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Capital: Riga
Currency: Latvian Lats (LVL)
Population: 2,385,231
Country Code: LV



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Riga - party time, Riga, Latvia travel blog Riga - party time
Sep 24, 2007

"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 pas ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by siandcath
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The lat. What's that all about?, Riga, Latvia travel blog The lat. What's that all about?
Mar 3, 2006 (15 photos)

"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 cit ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by byrnedm
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Mid Baltic, Riga, Latvia travel blog Mid Baltic
Aug 22, 1999 (7 photos)

"Was meant 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 capit ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by jag
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Riga - Home to Eurovision 2003, Riga, Latvia travel blog Riga - Home to Eurovision 2003
Jun 1, 2006 (10 photos)

"Greetings from Riga. After a night stopover in Tallinn we made our way to Riga on the Eurolines bus that is on their website. It was one of those upsatirs-downstairs numbers with f ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by natandkat
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Regal Riga, Riga, Latvia travel blog Regal Riga
Jul 11, 2007

"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 ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by charmedlife
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Guns and Bungy - The way FORWARD, Riga, Latvia travel blog Guns and Bungy - The way FORWARD
Sep 15, 2006 (13 photos)

"After a quiet recovery nigth in Parnu it has been off to Riga. What an amazing last 48 hours... Firstly we arrived in Riga, a city with an amazing old town, people call this place ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by catters
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Hospitality city, Riga, Latvia travel blog Hospitality city
Nov 6, 2006 (6 photos)

"My journey to Riga started with a bang because I realised when I was packing that I had left one of my bags at a mates house. I managed to get the bag and get on my plane without a ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by amullett
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Cruising South, Riga, Latvia travel blog Cruising South
Aug 22, 2005 (3 photos)

"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 ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by susan_g
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Rolling to Riga, Riga, Latvia travel blog Rolling to Riga
Jun 2, 2004 (5 photos)

"About 30km north of Vilnius on the A14 I saw a sign proclaiming that the geographic centre of Europe was 300m to my left. Naturally I had to go and see what it was all about. The p ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by charity_cycle
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Our jaunt around the Baltic States., Riga, Latvia travel blog Our jaunt around the Baltic States.
Dec 10, 2006 (7 photos)

"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 ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by stevefn
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Art Deco, Riga, Latvia travel blog Art Deco
Jan 27, 2008 (111 photos)

"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 Octob ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by uncle_davros
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Latvian Laughter!!, Riga, Latvia travel blog Latvian Laughter!!
Jan 14, 2005

"The idea of a bucks or stag weekend, especially in the United Kingdom bring horror thoughts to ones mind especially seeing the British documentaries showing the effects of binge dr ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by jrcormack
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In paradise, Riga, Latvia travel blog In paradise
Jun 13, 2005

"Greetings from beautiful and historic Latvia!! I honestly never though I would find myself here on this trip, let along during my entire lifetime, but I am so thankful that we deci ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by jagrant


Wild West, Liepaja, Latvia travel blog Wild West
Sep 11, 2006

"Got to the bus station fairly early expecting that we might have some problems trying to book 4 student tickets on a bus to another country, however the woman who dealt with us thi ..."

A travel blog entry from Liepaja by simonlant


Riga, Riga, Latvia travel blog Riga
Oct 19, 2005 (10 photos)

"See photos above. ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by brad_and_mel


Reflections on Russia, Riga, Latvia travel blog Reflections on Russia
Jul 1, 2007 (2 photos)

"July 1, 2007 This morning we arrived in Latvia after a very relaxing 13 hour train ride.  I think I can safely say that I could grow used to this first class stuff, especially ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by tenvols


Riga, Riga, Latvia travel blog Riga
Jun 24, 2008 (55 photos)

".............. ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by liviou


Riga, Riga, Latvia travel blog Riga
Jul 24, 2007

"Beat a hasty retreat to Riga from horrible Parnu again on Eurolines, journey took 3 hours and and we saw lots of storks on the way, these are the baltics most representative birds. ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by danskgirl


Ahh cold weather...I miss you, Riga, Latvia travel blog Ahh cold weather...I miss you
Feb 7, 2007 (10 photos)

"Hey I'm writing here from Latvia...where it is a lovely minus 20 outside, warmer than home though apparently...thus I've decided to take full advantage of the free internet at my h ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by papayaprincess


The Paris of the east!, Riga, Latvia travel blog The Paris of the east!
Jan 12, 2006 (5 photos)

"Riga, the so called "Paris of the east". The plan was to stay with a friend of my dad's, so after another night-bus (this one was suprisingly comfortable... better than in the west ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by tomma


esimene peatus: Riia, Riia, Latvia travel blog esimene peatus: Riia
Oct 25, 2006 (2 photos)

"Yrituse algus oli paljulubav - Tulika lasi ennast 20 minutit oodata ja notari nina ytles, et taksojuht on jaaknahtudega... Bussisoit on teadagi parim aeg magamiseks. Riiga saabudes ..."

A travel blog entry from Riia by nipitiri


Latvian Adventure, Riga, Latvia travel blog Latvian Adventure
Feb 7, 2008

"At about 4:00am Belle and I were woken by a knock on our cabin door, the lights came on and then there was a man with a flashlight asking us something or other in Russian. As it tu ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by winston


Fortuitous delays and the phat silver lining, Riga, Latvia travel blog Fortuitous delays and the phat silver lining
Mar 29, 2007 (3 photos)

"First came the hanging about, not really realising we were about to leave the country whilst we just concentrated on our tasty food (also not really knowing when the next chance we ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by mr_awesome


Hostel Argonaut...swarming w/ Swedes, Riga, Latvia travel blog Hostel Argonaut...swarming w/ Swedes
May 4, 2005

"Howdy all...We roll into Riga, the capital of Latvia, intentions are to eat lunch then search for a bike store (Sammys rear wheel is wobbling more than a bowl of jelly, after the e ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by benkeats


Capital fun, Riga, Latvia travel blog Capital fun
May 27, 2008 (11 photos)

"26/5-27/9 Riga is another city with a UNESCO world heritage old town. It is a nice place, but not much different from any of the other places we have been. They have a very good mu ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by laine


Riga, Riga, Latvia travel blog Riga
Jul 14, 2006 (23 photos)

"After a long bus ride, we arrived in Riga becoming immediately aware that it had that big city feel about it. Again, we walked to our hostel - this time it was actually quite close ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by glenn_christie


Riga and CNN, Riga, Latvia travel blog Riga and CNN
Sep 25, 2006 (19 photos)

""Is that the only shirt you brought with you?" Ellen asked as we walked hand-in-hand along the canal in Riga, Latvia. "It says where I'm from and I'm proud of that. I wash and dry ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by jackdrury


Lettonie (Riga), Riga, Latvia travel blog Lettonie (Riga)
Aug 16, 2005 (5 photos)

"La route a la sortie de Kaunas a ete tranquile, on a rejoint Riga en passant par Siuliai (pas terrible...), dans une alternance de champ de ble et de forets de pins. Mais il y a eu ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by celine.anais


Riga, Riga, Latvia travel blog Riga
Sep 22, 2005 (11 photos)

"We got to Riga and found our lively hostel, Fun Friendly Franks Guesthouse, and got settled in after a lengthy introduction. It's an interesting place but it has massive dorms, up ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by trent


The Baltic States, Riga, Latvia travel blog The Baltic States
Feb 17, 2006 (1 photo)

"Riga Stag/hen night capital of the Baltics...joy. Beautiful Old Town (though not quite as picturesque as Tallinn). In short, we wandered the Old Town, ate some excellent Latvian fo ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by gordy_gopher


HC midsummer camp in latvia, Riga (+Eleja), Latvia travel blog HC midsummer camp in latvia
Jun 21, 2005

"that was just great :DDD a party all week long :) and the hh'ing both ways was really succesfull... for pics, check out gallery.hospitalityclub.org ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga (+Eleja) by ieva


Back in Riga...one year later!, Riga, Latvia travel blog Back in Riga...one year later!
Aug 25, 2006 (10 photos)

"August 25 Arriving in Riga, with the french we went to John Lemon pub where I was going the previous year with James to have breakfast. Finally most of the afternoon we spent chill ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by maplefanta


...and so it begins, Riga, Latvia travel blog ...and so it begins
Jul 18, 2008

"Picked up at the Gorbals by Rab and taken to Prestwick Airport. Flight left around 14:30 and was slightly delayed but i guess it wouldnt be the UK without some sort of hold up!&nbs ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by gorbalsontour


Stress in Riga, Riga, Latvia travel blog Stress in Riga
May 31, 2007

"Well, I spent the night at Stansted Airport and got only 2 hours of sleep. I took the airplane to Riga, and I only had 1.5 hours of connecting time, so the flight to St. Petersburg ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by lachilombiana


On to Latvia, Riga, Latvia travel blog On to Latvia
Jul 7, 2008 (112 photos)

"Yes, St Petersburg felt like Europe but Riga REALLY feels like Europe with wonderful cobble stone streets in their Old Town and nice art nouveau architecture. Riga is very walkable ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by laytonandjana


Latvia, Riga, Latvia travel blog Latvia
Aug 9, 2007 (12 photos)

"Riga welcomed us to Latvia with burning sunshine. Daytime temperatures stayed in the mid to high 30s. After getting used to obligatory siesta time, sunbathing and external Sauna th ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by gavin.porter


Sleepwalking around Riga, Riga, Latvia travel blog Sleepwalking around Riga
Jul 3, 2007 (3 photos)

"Quite strange to arrive at a hostel at 11pm and discover it warm and still light outside. We took a taxi from Riga airport as we thought we'd struggle to find the hostel in the dar ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by red_gamer


More Travel Adventures, Riga, Latvia travel blog More Travel Adventures
Nov 11, 2006

"We once again had the hostel to ourselves as we got up at 08:30, and packed our bags quietly and set off out onto the streets of the largest old town in Europe. It was not raining, ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by bigbenn


Liepaeja, Liepaja, Latvia travel blog Liepaeja
Jul 25, 2006

"Not much to tell here. I'm still travelling with Jon towards Riga and now it's Latvia! Again different money, different funny language and different people. For once even differed ..."

A travel blog entry from Liepaja by redhive


Riga, Latvia, Riga, Latvia travel blog Riga, Latvia
Jul 18, 2008 (11 photos)

"Riga is a really nice city.  I had almost written it off before i arrived as i have heard so many stories about stags coming here and getting beaten up but well they might hav ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by dianenew123


Riga, Riga, Latvia travel blog Riga
Jun 14, 2006 (3 photos)

"Due tu the reason that I often travelled with Ryanair (they depart from and land in Riga) I have often been in the capital city of Latvia. I really like the city. There“s a huge ol ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by tilman


The bright side of Latvia, Riga, Latvia travel blog The bright side of Latvia
Sep 19, 2006 (5 photos)

"At first I thought I wouldn't make it but fortunately I managed to get to Riga on Saturday, after traveling for about ten hours (walking to Helsinki's harbour, ship to Tallinn, a l ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by renard


PeakTime Business Competition in Latvia, Riga, Latvia travel blog PeakTime Business Competition in Latvia
May 7, 2006

"Peak Time! Our trip to Riga was because of a student business competition, the largest in Eastern Europe. Here are the stats: 82 teams applied from some 16 different countries, 20 ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by mshull


Riga, Riga, Latvia travel blog Riga
Feb 5, 2006 (14 photos)

"A ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by gustn


Latvia, Riga, Latvia travel blog Latvia
Feb 25, 2007 (4 photos)

"Vilnius to Riga by Bus  took approx 4 hrs.  So far it seems like a great city.  We've seen three men sitting on top of the river with a hole through the ice doing a ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by frozenbadgers


Looking for a good time in Latvia?, Riga, Latvia travel blog Looking for a good time in Latvia?
Apr 6, 2007

"Riga - you know it's serious when the British Commission has to print a leaflet for all travellers with hints and tips to enjoy their stay in Latvia.  One hepful tip is to rem ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by herby


The New Prague, Riga, Latvia travel blog The New Prague
Jul 22, 2006

"Though Tallinn is a nice city (with cool sea breeze), it is also quite small. Actually, I was sort of feeling bored quickly. Off I headed to the third Baltic country. Latvia is onl ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by whk2006


Real Europe - almost home..., Riga, Latvia travel blog Real Europe - almost home...
Jul 23, 2006 (2 photos)

"ITALIANO A FONDO PAGINA When we arrived in the morning in Riga from the overnight train from Petersburg and I saw the European flag waving on a station that looked much like that o ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by anandigor


Latvia, Riga, Latvia travel blog Latvia
Aug 8, 2006 (11 photos)

"After staying the day in Tallin, Cairen and me headed for Lativia. To the main town of Riga. We arrived at 3:30 in the morning. Walked around the corner and up the road. Ciaren poi ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by bharden


Oooooooooh !!!!!!!!! Un Touix !!!!!!!!!!, Riga, Latvia travel blog Oooooooooh !!!!!!!!! Un Touix !!!!!!!!!!
May 1, 2005 (18 photos)

"Salut a Tous, Ca y est, cette fois on y est, ou plutot on n'a jamais ete si pres de la fin. Il devait y avoir encore Varsovie, Cracovie et peut-etre Prague, finalement il n'y aura ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by worldkerros


Riga - Liepāja - Latvia, Liepāja, Latvia travel blog Riga - Liepāja - Latvia
Mar 11, 2006 (1 photo)

"I just needed to get out of there. Petersburg is a wonderful city. People are beautiful. Nevertheless, I find my surroundings quite disturbing. Where I live, the heating does not w ..."

A travel blog entry from Liepāja by yellowdragon


First day in Riga, Riga, Latvia travel blog First day in Riga
Sep 12, 2007 (15 photos)

"Hi, This my first day in Riga, I arrive last night with Ryanair, and guess what? we were only 5 mn late, they had to say it on the micro, it's quite unusual for them. After al ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by karimico


Estacion (habra muchas de estas), Riga, Latvia travel blog Estacion (habra muchas de estas)
Aug 3, 2007

"El trayecto en bus, aunque aburrido, es bastante comodo en Interbus. No se puede decir lo mismo de los trenes; son extremadamente lentos y el calor es sofocante.   Es el prime ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by warm


Raining in Riga, and the rest of the place...., Riga, Latvia travel blog Raining in Riga, and the rest of the place....
Jun 30, 2005 (4 photos)

"Riga has made this web site available to you all. If we didn't have free Internet at Friendly Franks Hostel then this web site would not be alive today. We did end up making outsid ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by jai_82


City of spires, Riga, Latvia travel blog City of spires
Sep 5, 2007

"Moving on to the capital of Latvia, my first reaction is how different everything is from Vilnius. Many travel guides emphasize how dissimilar the Baltic capitals are from each oth ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by xerius


Riga capital of Latvia, Riga, Latvia travel blog Riga capital of Latvia
Jun 27, 2006 (1 photo)

"No problems at the border in Latvia, just funny looks and I think they took a copy of our vehicle registration papers. We pulled in to a service station for lunch when a young fell ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by jennykelly


At the Schultz's, Smiltene, Latvia travel blog At the Schultz's
Dec 24, 2007 (2 photos)

"We were expecting a typical European continental breakfast. Not here at the Westbahnof Hotel! We had a fabulous breakfast included with our room cost. Bev and I then headed across ..."

A travel blog entry from Smiltene by victorkubik


Latvian hockey and blintzes, Riga, Latvia travel blog Latvian hockey and blintzes
May 14, 2006 (8 photos)

"Eventually Chris headed back to... umm what was the name of the thing people do for money? Oh ya work. So Jen and I continued onwards to Latvia. Jen came out to Europe three weeks ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by neall_e


Riga, the search for a 'Baltic Porter' continues, Riga, Latvia travel blog Riga, the search for a 'Baltic Porter' continues
Oct 18, 2005 (3 photos)

"Very cool place to spend a few days, good bars and excellent cheap food (for those on a budget!). HIghlight for Andrew was finding a Baltic porter beer that he had been searching f ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by heidiandrew


Rural Latvia, Sigulda, Latvia travel blog Rural Latvia
Sep 11, 2007

"After arriving in Riga, I backtracked 50 km across the country by train (50 km, but it took an hour fifteen) to the beautiful town of Sigulda. The town dates to 1207 (celebrating i ..."

A travel blog entry from Sigulda by kally563


Riga, Latvia, Riga, Latvia travel blog Riga, Latvia
May 11, 2006 (9 photos)

"Here's some photos I've finally managed to upload. ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by andrewjolly


hello europe and mum, Riga, Latvia travel blog hello europe and mum
Mar 7, 2008 (10 photos)

"Well after almost 2 years of being away from Australia I finally got to take out my little maroon passport and use it. However it was a bit of an anticlimax as I didn't even have t ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by mattandnicole


Balsamo Nero, Riga, Latvia travel blog Balsamo Nero
Apr 26, 2008 (3 photos)

"Non e' stata proprio una grande idea quella di prendere un autobus per spostarmi da Vilnius a Riga, ma era piu' veloce ed economico del treno quindi e' stata una scelta logica. L'a ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by planetvale


Luxus Camp / Luxury camp, Ventspils, Latvia travel blog Luxus Camp / Luxury camp
Jun 5, 2006 (3 photos)

"Destination 19:   km42'421 Nach maessig tollen Aufenthalt in Palanga Halt in Ventspils. Endlich mal wieder ein Campingplatz der auch existiert. Und was für ein Luxusxeil - das für ..."

A travel blog entry from Ventspils by pajas


better late than never, Riga, Latvia travel blog better late than never
May 4, 2005

"Ok so it has been way to long since the last instalment, so I will bring you up to date.. we have made it to our final destination here in Övik in Sweden, and our little bike ride ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by samuelgrant9


Riga, Riga, Latvia travel blog Riga
Jul 25, 2008 (4 photos)

"TBD ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by rnriggins


Stags and carpetbaggers, Riga, Latvia travel blog Stags and carpetbaggers
Jun 28, 2006 (5 photos)

"Leaving Estonia, we had no idea what to expect from Riga, Latvia, since we hadn't met anyone who, to our knowledge, had traveled there. Our only impressions of the country derived ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by stevecori


Riga, Riga, Latvia travel blog Riga
Nov 28, 2005

"Riga ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by gerard_mc_cabe


Deserted, windswept and littered with amber, Liepaja, Latvia travel blog Deserted, windswept and littered with amber
Sep 18, 2006 (5 photos)

"Not yet having had enough of beaches, but not wanting to extract any more cash, I moved on from Klaipeda up to Liepaja, about 100km up the coast, in search of the Latvian equivalen ..."

A travel blog entry from Liepaja by mrconfused


Riga, Riga, Latvia travel blog Riga
Sep 13, 2006

"Dopo questa lunga giornata finalmente a Riga, dove ha inizio il viaggio vero e proprio. Arrivare all ostello non e stato facile difatti prima delle 2 non siamo riusciti a metterci ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by globetrotterch


Parting thoughts on Moscow and hello warm Riga, Riga, Latvia travel blog Parting thoughts on Moscow and hello warm Riga
Oct 22, 2006

"I took a city tour on my last day in Moscow and Im really glad I did / there is so much more to the city than one can see on foot. So many expensive condos, Arbat street whosed Cas ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by lecklund


Riga, Riga, Latvia travel blog Riga
Sep 20, 2006 (4 photos)

"Riga is a great city, very beautiful, lots of narrow pedestrianised streets and old buildings, what more could you want. We drank a lot of straight vodka last night so sick enough. ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by 0234303


Third class over-night train ride to Latvia, Riga, Latvia travel blog Third class over-night train ride to Latvia
Sep 8, 2006

"My last day in Moscow was pretty much spent wandering around the city. So one interesting thing that I forgot to mention is that Lenin's mausoleum is in Red Square. After he died i ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by chuckonearth


By bus to Latvia and then Tartu, Estonia, Riga, Latvia travel blog By bus to Latvia and then Tartu, Estonia
Jan 18, 2007 (5 photos)

"I'm at in Internet booth here at the bus station in Riga, Latvia. Henrikas took me to the bus station and off I went up to Riga.  The trip is four and a half hours and I ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by victorkubik


Roaming Riga, Riga, Latvia travel blog Roaming Riga
Aug 26, 2007 (14 photos)

"We have spent the better part of week now in Riga, the capital of Latvia, doing....well, not very much, actually! Having hauled our increasingly travel-weary selves through Poland ..."

A travel blog entry from Riga by dangabesisaak