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127 reviews 11 travel blogs 2 photos Attraction Type:
History museum, Specialty museum
Traveler PhotosThe Museum of the Occupation of Latvia Riga
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Ahh cold weather...I miss you
... the 'delightful' weather we took advantage of the free museums that Riga has to offer...we ventured into the 'The Museum of the Occupation of Latvia'...which was very interesting...not that others aren't as well, but this had explanations in Latvian, ...
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Riga
... The next morning we headed for the main square again - of course for the view, but more importantly to go to the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia, as we had cut short the museum in Estonia, and wanted to understand more about the recent history of the ...
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A day in Riga
... general stuff. Just the scale of the market and the old hangers are worth a visit. The afternoon was spent at the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia. A dark account of both the Soviet and Nazi occupation. With still a couple of hours to kill we went in ...
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I will never come back here
... (of course) up to the sky bar, 26 stories high. We even did culture, and spent a few hours walking around the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia, detailing the history of the last 70 years under both the Soviets and briefly, the Nazis, right up until it ...
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Saturday in Riga
... - it was. Later we saw some crew with lights & reflectors set up. By then it was almost time for the "Museum of the Occupation of Latvia" to open. That was very interesting - and very sad. It covered basically the same occupations we saw in Estonia - ...
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Riga
... everything was within walking distance. I liked the Town Hall Square best with the House of the Blackheads and the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia. Latvians have suffered in the last century but their country is now proud and free and Riga ...
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Museums and Food
... I had been looking forward to checking out. I am such a museum freak. So we went over and visited the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia. Heaps and heaps of information about the whole history of occupation of Latvia by the Soviets and the Germans from ...
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Riga
... a bunch of different types of dumplings with condiments. Sooo tasty and soo filling. After lunch I went into the museum of the occupation of Latvia. Pretty sure this also included both the German occupation and their inclusion into the USSR. The moral ...
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Latvia, the middle Baltic
... food as well – fried potatoes are the way forward apparently. There was a great free museum there too, the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia, which we checked out. The poor Baltic States have been through so much over the last century! We stayed ...
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A week in Riga
... cobbled square was surrounded by a collection of interesting buildings: the town hall, the House of Blackheads and the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia to name a few. These buildings range from colourful red brick with fancy decorations and statues, to ...
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- Brothers' Cemetery
- House of Blackheads
- St. Peter's Church
- St. Mary's Dome Cathedral
- Skyline Bar
- Cat House
- St. Saviour's Church
- National History Museum of Latvia / Riga Castle
- Town Hall Square
- St. John's Church
- Latvian War Museum (Latvijas Kara muzejs)
- Latvian National Theater
- Central Market (Centraltirgus)
- Club Essential
- Jewish Museum
- Bastion Hill (Bastejkalns)
- Swedish Gate (Zviedru Varti)
- Jauniela
- Salaspils Memorial Ensemble
- Freedom Monument (Brivibas Piemineklis)