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- Riga
- Capital
- Latvian Lats (LVL)
- Currency
- 2,385,231
- Population
- LV
- Country Code
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Travel Blogs from Latvia
On to another Medieval town
This is a top pick! ... like Germans, Swedes,Poles and last but not least Russians. for the better part of the 19th to 20th century , Latvia went through the similar tragic story like its neighbors. They eventually declared independence in 1991 after the dessolve of Soviet ...
Our jaunt around the Baltic States.
This is a top pick! We finished our five days jaunt around the Baltic States with two weekend nights in the Latvian capital of Riga. Out of the three capitals we visited on this trip, Riga is the only one that really has some size to it and hence also some of the ...
Wow REAL Medieval Castles
This is a top pick! Today I am taking my excursion out of Riga, a change of pace from city life to country life. A quick hour on the train, I am already in the city of Sigulda. This were the ancient Livonian knight's ...
Regal Riga
This is a top pick! Yesterday was really blurry after a sleepless night at the Oslo airport. I'm amazed to be here at all as my flight was for the other Oslo airport, almost 200k from Oslo, Sandefjord. But luckily Norwegians are famously hospitable and the airline ticket ...
Guns and Bungy - The way FORWARD
This is a top pick! ... than a buzz but only a lead up to what was to come. If someone had said that I would be bungy jumping from a cable car in Latvia for under $50 Australian I would have laughed at them but thats exactly what I did. It was AWESOME. One of the most insane, ...
Crossing the Baltic Again
This is a top pick! This journey, takes me by boat from my new favorite city of Stockholm, Sweden back across the Baltic Sea to Riga Latvia. I made a complete circle around the Baltic with the help of a young lady in Tallinn, Estonia. She hooked me up with great tix on 3 ...
More Latvian History
This is a top pick! ... in 1939. Latvia and rest of the Baltic states declared independence after WW I. After the Russian imperial army left, Latvia wqas quickly developing into a democratic country. However, in 1939, the Soviets and Nazis signed a secret pact allowing the ...
Riga - Home to Eurovision 2003
This is a top pick! ... of that and go to the pub! ;) There's also a very impressive 'Occupation' Museum that details all atrocities committed against Latvia over the years. I think Eastern Europes whipping boy could be a good nickname for Latvia, in fact for all the Baltic ...
Riga and CNN
This is a top pick! ... if they didn't become the US's new best friend. For the first time in history a U.S. President will visit Estonia, Latvia's Baltic neighbour. It's being said around Old Town Riga that everyone is overjoyed except the Estonians. At that point it ...
The Night Train to Russia
This is a top pick! Countless stories have been written and movies made with the night train as a backdrop. For me it's a romantic adventure, hurtling through the night from one town that I've just gotten used to, to another that promises to be more exciting, or sometimes ...
The lat. What's that all about?
This is a top pick! Life is short and the world is wide - Simon Raven · Riga, Latvia. · Prague time +1hr · Days to get to Prague - 5 Latvia and Latvians Riga, the capital of Latvia and the largest city in the Baltic's, is a major shipping center sitting at the ...
Riga capital of Latvia
This is a top pick! ... hands and not get soap in my eyes looking for the button when the water goes off! Unbelievable comfort! Overall, the housing in Latvia is timber and rather run down, with poor workmanship on plasterwork. Many of the roads are cobbled. There is also a ...
Rolling to Riga
This is a top pick! ... from some sources that there are a few problems, such as ethnic Russians cannot get a Latvian passport, despite being born in Latvia, unless they renounce being Russian. This means that many people cannot travel, as they can get neither a Russian passport ...
Latvian Laughter!!
This is a top pick! ... and with the informalities completed the previous week, it was time to visit a land of culture and architectural wonders. Latvia, a small Eastern European country which nears the border of Russia it is still an unvisted country and untouched by the ...
An Unexpected Layover in Riga
This is a top pick! .Flying from Tallinn to Vienna was a bit of a screw up. The airline attendant at Tallinn airport told us that we'd have no problem making our connecting flight in Riga, but that even if we did, the plane would wait for us because we were four people ...
Mid Baltic
This is a top pick! ... to have an early night sleep last night but ended up watching MTV all night. Anyway up at 6am to catch the bus into Latvia today. Before I knew it I was in Riga the capital. It has a completely different feel than Estonia and has a very Russian feel ...
The Latvian Swiss Alps
This is a top pick! The Latvian Swiss Alps ?? Well that's what it said in the Lonely Planet. Our point of view.. Not quite Mr Lonely Planet. It was nice but I guess we were expecting some nice snowy mountain scenery, with picturesque villages and some cute cows with ...
A Night in Jail and Jumping out of Planes
This is a top pick! ... brilliant as the bungy, which was one of the stand out moments of the trip. Yesterday we had difficulty arranging our skydiving in Latvia, from the old Riga airport. It forced me to make an effort running around the hostel ensuring we had a big enough ...
Cruising South
This is a top pick! Riga goes to sleep in the early hours of the morning at wakes up at about 2pm; but you don't have to travel far out of the city to remind yourself that life beyond the superb bars and cafes in the cobbled streets is not all a big party (for some). ...
The meat of the Baltic sandwich
This is a top pick! ... great and her generous nature greatly appreciated. We set off to a little theme park to grab some dinner and my beer for Latvia. I wasn't sure whether to include the next bit but I feel it's important to include travel frustrations. We were to catch ...
Riga - party time
This is a top pick! On friday the 21st, we finally rolled into Riga at the end of our little road trip. Sad to say goodbye to the little red beast (Opal Astra hatch...) that we called home for the past 4 nights. found a car park on the edge of Old Town, filled the meter and ...
Art Deco
This is a top pick! We love collecting sets. Lucy and myself have all the five Latin Euro countries, three short of the Med countries and have been to all the Western Euro ones, but back in October last year, we started a new set. Countries of the former Union of ...
Refused Boarding (& We Were Only In Transit!)
This is a top pick! Here we are in the beautiful city of Riga, Latvia - by default. Now you might be thinking there has to be a story to this! Our motto is "Whatever happens travel gives you a story to tell". So hear is the story.... It has been quite a harrowing 24 ...
Hospitality city
This is a top pick! ... suitable and until today, I am still wearing these dead shoes, just walking very carefully! Something that I didn't know about Latvia was everything. No one teaches us Australians about these Baltic states and I was so shocked by the suffering that ...
Slippery slopes
This is a top pick! ... go - all the time I was laughing at the look on his face... So we left Ben on the side of the road in the middle of snowy Latvia and we continued on our way to Sigulda. By the time we got there it was dark, as tends to happen in this part of the world ...
Farewell, Latvia
... on every level of the experience. We have had some really great opportunities over these past six weeks spent here in Latvia... It has been very busy moving about from place to place but definitely an enriching experience - being stretched and ...
The bright side of Latvia
... postcards and Jorgen, the Norwegian guy from the meeting, joined us as we met him by chance on the street. I really enjoyed my stay in Latvia, mostly for the people, but the little I've seen of the land is very nice too. On to Vilnius (photos at a later ...