Things to do in Riga

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Things to Do in Riga

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Latvian food tasting tour at Riga Central market
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Walking Tours
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Best of Riga Walking Tour - Regular Walking tours
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City Tours
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Best of Riga Walking Tour - Highlights and Hidden Gems
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Private and Luxury
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8-Day Tour Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia: Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius
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Bus Tours
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Try real weapons - Winchester, Glock17, Kalashnikov, Beretta 92FS
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Sports Lessons
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Delicious Food Tasting Adventure in Riga Central Market
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Walking Tours
from £38.97 per adult (price varies by group size)
Excursion to old town and center with guide, Riga
Walking Tours
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The best of Riga segway tour
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Segway Tours
from £38.50 per adult
Private One Hour Riga Beer Bike Tour
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Old Town And Art Nouveau Walking Tour Of Riga
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City Tours
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Top Attractions in Riga

1. Old City Riga (Vecriga)

Neighbourhoods • Points of Interest & Landmarks

The old city of Riga gives you history, culture and hospitality.

2. Riga Motormuseum

Speciality Museums

Three stages of modern and interactive exhibition of old cars manufactured during 20th century.

3. Central Market (Centraltirgus)

Flea & Street Markets

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Inside world war era Zeppelin hangers lies this mega huge market full of never ending varities of food places…

4. House Of The Black Heads

Speciality Museums • Historic Sites

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A lively crossroad of cultures and backgrounds for over 800 years, the historical centre of Riga has accumulated an…

5. KGB Building

Speciality Museums

Open now

Located in one of the art nouveau buildings in Latvia's capital, the KGB Corner House museum provides stark evidence of…

6. Panorama Riga Observation Deck

Architectural Buildings • Observation Decks & Towers

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This huge and heavy building in Soviet style architecture is the Latvian Academy of Sciences from 1958.

7. View of Riga from St Peter's Church Tower

Observation Decks & Towers

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A building that originally dates back to the 1200s and is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

8. Riga Town Hall Square

Points of Interest & Landmarks

Since the 13th century, the Riga Town Hall Square has been a pivotal place in the city's founding history.

9. Alberta Iela

Architectural Buildings

It featured photos of many of the beautiful distinctive buildings and listed street locations.

10. Latvian Ethnographic Open Air Museum

Speciality Museums • Historic Sites

Open now

It’s on a beautiful woodland on the shores of Lake Jugla and includes over 118 homesteads, churches, windmills and…

11. Musee Art Nouveau

Speciality Museums

The house is since around ten years a museum dedicated to the extensive exposure of Art Noveau in Riga.

12. Jugenda Stila Nami

Architectural Buildings

The area around Alberta iela has been extensively renovated and now seems to be home to various offices and embassies.

13. The Museum of the Occupation of Latvia

Speciality Museums • History Museums

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Moving exhibits recount the occupation of the country for over fifty years.

14. Latvian National Museum Of Art

Art Museums

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It houses more than 52,000 works of art reflecting the development of professional art in the Baltic area and in Latvia…

15. Mezaparks

Parks

The residential area is one of the earliest garden cities in the world

16. Latvian National Opera

Operas

It's a pre-revolutioary restoration of the original built when Riga was the fifth largest city in Tzarist Russia and a…

17. Riga Ghetto and Latvian Holocaust Museum

History Museums

The museum is essentially an outdoor exhibit sharing the chilling story of an important part of Riga’s history.

18. Nativity of Christ Cathedral

Churches & Cathedrals

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Built between 1876 and 1883 when the country was part of the Russian empire, this gorgeous gold-domed cathedral is now…

19. National Library of Latvia

Libraries

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A multi storeyed building housing the National Library of Latvia that was only completed in the last couple of years.

20. Vermanes Garden

Historic Sites • Parks

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The Vermanes park, which was donated to the city by a lady of the same surname, is in the equivalent of the Loop in…

21. Jauniela

Points of Interest & Landmarks

This picturesque side-street stood in for Sherlock Holmes' famous London address in a well-regarded Soviet TV series…

22. Riga Cathedral

Religious Sites

This cathedral houses what is considered one of the most valuable and historic pipe organs with 6,718 pipes, built in…

23. Riga Zoo

Zoos

This Zoo is 105 years old and it has evolved together with Latvia, even when it was under the Soviet Union.

24. Freedom Monument

Monuments & Statues

On the periphery of the Old Town this large monument stands proudly overlooking the city.

25. Latvian War Museum

History Museums

Open now

The War Museum was founded in 1916 and uncovers to the visitors the whole military and political history of Latvia.

26. Cat House

Points of Interest & Landmarks

The building, from early 1900s, is regarded as an example of Riga's Art Nouveau architecture.

27. Zanis Lipke Memorial

History Museums

Open now

28. Bremen Town Musicians

Points of Interest & Landmarks • Monuments & Statues

A gift from the city of Bremen, and linking to a Brothers Grimm fairy story, the sculpture shows these unique animal…

29. Art Museum RIGA BOURSE

Art Museums

Open now

The old Stock Exchange in Riga was housed in a magnificent Ventian Renaissance style building built from 1852 to 1855.

30. Museum of Riga's History and Navigation

Speciality Museums

Lots of interesting exhibits, to help you imagine what life was like during the days of the hanseatic league.

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