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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Riga","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"The largest city in the Baltics: the densest collection of art nouveau architecture anywhere, a medieval core, and a market housed in five German zeppelin hangars.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1304384","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"~1\/3 | Of central Riga is art nouveau, the highest concentration in the world\r\n5 | Zeppelin hangars housing the Central Market\r\n1201 | The city founded by a German bishop","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"A Hanseatic port that got rich twice and built accordingly","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Riga was founded in 1201, grew wealthy as a Hanseatic trading port, and then grew wealthy again at the turn of the twentieth century \u2014 which is when it built the thing it is actually famous for.\r\n\r\nRoughly a third of the buildings in central Riga are art nouveau, the highest concentration of any city in the world. Alberta iela is the street to see it on: facades covered in screaming faces, sphinxes, peacocks and writhing plasterwork, much of it designed by Mikhail Eisenstein, whose son Sergei made Battleship Potemkin.\r\n\r\nThe old town is medieval, compact and UNESCO-listed, though a good deal of it was rebuilt after wartime destruction \u2014 the House of the Blackheads, the showpiece on the main square, went up again in 1999.\r\n\r\nThe Central Market occupies five vast hangars built for German zeppelins in the First World War. It is the largest market in the Baltics and the best cheap lunch in the city.\r\n\r\nThree days, and Jurmala's beach is thirty minutes away by train.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in | Airport 30 minutes by bus 22, about \u20ac1.50. Buses from Tallinn and Vilnius 4 hours\r\nGetting around | Trams, buses and trolleybuses about \u20ac1.50. The centre is walkable\r\nCurrency | Euro. Latvia joined in 2014\r\nArt nouveau | Alberta iela and Elizabetes iela are the streets. Free to walk\r\nBlack Balsam | A 45% herbal liqueur. Usually mixed rather than drunk straight\r\nStag trade | Riga has a significant one. It shapes parts of the old town at weekends","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"A medieval core, an art nouveau ring around it, and a wooden suburb across the canal.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"13","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"Old Town | First-timers | The medieval centre: the cathedral, the squares, the bars and most beds. Busy and loud at weekends. | 56.9490 | 24.1060 |  | \nCentrs and the Quiet Centre | Art nouveau | North and east: Alberta iela, the embassies, leafy streets and the best architecture in the city. | 56.9590 | 24.1090 |  | \nMiera iela and Avoti | Local and young | North-east: independent caf\u00e9s, bars and shops, with no visitors and cheaper beds. | 56.9640 | 24.1330 |  | \nKalnciema and Agenskalns | Wooden Riga | Across the Daugava: nineteenth-century wooden houses, a weekend market and a quieter feel. | 56.9420 | 24.0760 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Riga","hw_hub_city_do_body":"Walk Alberta iela. It costs nothing, takes twenty minutes, and is the densest run of art nouveau facades anywhere \u2014 faces, sphinxes, peacocks and plasterwork that looks like it is in motion. The Art Nouveau Museum at number 12, about \u20ac9, is a restored period apartment and the best way to see how people actually lived behind those fronts.\r\n\r\nThe Central Market, in five zeppelin hangars behind the station, is free to walk and is where Riga shops. Smoked fish, rye bread, pickles and cheap hot food.\r\n\r\nSt Peter's Church tower, about \u20ac9, gives the view over the red roofs and the river.\r\n\r\nThe Corner House \u2014 the former KGB headquarters on Brivibas iela, where people were held and interrogated \u2014 is open as a museum and is sober, difficult and important. The Museum of the Occupation covers the same period more broadly.\r\n\r\nThen find a sauna. Latvian pirts is a genuine tradition involving birch whisks and considerable heat, and several places in and around the city run sessions for visitors.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"Alberta iela | Free, twenty minutes, and the reason to come\r\nCentral Market | Free to walk, in five zeppelin hangars\r\nThe Corner House | The former KGB headquarters, now a museum\r\nSt Peter's tower | About \u20ac9, for the roofs and the river","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Riga","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Riga","hw_hub_city_free_body":"The art nouveau streets \u2014 Alberta iela, Elizabetes iela and Strelnieku iela \u2014 are free and are the main attraction.\r\n\r\nThe old town, the Freedom Monument and the changing of the guard there cost nothing.\r\n\r\nThe Central Market is free to walk through and is more interesting than most paid attractions here.\r\n\r\nBastejkalns park and the canal that loops through the centre are free, as is the walk along the Daugava embankment.\r\n\r\nMezaparks, north of the centre, is a large free park containing the Song Festival grounds \u2014 an open-air amphitheatre where tens of thousands of singers perform at the Song and Dance Festival, a tradition on UNESCO's intangible heritage list and central to how the Baltic states regained independence.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"The art nouveau streets | Free, and the densest anywhere\r\nCentral Market | Free, and the best hour in the city\r\nThe canal park ring | Free, looping through the centre\r\nMezaparks and the Song Festival grounds | Free and large","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Riga","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Riga","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Cheap and improving fast. A main is \u20ac8 to \u20ac16 and the Central Market does hot food for \u20ac4 to \u20ac7.\r\n\r\nLatvian rye bread is dense, dark and sour, and it is taken seriously \u2014 it turns up at every meal and as a dessert with cream and jam.\r\n\r\nGrey peas with bacon is the national dish and exactly as plain as that sounds. Smoked fish from the coast, pickles and sour cream do most of the rest of the work.\r\n\r\nLido is a chain of large self-service canteens serving Latvian food by weight, which is cheap, decent and where families eat.\r\n\r\nBlack Balsam is the local herbal liqueur at 45 per cent, made to a 1752 recipe, and it is intense \u2014 locals usually mix it with blackcurrant juice or put it in coffee rather than drinking it straight.\r\n\r\nA beer is \u20ac3 to \u20ac5, and the craft scene in Riga is good.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Central Market hot food | \u20ac4\u20137, and the best value here\r\nRye bread | Dense, sour, and served at everything\r\nBlack Balsam | 45%, from a 1752 recipe. Mix it\r\nA beer | \u20ac3\u20135","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Riga","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Riga","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"Two scenes, and they barely overlap.\r\n\r\nThe old town at weekends is where the stag trade goes, with a concentration of bars aimed squarely at it. It is loud, it is not representative of the city, and it is where the bar scams described in the safety section happen.\r\n\r\nMiera iela, Avoti and the Kalnciema side have the interesting bars \u2014 small, local, unshowy, and cheaper. This is where people who live here drink.\r\n\r\nA beer is \u20ac3 to \u20ac5 and cocktails \u20ac7 to \u20ac11.\r\n\r\nRiga has a decent electronic scene and a number of venues in converted industrial buildings, and the summer sees outdoor bars along the canal and in the parks.\r\n\r\nIn June it barely gets dark, which changes the rhythm entirely.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"Two separate scenes | The old town, and everywhere locals actually go\r\nMiera iela and Avoti | Small, local and cheaper\r\nPrices | Beer \u20ac3\u20135, cocktails \u20ac7\u201311\r\nJune | It barely gets dark","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Riga","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Riga","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"Trams, buses and trolleybuses run on one ticket at around \u20ac1.50 bought in advance, more from the driver. The centre is walkable and most of the art nouveau is within twenty minutes of the old town.\r\n\r\nValidate your ticket on boarding. Inspectors work the network and fines apply.\r\n\r\nThe airport is 30 minutes on bus 22 for about \u20ac1.50, which is among the cheapest airport transfers in Europe.\r\n\r\nUse Bolt rather than hailing a taxi on the street \u2014 street taxis overcharging visitors is a long-standing problem here.\r\n\r\nTrains reach Jurmala in 30 minutes for about \u20ac2 and Sigulda in an hour. Buses reach Tallinn and Vilnius in around four hours each, and Liepaja in three.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"One ticket about \u20ac1.50 | Buy before boarding, and validate\r\nAirport bus 22 | 30 minutes, about \u20ac1.50\r\nUse Bolt | Not street-hailed taxis\r\nJurmala | Thirty minutes by train, about \u20ac2","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Riga","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Riga costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"Cheap for the EU and rising. Dorms are \u20ac12 to \u20ac28, a main \u20ac8 to \u20ac16, and a beer \u20ac3 to \u20ac5.\r\n\r\nA day is \u20ac35 to \u20ac65.\r\n\r\nLatvia uses the euro, so prices are directly comparable and there is no exchange involved.\r\n\r\nThe Central Market at \u20ac4 to \u20ac7 for hot food is the single best saving, and the art nouveau streets, the old town and the parks are free.\r\n\r\nDrinking outside the old town is noticeably cheaper \u2014 the same beer is often a euro or two less on Miera iela than on a main square terrace.\r\n\r\nCards work almost everywhere, including buses when bought through an app.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | \u20ac12\u201328\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac35\u201365\r\nMarket hot food | \u20ac4\u20137\r\nDrink outside the old town | A euro or two cheaper per round","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Riga","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Riga","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Riga is a safe city with low violent crime, and the problems that affect visitors are concentrated in one place and one kind.\r\n\r\nThe old town at weekends has a long-standing issue with bar scams targeting men, particularly those in groups. The pattern is consistent: a friendly local or a promoter suggests a bar, the group is led there, drinks arrive without prices being stated, and the bill at the end is enormous and enforced by staff. Do not follow strangers to bars, check prices before ordering anywhere, and be suspicious of any venue with no visible menu.\r\n\r\nDrink spiking has been reported in the same area. Watch your drink and stay with the people you came with.\r\n\r\nStreet-hailed taxis overcharge. Use Bolt.\r\n\r\nWinter brings ice on pavements and roof ice falling into the street \u2014 the warning barriers under buildings are serious \u2014 and about six hours of daylight in December.\r\n\r\nEmergency number is 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Bar scams in the old town | Never follow a stranger to a bar. Check prices first\r\nNo visible menu | Is the warning sign. Walk out\r\nUse Bolt | Street taxis overcharge routinely\r\nWinter ice | On pavements and falling from roofs","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Riga","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Riga","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"A beach, a castle valley and a palace, all within ninety minutes.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Jurmala | 30 minutes | Train, about \u20ac2 | A long white sand beach and a resort town of wooden villas, where the Soviet elite holidayed. |  | 1304446\nSigulda and Gauja | 1 hour | Train, about \u20ac3 | A river valley with castles, a cable car, bobsleigh track and the best hiking near the capital. |  | 1304447\nRundale Palace | 1.5 hours | Bus, about \u20ac5 | A baroque palace by the architect of the Winter Palace, with restored state rooms and formal gardens. |  | 1304448\nCesis | 1.5 hours | Train, about \u20ac4 | A small town with a genuine medieval castle ruin you explore by lantern. |  | 1304449\nKemeri bog boardwalk | 1 hour | Train and walk, about \u20ac2 | A raised bog with a boardwalk loop and a viewing tower, and the classic Latvian landscape. |  | 1304450","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Riga","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"May to September for light and warmth. December for markets, and it is dark.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. The daylight swing is the thing to plan for: around six hours in late December against nearly eighteen in June, when Latvians decamp to the countryside for midsummer.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | -2 | 2 | Freezing and dark. Cheapest, with about six hours of light\r\nFebruary | -2 | 2 | The coldest month. Snow and very few visitors\r\nMarch | 3 | 3 | Cold but brightening quickly\r\nApril | 10 | 3 | Thaw. Grey and quiet\r\nMay | 16 | 5 | Excellent. Terraces open and the parks green\r\nJune | 20 | 5 | The best month. Midsummer, and it barely gets dark\r\nJuly | 22 | 5 | Warmest and busiest. Jurmala beach in use\r\nAugust | 21 | 5 | Warm and slightly quieter\r\nSeptember | 16 | 5 | Superb. Crisp, golden and much cheaper\r\nOctober | 10 | 3 | Autumn, dark by six, good value\r\nNovember | 4 | 2 | Dark and grey. The hardest month\r\nDecember | 0 | 4 | Christmas market on Dome Square. Cold and short-dayed","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"A massed choir festival every five years, and midsummer bonfires in June.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Riga","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/latvia\/riga\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Song and Dance Festival | Every five years, summer | Mezaparks | Tens of thousands of singers in one massed choir, on UNESCO's intangible heritage list and central to Baltic independence. The city fills completely when it runs. |  | \nJani (midsummer) | 23\u201324 June | Countrywide | Bonfires, oak wreaths, cheese and all-night celebrations. The city empties to the countryside and much of it closes. |  | \nChristmas market | Late November to early January | Dome Square | A market in the old town, with Riga claiming the first decorated Christmas tree in 1510. |  | \nStaro Riga | November | Citywide | A light festival across the city's buildings over several nights, free. |  | \nPositivus | July | Salacgriva, north of Riga | The largest music festival in the Baltics, on the coast. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros \u2014 Latvia uses them.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"Latvia is in the eurozone, so these are the prices you will actually pay. The art nouveau streets and the market cost nothing.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3\r\nMiddle of the road | 24 | 22 | 4 | 14\r\nComfortable | 45 | 38 | 7 | 30","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Riga","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"The largest scene in the Baltics, concentrated in and around the old town. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Riga","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/latvia\/riga\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Riga travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"Where is the art nouveau? | Alberta iela is the street, with Elizabetes iela and Strelnieku iela nearby. It is free to walk and takes twenty minutes. Around a third of central Riga is art nouveau, the highest concentration of any city in the world, and much of Alberta iela was designed by Mikhail Eisenstein, father of the film director.\r\nWhat should I watch out for? | Bar scams in the old town at weekends, which target men in groups. The pattern is always the same: a friendly stranger or promoter recommends a bar, drinks arrive with no prices stated, and the bill at the end is enormous. Never follow strangers to a bar, check prices before ordering, and treat a venue with no visible menu as a warning.\r\nIs the old town representative of the city? | Not really, at weekends. It is medieval, handsome and worth seeing, but the bar scene there is aimed at stag groups. Miera iela, Avoti and the Kalnciema side across the river are where people who live in Riga actually drink, and they are cheaper.\r\nWhat is Black Balsam? | A herbal liqueur at 45 per cent, made to a recipe from 1752, and genuinely intense. Almost nobody drinks it straight \u2014 mix it with blackcurrant juice, or put it in coffee, which is how it is usually served.\r\nIs the Central Market worth it? | Yes, and it is free. Five hangars built for German zeppelins in the First World War, now the largest market in the Baltics, with smoked fish, rye bread, pickles and hot food at \u20ac4 to \u20ac7. It is the best cheap lunch and the most interesting hour in the city.\r\nWhat is the Song Festival? | A massed choir gathering held every five years at the Mezaparks amphitheatre, with tens of thousands of singers performing together. It is on UNESCO's intangible heritage list and was central to how the Baltic states regained independence. If it falls in your year, the city fills completely.\r\nHow cheap is it? | Cheap for the EU and rising. Dorms \u20ac12 to \u20ac28, a main \u20ac8 to \u20ac16, a beer \u20ac3 to \u20ac5, and a day around \u20ac35 to \u20ac65. Latvia uses the euro so there is no exchange to worry about.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Riga hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. 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