Riga
Daugava River city
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia, a Baltic nation on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea.
The city's well-preserved medieval old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Riga serves as the cultural and economic center of the Baltic states: We spent three days exploring Riga's art nouveau architecture.
Historic Baltic region
- Teutonic KnightsMedieval German military order
- Russian EmpireRomanov-ruled Eurasian state
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- trading postRemote commerce station
merchants · guilds · occupation · liberation · Reformation · fortifications · chronicles · siege
Baltic republic, northern Europe
- BalticNorthern European maritime region
- Old TownOriginal settlement area preserved
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- governmentAuthority over a state
embassy · municipality · independence · statehood · republic · Soviet · EU · NATO
Curvilinear decorative movement, 1890s
- UNESCOCultural arm of UN
- facadesMisleading external appearances
- ornamentalFor beauty, not function
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
spires · gables · cathedral · cobblestone · Old Town · guild halls · warehouses · Hanseatic
Person from Riga's country
- folk songsInherited communal music
- MidsummerSummer's peak period
- solsticeDay of maximum tilt
- amberHardened ancient tree secretion
linen · opera house · national theater · ballet · choir · song festival · Christmas market · crafts
Livonia
Historic Baltic region
- Teutonic KnightsMedieval German military order
- Russian EmpireRomanov-ruled Eurasian state
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
trading post · merchants · guilds · occupation · liberation · Reformation · fortifications · chronicles · siege · crusades
Latvia
Baltic republic, northern Europe
- BalticNorthern European maritime region
- Old TownOriginal settlement area preserved
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
government · embassy · municipality · independence · statehood · republic · Soviet · EU · NATO · eurozone
Art Nouveau
Curvilinear decorative movement, 1890s
- UNESCOCultural arm of UN
- facadesMisleading external appearances
- ornamentalFor beauty, not function
medieval · spires · gables · cathedral · cobblestone · Old Town · guild halls · warehouses · Hanseatic · restoration
Latvian
Person from Riga's country
- folk songsInherited communal music
- MidsummerSummer's peak period
- solsticeDay of maximum tilt
amber · linen · opera house · national theater · ballet · choir · song festival · Christmas market · crafts · museums
airport
Aviation passenger facility
Vilnius · tourism · hostel · hotel · budget · backpacking · Schengen · itinerary · layover · guidebook
- Baltic PlacesTallinn, Vilnius, Baltic Sea
- Eastern European citiesPrague, Krakow, Vilnius, Tallinn, Gdansk
- Baltic CrusadesNorthern Crusades, Livonian Order, crusaders, crusader, military orders
- Baltic historyLivonia, Baltic Germans, Teutonic Knights, Tallinn, Vilnius
- Latvia
- Soviet CitiesLeningrad, Stalingrad, Kaliningrad, Molotov, Brezhnev
RigaTallinn
Estonia's main city
Vilnius · Kaliningrad · Stockholm · Helsinki
RigaMoscow
Russia's capital city
St. Petersburg · London · Paris · New York City · Tokyo