Rīga and around

Āgenskalns Market (Āgenskalna tirgus), Riga The largest market in Pārdaugava: over 8,300 m², a red-brick building that is a striking example of Riga's ra… The Forburg quarter (Forburgs), Riga A quarter of eight buildings between Ausekļa, Sakaru and Eksporta streets and Vašingtona laukums, built in 19… Latvian Railway History Museum (Latvijas Dzelzceļa vēstures muzejs) The Latvian Railway History Museum, home to a 44-square-metre model railway: 200 metres of track, 61 points, … National Botanic Garden in Salaspils (Nacionālais botāniskais dārzs) The largest plant collection in the Baltics - more than 14,000 varieties - on a large site in Salaspils. Botanical Garden of the University of Latvia (LU Botāniskais dārzs), Rīga The University of Latvia's garden at Kandavas iela 2 in Rīga; as of January 2023 it was staging a winter walk… Rīga Zoo (Rīgas Zooloģiskais dārzs) Latvia's national zoo: as of 2022, 398 species and 3,356 animals, with almost 38 per cent of the species bree… Latvian Museum of Natural History (Latvijas Nacionālais dabas muzejs), Rīga The natural history museum in Rīga at Krišjāņa Barona iela 4: five floors, holdings of more than 194,000 item… The former Latvian National Library building on the corner of Elizabetes and Krišjāņa Barona, Rīga A neoclassical building of 1910 on the corner of Elizabetes and Krišjāņa Barona in Rīga: first an artisans' c… Riga Circus (formerly the Salamonsky Circus), Merķeļa iela The circus building on Merķeļa iela was built in 1888 to a design by the architect Jānis-Frīdrihs Baumanis. T… Graffiti on the concrete fence of the Riga promenade along the Daugava A concrete fence runs along the Riga promenade by the Daugava, painted by children around 2013 or earlier. Ti… Art Museum Riga Bourse (Mākslas muzejs Rīgas Birža) An art museum in the Bourse building on Doma laukums: the collection of the former Museum of Foreign Art, thr… Ķemeri Historical Park (Ķemeru vēsturiskais parks) A park of more than 20 hectares in Ķemeri, Jūrmala: a pavilion, a rotunda, twelve bridges over the Vēršupīte … Daugava Museum at Doles muiža (Daugavas muzejs) The only museum in the Baltics devoted to a river's history, set inside Doles muiža on the bank of the Daugav… Bastejkalns and Kronvalda parks The stretch from the square by the National Opera to Bastejkalns and Kronvalda parks, where Latvia's largest … A publisher's apartment house on Brīvības iela The 1909 stairwell of a Brīvības iela apartment house by E. Laube: stained glass, wrought-iron banisters, woo… Miniature copy of the Freedom Monument (Brīvības piemineklis) An exactly identical copy of the Freedom Monument, only in miniature, on the square facing the original. Unve… Riga Secondary School No. 3 building on Krišjāņa Valdemāra iela A school building of 1881-1884 by the architect Reinholds Šmēlings: first the city's German school for girls,… Uzvaras parks (Victory Park) Crocuses in Riga's Uzvaras parks: the 2012 planting barely survived its first winter; in 2014 about a thousan… The University of Latvia rhododendron nursery Babīte The University of Latvia's rhododendron nursery: at the end of April 2022 the early varieties came into flowe… The Main Post Office and Telegraph building, Aspazijas bulvāris 5 An eclectic building of 1902-1904 on Aspazijas bulvāris: designed by the civil engineer Leonid Novikov, with … Vidzemes tirgus, formerly the Aleksandra market Today's Vidzemes tirgus was formerly the Aleksandra market, also known as the Matvejevsky. The city's first p… Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital (Paula Stradiņa Klīniskā universitātes slimnīca) Riga's Second City Hospital, founded in 1910 with 132 places; its buildings were designed by the architect R.… Mežaparks A historic Riga neighbourhood on the shore of Lake Ķīšezers, named after the forest park here; its earlier na… K. J. Felsko apartment building on Blaumaņa iela A 1903 apartment building by Karl Johann Felsko in ornamental, decorative Art Nouveau; its facades face Blaum… Kolotilovka, Rūķīši A leisure complex near Rīga created by Nikolajs Kolotilo: an island shaped like Latvia, a Trojan horse, Adam …