Central Market (Centraltirgus) Riga

As we leave our hostel in the morning for the next leg of the journey, it begins to snow. By the time we reach the bus station, Vilinus has turned white. The snow gets thicker and heavier throughout the 4-5hr bus journey to Riga. We realize this is a taste of things to come over the coming months as we make our way further north and towards Siberia …

... is the old town and regular tourist attractions, instead, he took us outside of the old town to see the REAL Latvia. He took us to the Central Market where the freshest fish are caught each morning, smoked then sold in the market. As we walked into the ...

... with lots of spires and such and looks cake and tier like.   My guide offered me a chance to go through the central market which is encased in four large former aircraft hangers.  There were photos of the market outside of these hangers in ...

... and going to strip clubs and prostitutes.  During the day, I walked around, and took some pictures, they have an enormous central market, which houses pretty much anything you could want to buy in terms of grocery / meat / produce items. It looks ...

... 10:30 and on stepping foot outside I was immediately confronted with a burst of heat.  From the hostel I wandered down to the Central Market which is housed in a series of mammoth Zeppelin hangars.  This food market is probably one of the most ...

... these buildings and I would reccommend that anyone coming to Riga should take the time to do the same.  Next I visited the Central Market again but this time bought some food for lunch on the plane tomorrow.  I bought some fresh bakery goods ...

... pocket" which helped us know where things were and when activities took place. We got up early to head to the Central Market which is 5 aircraft hangers filled with produce, meat, fish, flowers and pretty much anything you need. We saw lots ...

... day it actually was). And so we yomped around some of the sights off the beaten track, taking in the fish section of the Central Market (the largest covered market in Europe), Little Moscow, the Thieves’ Market (no photos allowed and pretty much ...

... soup or peas with crackling, tasty enough but hardly exotic.  In search of exciting eats I wandered through Riga's Central Market, housed in 5 enormous zeppelin hangers behind the train and bus stations and each with a specific food function.  ...

... and a glass of sour milk. When I arrived at the bus station I noticed these huge hangars nearby. I find out they are the central market and go there next morning and while away a couple of hours browsing and watching people, and eat a couple of ...

... good I pretty much spend the rest of the day lounging in the park reading, although I do take a walk out to the bustling central market and Science academy to the South of the old Town.  The academy is the most prominent Soviet era ...