Arsenāla iela 3

Arsenala iela 3
Building located in Old Town at Arsenāla iela 3 is another good example of German half-timbered houses.
Let this colorful picture will devoted to 8h of March :)

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Winter Panorama

Winter Riga panorama
About one and a half year ago I have already took a picture of panoramic view from VEF Tower.
In fact, there are no changes in Riga since then, I mean no new buildings were built, so the photo is almost the same, just a little bit more wider.
Horizon line from leftmost Science Academy till rightmost Rietumu Banka building is about 2.5 km (1.6 mi)

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Minsterejas iela

Minsterejas iela
Minsterejas iela (Minster street) was formed in 17th century when the bed of Ridzene river has been drained and converted into two new streets - Kaleju and Minsterejas.
In 1921 Minsterejas street was renamed into Klosterbaznīcas iela (Cloister Church street) for two years, but then renamed back.

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Icicles

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

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Roodey


Roodey or Roadey, whatever.
I hate this photo because it was taken during freezing evening when I was on Kalnciema bridge with already frozen hands, so I couldn't properly hold a camera lens cover and dropped it down there :(
Now I'm shocked that such a little piece of plastic costs more than 20 EUR.
UPDATED: in fact Roadex, thanks to Anonymous who pointed to a Latvian company called Roadeks.

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Gray Reality

Gray soviet building in Riga
This picture is taken in Purvciems 2 neighbourhood. Actually there is no any difference with Purvciems 3, Zepniekkalns 4 or Imanta 5.
Everything is gray, similar, modest and depressing. Riga has inherited these buildings from Soviet past, which are typical for any city within Eastern Bloc.

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Rainbow street

Soviet building in autumn
All these buildings are located in Purvicems 2 area at Varavīksnes gatve, which literally means Rainbow road.
It sounds especially ironic in early winter :)

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Улица Кирова

Ulitsa Kirova
This year's first snow was on 17th October, unfortunately I couldn't make any good picture that day.
Low clouds turned Riga into gray today. During such weather Riga looks so pessimistic, I could say even Soviet :)
Улица Кирова (Kirov street, nowadays Elizabetes street) together with blurred Academy of Science at the background tone up this feeling.

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