{"id":1302447,"date":"2026-09-26T18:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T18:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1302447"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:33:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:33:59","slug":"latvia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/latvia\/","title":{"rendered":"Latvia"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1301190,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-country","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"Latvia country guide","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Latvia","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"The largest collection of art nouveau buildings in the world, a coastline of white sand and pine, and a capital that sits between Tallinn and Vilnius in every sense.","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"1302449","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"Pick a city | #cities\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_country_stats":"\u20ac13 | Dorm bed, from\r\n750+ | Art nouveau buildings in Riga\r\n500km | Of Baltic coast\r\n54% | Of the country is forest","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"Art nouveau, forest and the Baltic in between","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"Riga has more art nouveau architecture than any city in the world \u2014 around a third of the centre, built in a twenty-year boom before the First World War, with faces and beasts carved across whole facades on Alberta iela. The medieval old town sits next to it and the enormous Central Market, in five zeppelin hangars, next to that.\r\n\r\nLatvia is the middle Baltic state in geography and in character: less visited than Estonia, less known than Lithuania, and cheaper than Tallinn in the capital.\r\n\r\nOutside Riga, J\u016brmala's white-sand beach and wooden villas are half an hour by train, Sigulda has castles and forest in the Gauja valley, and Cape Kolka, where the Gulf of Riga meets the open Baltic, is as empty as coastline gets in Europe.","hw_hub_country_facts":"Languages | Latvian, with a large Russian-speaking population. English is common in Riga\r\nCurrency | Euro (\u20ac)\r\nEmergency | 112\r\nTap water | Safe in Riga and the main towns\r\nTipping | 10% in restaurants\r\nMarkets | Riga Central Market is one of the largest in Europe, in five former zeppelin hangars\r\nHow long to stay | Three days for Riga, five with the coast and Sigulda\r\nBest months | May to September","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"Where to go","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"Riga is most of Latvian tourism. Buses and trains reach the rest for a few euros.","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"1","hw_hub_country_cities":"Riga | Art nouveau, a medieval old town, and the biggest market in the Baltics. The largest city in the region. |  | 1302591 | Take a free walking tour. Really helps understand the history of the city and life under Soviet occupation Lots of bars and cafes. Reasonably priced Take the train to the beach at Dzintari or J\u016brmala - nice sandy beaches and beach bars\/cafes | \nLiep\u0101ja | A western port with a wide beach, a music school that shaped Latvian rock, and the decaying Karosta naval district. |  | 1302592 |  | \nDaugavpils | The second city, in the far east, with a huge tsarist fortress and a Mark Rothko centre in it. |  | 1302593 |  | ","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"What kind of trip is this?","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"Latvia is a city break with beach and forest a short train ride away.","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"City break | blue | city | Three days in Riga, and everything walkable. | Alberta iela for the facades; The Central Market halls; A rooftop over the old town | Old town; Alberta iela; Miera iela | Riga | city-break\nCulture | purple | culture | Art nouveau, occupation history and song festivals. | The Art Nouveau Museum; Museum of the Occupation; C\u0113sis castle by lantern | Alberta iela; Turaida castle; C\u0113sis | Riga; Sigulda; C\u0113sis | culture\nBeach | sunset | sunglasses | White sand and pine forest, half an hour from the capital. | Walk the J\u016brmala beach; Swim at Cape Kolka; Cycle the coast road | J\u016brmala; Cape Kolka; Liep\u0101ja | J\u016brmala; Liep\u0101ja | beach\nAdventure | green | backpack | The Gauja valley, forest trails and a bobsleigh track. | Bobsleigh in Sigulda; Canoe the Gauja; Hike in Gauja National Park | Gauja National Park; Sigulda; Kemeri bog | Sigulda; Riga | adventure\nBudget | teal | coin | Cheaper than Tallinn, and close to Vilnius. | Market hall lunches; \u20ac13 dorms; Trains to the coast for \u20ac2 | Riga; Liep\u0101ja; C\u0113sis | Riga | budget-travel\nNightlife | pink | nightclub | Cheap and busy, with a stag-party caveat in the old town. | Miera iela bars; A Latvian craft beer; Live music in the old town | Miera iela; Kalnciema; Old town | Riga | nightlife","hw_hub_country_do_title":"Things to do in Latvia","hw_hub_country_do_body":"Riga's art nouveau district around Alberta iela is free to walk and genuinely extraordinary \u2014 whole streets of facades covered in sculpted faces, animals and figures, most of them designed by Mikhail Eisenstein. The Art Nouveau Museum recreates a period apartment and is worth the small entry.\r\n\r\nThe Central Market, in five former zeppelin hangars beside the station, is the cheapest lunch in the city and the best place to see what Latvians actually eat.\r\n\r\nBeyond the capital, J\u016brmala's beach is half an hour by train, the Gauja valley has castles at Sigulda, Turaida and C\u0113sis within a few kilometres of each other, and Kemeri National Park has a boardwalk across a raised bog that is at its best at sunrise.","hw_hub_country_do_points":"Alberta iela | Free to walk. The densest art nouveau street in Europe\r\nCentral Market | Five zeppelin hangars. Lunch for a few euros\r\nJ\u016brmala | Half an hour by train, and a proper white-sand beach\r\nKemeri bog boardwalk | Best at sunrise, and an hour from Riga","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_country_do_more":"All things to do in Latvia","hw_hub_country_food_title":"Eating in Latvia","hw_hub_country_food_body":"Latvian food is northern and filling: grey peas with bacon, rye bread, smoked fish, sour cream on most things. The Central Market is where to try it cheaply, and the food hall culture in Riga has grown quickly.\r\n\r\nLunch deals run \u20ac6 to \u20ac10 in the city. Lido, a chain of large self-service canteens, is a Latvian institution and does a full plate for about \u20ac8 \u2014 unglamorous, very local, and genuinely good.\r\n\r\nRiga Black Balsam is the local herbal liqueur, dark, bitter and 45%, usually taken in coffee or blackcurrant form if you would rather not take it neat.","hw_hub_country_food_points":"Central Market | The cheapest and most local eating in Riga\r\nLido | Self-service canteens, about \u20ac8 a plate. A Latvian institution\r\nLunch deals | \u20ac6\u201310 on weekdays\r\nBlack Balsam | The 45% herbal liqueur. Mix it with blackcurrant first","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_country_food_more":"All food guides for Latvia","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"Going out in Latvia","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"Riga's old town is the visible nightlife and it has a stag-party reputation that is partly earned \u2014 some bars are aimed squarely at that trade and price accordingly, and touts in the street should be ignored on principle.\r\n\r\nThe better night is on Miera iela and around the Kalnciema quarter, where the craft beer bars, small venues and locals actually are, and where a beer costs \u20ac3 to \u20ac5 rather than double.\r\n\r\nRiga is also the biggest city in the Baltics, which gives it the best live music and club scene in the region, and summer terraces along the canal and in the parks.","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"Miera iela | Craft beer and local crowds, away from the old town\r\nA beer | \u20ac3\u20135 outside the tourist bars\r\nStreet touts | Ignore them. The bars they lead to are the expensive ones\r\nSummer | Canal-side and park terraces from May to September","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Latvia","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"Getting around Latvia","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"Riga is the hub for everything. Trains run to J\u016brmala every half hour for about \u20ac2, and to Sigulda and C\u0113sis in one to two hours for a few euros more.\r\n\r\nBuses cover the rest of the country, including Liep\u0101ja and Kuld\u012bga in the west, and international routes to Tallinn and Vilnius, both around four hours with Lux Express or Ecolines.\r\n\r\nRiga itself has trams, trolleybuses and buses with cheap tickets, and the old town and art nouveau district are walkable from each other. Cycling is easy \u2014 the city is flat and the coast road to J\u016brmala is a good ride.","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"J\u016brmala train | Every half hour, about \u20ac2, half an hour each way\r\nTallinn and Vilnius | Around four hours by bus, cheap and frequent\r\nRiga transport | Trams and buses, cheap tickets, flat and cyclable\r\nSigulda | One hour by train, and the base for the Gauja valley","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"All transport guides for Latvia","hw_hub_country_money_title":"What Latvia costs","hw_hub_country_money_body":"Riga is cheaper than Tallinn for accommodation and close to Vilnius, with dorms from about \u20ac13 and a full canteen meal for \u20ac8. A day comes to \u20ac35 to \u20ac50.\r\n\r\nThe old town charges tourist prices for food and drink; two streets out, the same meal is a third less. That gap is larger in Riga than in Tallinn or Vilnius.\r\n\r\nThe euro is the currency and cards are widely accepted, though small markets and rural buses still prefer cash.","hw_hub_country_money_points":"Dorm bed | From \u20ac13, cheaper than Tallinn\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac35\u201350\r\nLido plate | About \u20ac8 for a full self-service meal\r\nOld town | Tourist pricing. Walk two streets out","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_country_money_more":"All budget guides for Latvia","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"Staying safe in Latvia","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"Latvia is safe with low violent crime, and Riga is comfortable to walk around, including at night in the centre.\r\n\r\nThe specific nuisance is old town bar scams aimed at stag groups: touts offering strip clubs or cheap drinks, followed by a bill in the hundreds. The rule is simple \u2014 do not follow anyone from the street into a venue.\r\n\r\nTaxi overcharging is the other one; use Bolt, which is standard here. Winter brings ice on pavements and short days, and the Baltic is only comfortable for swimming in July and August.","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"Emergency | 112\r\nOld town touts | Never follow a stranger to a bar. The bill is the scam\r\nTaxis | Use Bolt rather than hailing\r\nWinter ice | Pavements are genuinely slippery from December to March","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"Entry and documents","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"Latvia is in the EU, the Schengen area and the eurozone. EU citizens need an ID card; UK, US, Canadian and Australian passport holders get 90 days in any 180 across the whole Schengen zone.\r\n\r\nPassports need three months' validity beyond departure and to have been issued within the last ten years. ETIAS has been delayed repeatedly \u2014 check the official EU site.\r\n\r\nLatvia borders Russia and Belarus, and those crossings are restricted. Any itinerary involving them needs checking against current advice rather than assumption.","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"Schengen and euro | Both. 90 days in any 180 for non-EU visitors\r\nPassport validity | Three months beyond departure, issued within ten years\r\nETIAS | Repeatedly delayed \u2014 check the official EU site\r\nEastern borders | Russia and Belarus crossings are restricted. Check first","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"A short warm summer and a long cold winter, with June to August carrying almost all of the good weather and the festivals.","hw_hub_country_season_note":"Average highs for Riga. Daylight swings from about 18 hours in June to under seven in December.","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"January | -2 | 2 | Cold and dark. Cheapest month\r\nFebruary | -2 | 1 | Deep winter, and very quiet\r\nMarch | 3 | 2 | Thawing, light returning\r\nApril | 10 | 2 | Spring. Cheap and calm\r\nMay | 16 | 3 | Excellent. Terraces open and the parks green\r\nJune | 20 | 4 | The best month. J\u0101\u0146i midsummer and long light\r\nJuly | 22 | 5 | Peak. J\u016brmala full and the old town busy\r\nAugust | 21 | 4 | Warm, and the sea at its most swimmable\r\nSeptember | 16 | 3 | Quiet, golden and good value\r\nOctober | 10 | 2 | Cool and cheap\r\nNovember | 4 | 1 | Grey and dark. Lowest prices\r\nDecember | 0 | 3 | Christmas market in the old town, and the first tree was reputedly here","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel and how long for. Per night, for one person, at Latvian prices.","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"Trains to J\u016brmala, Sigulda and C\u0113sis cost \u20ac2\u20136 each way, so day trips barely move the total.","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4\r\nMiddle of the road | 20 | 22 | 5 | 11\r\nComfortable | 34 | 36 | 8 | 18","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_country_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"Midsummer is the big one, and the song festival is a national event on a scale few countries manage.","hw_hub_country_events_source":"api","hw_hub_country_events_country":"latvia","hw_hub_country_events_count":"8","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"All events in Latvia","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/latvia\/","hw_hub_country_events":"J\u0101\u0146i | 23\u201324 June | Nationwide | Midsummer. Bonfires, flower crowns, cheese and beer, and nobody sleeps. |  | \nSong and Dance Festival | Every five years, summer | Riga | Tens of thousands of singers in one amphitheatre. UNESCO-listed. |  | \nRiga City Festival | August | Riga | A weekend of concerts and street events across the capital. |  | \nPositivus Festival | Summer | Riga | One of the Baltics' biggest music festivals, now held in Riga after years on the beach at Salacgr\u012bva. |  | \nStaro Riga | November | Riga | A light festival across the city in the darkest month. |  | \nChristmas market | December | Riga | In the old town square, where the city claims the first decorated Christmas tree stood in 1510. |  | ","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Latvia","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"The highest-rated hostels in the country, live from Hostelworld. Almost all are in Riga, and the ones outside the old town are quieter and cheaper.","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Latvia","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/latvia\/","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"country","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"115","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"EUR","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"Latvia travel questions","hw_hub_country_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_country_faqs":"How many days do you need in Latvia? | Three days for Riga covers the old town, the art nouveau district and the Central Market. Five lets you add J\u016brmala beach and the Gauja valley castles at Sigulda and C\u0113sis, both short train rides away.\r\nIs Latvia cheap? | Beds are cheaper than in Tallinn and close to Vilnius \u2014 dorms from \u20ac13 \u2014 and a full canteen meal costs about \u20ac8. A day runs \u20ac35 to \u20ac50, provided you eat a couple of streets away from the old town.\r\nWhat is Riga famous for? | The largest concentration of art nouveau architecture in the world, around a third of the city centre. Alberta iela is the most extraordinary street, and it costs nothing to walk down.\r\nIs Riga good for a night out? | Yes, but choose your area. The old town has a stag-party trade and bars that overcharge; Miera iela and Kalnciema have the craft beer, local crowds and prices at \u20ac3 to \u20ac5 a beer.\r\nHow do I get to J\u016brmala? | Trains run from Riga every half hour, take about thirty minutes and cost around \u20ac2. It is a genuine white-sand beach with wooden villas and pine forest behind it.\r\nWhen is the best time to visit Latvia? | June to August. Midsummer, or J\u0101\u0146i, on 23 and 24 June is the biggest date in the year and worth planning around. Winter is cold and dark but the Riga Christmas market is excellent.\r\nIs Latvia part of the Schengen area? | Yes, and it uses the euro. Time spent here counts against the 90-day Schengen allowance. Its borders with Russia and Belarus are restricted and should not be included in any plan without checking.","hw_hub_country_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_country_cta_body":"Compare hostels across Latvia \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. 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