Guidebook for Rīga

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Guidebook for Rīga

Food Scene

Excellent BBQ restaurant with great brunch on Saturdays & Sundays
10 locals recommend
Čarlstons Restaurant
38/40 Blaumaņa iela
10 locals recommend
Excellent BBQ restaurant with great brunch on Saturdays & Sundays
Great coffee, buns, sandwiches etc.
Konditoreja Junge
21 Marijas iela
Great coffee, buns, sandwiches etc.
This french cafe has the best croissants in Riga.
48 locals recommend
Cadets de Gascogne
30 Ģertrūdes iela
48 locals recommend
This french cafe has the best croissants in Riga.
This place has been around for ages but it hasn't lost it's great food and atmosphere.
38 locals recommend
Andalūzijas Suns
83 Elizabetes iela
38 locals recommend
This place has been around for ages but it hasn't lost it's great food and atmosphere.
Main hipster coffee shop in Riga
37 locals recommend
Innocent
34-2 Blaumaņa iela
37 locals recommend
Main hipster coffee shop in Riga
Sorta traditional local food for reasonable prices
37 locals recommend
Lido Dzirnavas
11 Dzirnavu iela
37 locals recommend
Sorta traditional local food for reasonable prices
Sorta traditional local food for reasonable prices
104 locals recommend
Lido Vērmanītis
65 Elizabetes iela
104 locals recommend
Sorta traditional local food for reasonable prices
Great coffee and atmosphere
58 locals recommend
MiiT Coffee
10 Lāčplēša iela
58 locals recommend
Great coffee and atmosphere
This place has been around for years and has the best thin crust pizza (in my opinion)
7 locals recommend
Pica Lulū
5A Blaumaņa iela
7 locals recommend
This place has been around for years and has the best thin crust pizza (in my opinion)
Great wok food
Wok to Walk
30 Aspazijas bulvāris
Great wok food
Great sushi place (buy one get one free)
27 locals recommend
Tokyo City
40A Krišjāņa Barona iela
27 locals recommend
Great sushi place (buy one get one free)
A cheap place to eat
Delicio
33/35 Tērbatas iela
A cheap place to eat
Usually full, but great food with a laid back attitutde
42 locals recommend
Stock Pot
6 Ģertrūdes iela
42 locals recommend
Usually full, but great food with a laid back attitutde
If you prefer raw food, this is the place to go. It's a little bit pricey though
16 locals recommend
Raw Garden
16 locals recommend
If you prefer raw food, this is the place to go. It's a little bit pricey though

Essentials

This is one of the largest outdoor markets in Europe where you can get fresh meat, vegetables and fruit from local farmers.
192 locals recommend
Riga Central Market
192 locals recommend
This is one of the largest outdoor markets in Europe where you can get fresh meat, vegetables and fruit from local farmers.
For all your shopping needs.
194 locals recommend
Rimi
46 Krišjāņa Barona iela
194 locals recommend
For all your shopping needs.
For all your shopping needs.
194 locals recommend
Rimi
46 Krišjāņa Barona iela
194 locals recommend
For all your shopping needs.

Drinks & Nightlife

Great place for dancing and cocktails
12 locals recommend
Sapņi un kokteiļi
32 Blaumaņa iela
12 locals recommend
Great place for dancing and cocktails
DAD café is a small, Bohemian oasis on Miera iela, a street that has recently become one of Latvia's main centers of creative activity.
DAD cafe
17 Miera iela
DAD café is a small, Bohemian oasis on Miera iela, a street that has recently become one of Latvia's main centers of creative activity.
Variety of beers
75 locals recommend
Labietis
9a Aristida Briāna iela
75 locals recommend
Variety of beers

Sightseeing

This street has one masterpiece after another. Include the adjacent street on your tour. Many cafes and restaurants around.
86 locals recommend
Albert Street
10 Alberta iela
86 locals recommend
This street has one masterpiece after another. Include the adjacent street on your tour. Many cafes and restaurants around.
Main tourist attraction in Riga a.k.a. the Old Town
29 locals recommend
Riga Old town
Herdera laukums
29 locals recommend
Main tourist attraction in Riga a.k.a. the Old Town
For a panoramic view of the city on a fine day, this is probably the best location. The church itself is worth a visit too.
147 locals recommend
St. Peter's Church
1 Reformācijas Laukums
147 locals recommend
For a panoramic view of the city on a fine day, this is probably the best location. The church itself is worth a visit too.
A very somber experience. The guided tour provides great context and historical accounts of what took place in the building during the time of Russian occupation in the 1940's.
48 locals recommend
The Left Door Bar
12 Antonijas iela
48 locals recommend
A very somber experience. The guided tour provides great context and historical accounts of what took place in the building during the time of Russian occupation in the 1940's.
The view from the skyline bar is amazing and the cocktails are very well worth a visit while staying in Riga.
91 locals recommend
Skyline bar
55 Elizabetes iela
91 locals recommend
The view from the skyline bar is amazing and the cocktails are very well worth a visit while staying in Riga.
Authorities banned locals from laying flowers at the base during the Soviet era. The monument was built in 1935 as a symbol of Latvian independence.
109 locals recommend
The Freedom Monument
109 locals recommend
Authorities banned locals from laying flowers at the base during the Soviet era. The monument was built in 1935 as a symbol of Latvian independence.
Russian orthodox church
St. Alexander Nevsky Church, Riga
56 Brīvības iela
Russian orthodox church
The biggest russian orthodox church
24 locals recommend
Nativity of Christ Cathedral
23 Brīvības bulvāris
24 locals recommend
The biggest russian orthodox church
National war museum (free entrance)
19 locals recommend
Latvian War Museum
20 Smilšu iela
19 locals recommend
National war museum (free entrance)
Museum of the Occupation of Latvia. Open: Tuesday to Sunday 11 am - 5 pm. Monday closed. Admission - donation
27 locals recommend
The Museum of the Occupation of Latvia
1 Raiņa bulvāris
27 locals recommend
Museum of the Occupation of Latvia. Open: Tuesday to Sunday 11 am - 5 pm. Monday closed. Admission - donation
Built in 1334 for the city's guilds, the building was eventually occupied solely by the Blackheads, a guild of unmarried foreign merchants know for their wild parties
71 locals recommend
House of the Black Heads
7 Rātslaukums
71 locals recommend
Built in 1334 for the city's guilds, the building was eventually occupied solely by the Blackheads, a guild of unmarried foreign merchants know for their wild parties
Huge lutheran church. Lovely and peaceful with some nice decorative work inside. Some renovation work going on
28 locals recommend
Doma laukums
Doma laukums
28 locals recommend
Huge lutheran church. Lovely and peaceful with some nice decorative work inside. Some renovation work going on
Another beautiful old lutheran church
20 locals recommend
St. Gertrude Old Church
8 Ģertrūdes iela
20 locals recommend
Another beautiful old lutheran church
This is where the president of Latvia works.
24 locals recommend
Riga Castle
3 Pils laukums
24 locals recommend
This is where the president of Latvia works.

Everything Else

Largest cinema complex with movies mainly in English
112 locals recommend
Forum Cinemas
8 13. janvāra iela
112 locals recommend
Largest cinema complex with movies mainly in English
Central railway station
29 locals recommend
Centrālā stacija
29 locals recommend
Central railway station
Central coach station
23 locals recommend
Autoosta station
1 Prāgas iela
23 locals recommend
Central coach station
Jūrmala is the seaside town closest to Riga (about 35 min by train), with nice sandy beaches, lots of restaurants and things to see
103 locals recommend
Jūrmala
103 locals recommend
Jūrmala is the seaside town closest to Riga (about 35 min by train), with nice sandy beaches, lots of restaurants and things to see
Pharmacy
7 locals recommend
Benu aptieka
38 Lāčplēša iela
7 locals recommend
Pharmacy
Ferry terminal with no more than two ferries at a time
6 locals recommend
Freeport of Riga
6 locals recommend
Ferry terminal with no more than two ferries at a time
Fitness club for keeping yourself in good shape
Bruņinieks
49 Bruņinieku iela
Fitness club for keeping yourself in good shape

Shopping

A large shopping mall with all sorts of shops.
63 locals recommend
Flying Tiger Copenhagen
71 Dzirnavu iela
63 locals recommend
A large shopping mall with all sorts of shops.
A large shopping mall with all sorts of shops.
216 locals recommend
Galerija Centrs
16 Audēju iela
216 locals recommend
A large shopping mall with all sorts of shops.

Arts & Culture

If you are looking to enjoy a cultural event in an informal atmosphere, have a glass of wine, chat with people you just met about the value of art, or simply spend some time in a pleasant place
78 locals recommend
Kanepes Kulturas Centrs
15 Skolas iela
78 locals recommend
If you are looking to enjoy a cultural event in an informal atmosphere, have a glass of wine, chat with people you just met about the value of art, or simply spend some time in a pleasant place
An interesting collection of Art from Latvia and elsewhere
171 locals recommend
Latvian National Museum Of Art
1 Jaņa Rozentāla laukums
171 locals recommend
An interesting collection of Art from Latvia and elsewhere