Cleaning of tramways by trams themselves at Barona street.
BTW, there is no Richmond store at the corner. Now it is cheap clothes store called Tridueks.

Labels: buildings, lights, night, snow, streets, taxi, tramways, weather, winter

Like most of the Riga Center's streets, Gertrudes iela is also paved with the historical brick, which is quite annoying if you do travel with a bicycle (again criticism :))

Labels: center, churches, empty, streets, taxi, trees

Taxi drivers are infamous for aggressive driving and strong immunity against police.
Although in this case, young taxi driver was forced to pay a fine :)

Labels: cars, lights, night, police, streets, taxi, tramways, vecriga

Heavy shower flooded Riga today; the storm torn branches off the trees, so many streets, roads became blocked.
Thankfully it was very short rain, hence the traffic was limited just for some hours.
The picture was taken this Sunday afternoon on the exit from Riga Airport.

Labels: airports, buses, cars, incidents, nature, rain, riga, roads, taxi, weather

After many scandals in media regarding dishonest taxi drivers in Riga, airBaltic presented a new brand BalticTaxi.
A new cab company is promoting itself as the fairest taxi in Riga.

Labels: airports, cars, taxi, transport

Lido Restaurant at Krasta is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Riga.
National Latvian cuisine, local own brewing and live music can be found in Lido.
It was opened in 1999 and initially was one of the cheapest food place in Riga. Indeed, you could eat as much as you can for 1-2 Lats (3-4 EUR), then times has been changed and Lido became a place with average prices.
After the crisis came, Lido was one of the first companies who had reduced their prices, almost in twice.

Labels: bars, buildings, cars, food, kengarags, maskachka, music, restaurants, sights, taxi

Crystal Club is located on Lacplesa iela, in place of former cinema Kino 52.
Since the opening in 2008 it's gaining some popularity among people from high society, mostly Russians.
Despite free entrance, all Crystal's visitors look fancy and glamorous.

Labels: cars, center, cinemas, clubs, elite, night, nightlife, taxi