Embassy of Sweden in Riga is located on a small little-known street Andreja Pumpura iela in Quiet Centre.
The building itself is as modest as everything Swedish, including the King Carl XVI Gustaf, who usually is driving Volvo S60 himself.
By the way, his beaituful wife Queen Silvia (of Latin origin) is coming to Riga this Wednesday, so many Latvians have a chance to see a queen with own eyes

Labels: buildings, center, embassies, snow, streets, swedish, trees, winter

Olaine is a small (~13000 inhabitants) and young satellite town, which is located 10km Southwards from Riga.
Olaine could be translated from Latvian to English as Egg-ish :)

Labels: olaine, roads, signs, streets, towns, trees

Falling pines at Kolka's coast is something normal and regular because of the Sea destroying Latvia's land.
This stop was made after Roja town and before Telescope in Ventspils

Labels: beaches, coastline trip, country, kurzeme, nature, sea, trees

An abandoned cafe just few meters from beach of Baltic Sea can be found in Jaunķemeri.
This is the second photostop in my coast trip to Nida. Previous was Priedaine. Next is Ragaciems.

Labels: buildings, cafes, coastline trip, forest, jaunkemeri, jurmala, ruins, soviet, trees

Baltā kāpa (White Dune) is a natural sight, which is located on Lielupe river between Varnukrogs and Priedaine

Labels: beaches, boats, hills, lielupe, nature, priedaine, rivers, trees, varnukrogs, white

Meteora dārzs is a garden of former Gum Factory Meteor in Agenskalns.
Currently it is planned to expand this green area and build a park devoted to Riga's twin city Kobe in Japan.

Labels: agenskalns, asian, cities, lakes, parks, trees

I saw this unique tree at the Zoo's coast of Kisezers lake this weekend.
Why meta-tree? because I don't know how to call a tree which is growing out from another tree :)

Labels: lakes, mezaparks, nature, trees

1st of May is International Day of Labor, therefore I would like to focus on some of the Latvian TOP 50 companies.
Latvijas Finieris (Latvian Plywood) provides job for more than 1500 workers, which is big number for Riga.
The factory was founded in 1873 as Latvijas Bērzs. It was producing wood materials for schools and households.

Labels: bolderaja, buildings, companies, holidays, industrial, offices, trees, wooden

City Border at place where one of the longest Riga streets Slokas iela runs out of town.

Labels: forest, imanta, riga, roads, signs, snow, trees, winter, writings

Baltezers (White Lake) is one of the prestigeous resedential areas of Riga area.
It is located in Adazi municipality on the way to Tallinn.

Labels: adazi, country, houses, roads, snow, sunset, towns, trees, winter

There are several stones in Riga marking historical borders of town.
One of them located on Jurmalas Gatve few kilometers away from current city border.

Labels: buildings, devices, history, imanta, roads, streets, trees

Cape Kolka is extreme geographical point of Latvia and one of Lativan nature monumenets.
It marks the border between Baltic Sea and Riga Gulf, unfortunately every year Cape Kolka is getting smaller and smaller because of being eaten by the Baltic Sea.

Labels: beaches, kurzeme, nature, sea, sights, trees

Spring snow and hailstorm on Raiņa bulvāris (Rainis boulevard) this morning.

Labels: cars, center, people, snow, spring, streets, trees, trolleybuses, weather

The Orthodox Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Jelgava looks like a small doll house.
The church was built in 1889 in the middle of cemetery, and despite its little size, it can fit 200 parishioners.

Labels: cemeteries, churches, jelgava, orthodox, trees

Merry Christmas to everyone. I hope you have found a nice gift under your Christmas Tree :)

Labels: brivibas, cars, catholic, christmas, holidays, lutheran, night, snow, streets, traditions, trees, winter

Do you remember summer photo titled 152 Days? It was counting days left to the first Advent Sunday.
This counter was also promoting celelbration of the First Christmas Tree. It was believed that Riga had hosted the very first Christmas Tree 500 years ago next to Blackheads house.
In fact recently, some more old sources revealed that the First Christmas tree was erected in Tallinn. Sad.

Labels: christmas, devices, monuments, people, snow, streets, trees, winter

Aspazijas in snow.

Labels: lights, night, snow, streets, trees, 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

One of the popular places for fishing within Riga borders is Agenskalna licis.

Labels: agenskalns, daugava, hobby, kliversala, lakes, nature, pardaugava, people, rivers, trees

Rīgas Sv. Trīsvienības evaņģēliski luteriskā baznīca (Riga Holy Trinity Evangelic Lutheran Church) is located in Sarkandaugava borough on the hill and surrounded by territories of the former cemetery.
It was built in 1878 as separate church for Lutherans living in Sarkandaugava, because before all three major confessions in Riga (Lutheran, Orthodox and Catholic) were meeting in a small wooden church, which was unacceptable for the most of the people living at that time.

Labels: cemeteries, churches, lutheran, parks, religious, sarkandaugava, starred, summer, trees