Latvia Events
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56.95378 24.08259 | 1 Bring out your inner bookworm at the Baltic Book Fair in Riga's International Exhibition Centre. The fair alternates between the Baltic capitals and provides an interesting insight into the… | |
56.953573 24.11893 | 2 Berimor's Cinema - International Children's Film Festival Berimor's Cinema is Riga's international children's film festival. Hosted by Berrimor the Pug, the festival showcases the best new European films depicting the fantastical world of children's… | |
3 Riga's Sound Forest Festival (Skanu Mezs in Latvian) offers a quirky line-up of unconventional and experimental musical anarchists. Performances are held in the dockland Andrejsala area of the city. |  | |
56.945999 24.114901 | 4 International Baltic Ballet Festival First held in 1996, Riga's International Baltic Ballet Festival every spring brings the best in dance to Latvia's capital. Performances take place throughout the city, attracting a large… | |
5 Riga's Sound Forest Festival (Skanu Mezs in Latvian) offers a quirky line-up of unconventional and experimental musical anarchists. Performances are held in the dockland Andrejsala area of the city. | | |
6 Riga's Sound Forest Festival (Skanu Mezs in Latvian) offers a quirky line-up of unconventional and experimental musical anarchists. Performances are held in the dockland Andrejsala area of the city. | | |
56.949429 24.11884 | 7 Riga Circus was built by a circus performer in 1889 who purchased the land where the big top now resides. The unusual metallic dome stands out against the Riga skyline like a shiny penny… | |
56.945999 24.114901 | 8 Runners in their thousands hit the streets of the Latvian capital in the annual Noreda Riga Marathon, starting next to Arena Riga on Grostonas Street. The event, which started up in 1991… |  |
56.949304 24.114046 | 9 First held in 1998, the annual Riga Opera Festival closes the Latvian National Opera season in style. It features productions that have been premièred through the preceding season and welcomes… |  |
56.945999 24.114901 | 10 Riga International Salsa Festival Dust off your high heels and get ready to party Latino style, as the International Salsa Festival swings into Riga. |  |
11 The Midsummer celebrations are the most important in the Latvian festival calendar - hardly surprising, considering the length of their winters. |  | |
56.971149 23.86381 | 12 The Harley Davidson owners of Europe converge on Jurmal in Latvia for the annual European H.O.G. (Harley Owners' Group) rally. | |
56.945999 24.114901 | 13 Well-known international artists perform at the world music festival Rigas Ritmi. Concerts and musical workshops take place in venues across Riga, attracting a vibrant crowd of all ages.… | |
56.945999 24.114901 | 14 International Sacred Music Festival The International Sacred Music Festival, arranged by the Latvija State Choir, takes place in churches throughout Riga. The emphasis is on the performance of contemporary large-scale vocal… |  |
56.945999 24.114901 | 15 Arsenals - Riga International Film Forum Arsenals is the biggest film event in the Baltic countries. It takes place in Riga - the metropolis of Art Noveau and the birthplace of Sergei Eisenstein. Submissions (35mm format) are… |  |
16 Apjumibas or Rudenaji Festival Latvia's ancient harvest festival, called Apjumibas or Rudenaji, marks the start of the threshing season at the Autumn equinox (Mikeli) - rather poetically described as "the period of the… | ||
56.94605 24.112243 | 17 The Bildes Festival, at Riga Congress Center and Cetri Balti Krekli, is one of Riga's most innovative arts and music festivals, featuring jazz, blues and folk artists and impressive artwork. | |
56.992649 24.271974 | 18 Celebrate the encroaching winter solstice at the Ethnographic Open Air Museum just east of Riga. Join in the traditional log-pulling or, if you're looking for something less energetic, folk singing. | |
56.992649 24.271974 | 19 Celebrate the winter solstice - traditionally the shortest day of the year - at the huge Ethnographic Open Air Museum just east of Riga. The Ziemassvetki - Winter Party celebrates the birth of… | |
56.949429 24.11884 | 20 Riga Circus was built by a circus performer in 1889 who purchased the land where the big top now resides. The unusual metallic dome stands out against the Riga skyline like a shiny penny… | |
56.957471 24.111342 | 21 Hidden away in the cellar of the New Town's most famous art nouveau building, Amphora offers upmarket Mediterranean cuisine in three rooms, each decorated in a different style. Exposed brick… | |
56.958431 24.108381 | 22 One of the New Town's premiere restaurants, Bergs is housed in Riga's best design hotel and offers a grey, minimalist interior, views of the square and a fresh flower on every table. Diners… |  |
56.949398 24.122178 | 23 Prince Charles, Pierre Cardin and Elton John have all had a meal at Vincents. Chef Martin Ritin tries to use only locally-grown eco-friendly products in his upmarket cooking and his menus… |  |
56.943944 24.117908 | 24 In 1930, Riga Central Market was the largest and most technologically advanced market in Europe. Hundreds of stalls selling anything from cheap CDs to furry Russian hats extend far beyond its… |  |
56.951878 24.126276 | 25 Dark hardwood floors and beige walls create a warm setting for salads, seafood and steaks in the New Town. Owned by Elmars Tannis, a popular Canadian-Latvian chef with his own TV show… |  |
56.967322 24.230818 | 26 The Riga Motor Museum is Meciems' claim to fame. The largest antique car museum in the Baltics boasts Stalin's ZIS 115 limousine, a Rolls Royce from the Kremlin's collection and a Lincoln… |  |
56.947923 24.110527 | 27 Located in a renovated Old Town building that was once part of a medieval cloister, Melnie muki, or the Black Monks, offers the most extensive menu of international cuisine in Riga in a… | |
56.946495 24.109582 | 28 Bon Vivant offers an interior of hardwood floors and assorted Benelux kitsch, a wide variety of European beer and a menu of Belgian treats from pommes frites to mussels. You can also smoke in… |  |
56.950591 24.109153 | 29 Rigans come to Lounge 8 to sip the Old Town's best cocktails at dozens of private tables overlooking the central bar. Couples can reserve the VIP 'love seat' under the palm tree and smokers… |  |
56.949327 24.108767 | 30 The Black Cat, also known as Melnais Kakis, has long been an Old Town after hours hotspot. The long bar serves drinks and food all night and the games room to the right offers billiards, air… | |
56.951504 24.106836 | 31 Rigas Balzams specialises in cocktails made with its namesake, the Latvian national drink. Enjoy the dark herbal liquor in this brown candlelit Old Town cellar decorated with antique photos of Riga. | |
56.957237 24.117693 | 32 Located on a quiet New Town street, Club Essential is always packed with well-dressed clubbers dancing to a wide variety of contemporary club music played by some of Europe's top DJs. Four… | |
56.945676 24.110183 | 33 Nautilus is a popular Old Town club for mainstream Top 40 music and classic club anthems. While local celebrities sip cocktails in the VIP lounge, most people take advantage of the multi-level… | |
56.94605 24.112243 | 34 This dimly-lit brick cellar in the Old Town is the place to see classic and up-and-coming Latvian bands perform. Named after a 1960s film, Cetri Balti Krekli enforces a strict dress code, so… | |
56.958244 24.112973 | 35 The dark blue walls of Bites Blues Club are covered with signed photographs of some of America's most talented blues performers, all of whom have taken to the stage of this authentic New Town… | |
56.949304 24.114046 | 36 Located next to the Riga Canal on the edge of New Town, the Latvian National Opera's 19th-century building gave both Mikhail Baryshnikov and Alexander Gudunov their start. Today, its modern… |  |
56.925816 24.160891 | 37 Lido Bistro in Krasta serves up unpretentious and authentic Latvian food. Its hearty portions, varied menu, and wooden exterior resembling an old mill house make this one of Riga's most… |  |
56.948883 24.110913 | 38 Owned by a local rock star, Upe, meaning river in Latvian, sells Latvian music with genres as diverse as folk, classical, rap and rock. Traditional choir music and local folk instruments are… | |
56.936803 24.08585 | 39 The tower of the Soviet Victory Monument on the Left Bank and its gold stars can be seen from across the river. Statues of Mother Russia and Communist soldiers surround this controversial… |  |
56.947619 24.109754 | 40 Erected in 1209, the Old Town's tallest structure was badly damaged in World War II. However, St Peter's famous copper spire was rebuilt and now serves as an observation deck for anyone… |  |
56.992649 24.271974 | 41 Located on the Bergi lakeshore, the Ethnographic Open Air Museum offers a glimpse of Latvian life between the 16th and 19th centuries. Dozens of original wooden homes, churches, taverns and… |  |
56.949093 24.10439 | 42 Riga Cathedral's red brick walls and black steeple dominate Old Town's central square. Built in 1211, it's famous for its size, stained glass and pipe organ, which was once the world's largest… |  |
56.946538 24.10485 | 43 Nearly every building on Alberta iela in New Town is an Art Nouveau masterpiece including No 2 where philosopher Sir Isaiah Berlin was born. Enter No 12 to view a six-story winding staircase… |  |
56.98611 24.147387 | 44 Built to honour thousands of Latvian soldiers who fell, mostly during the First World War and the Latvian War of Independence, The Brothers Cemetery was designed by the well-known Latvian… |  |
56.947197 24.111814 | 45 Galerija Centrs is perhaps more interesting for its unique architecture than its extensive shopping, eating and drinking options. Straddling an entire Old Town street, the department store's… |  |
56.959086 24.107694 | 46 This small shop in the New Town specialises in souvenirs based on Riga's early 20th-century architecture. Art Nouveau Riga sells books, mugs, postcards, ceramics and even plaster replica busts… |  |
56.950104 24.105585 | 47 To tuck into a juicy steak head to Riga Old Town's Steak House Dome, housed in an Art Nouveau-style building with big bay windows. Summer diners can enjoy a gentle breeze and eat out on the… | |
57.010131 24.142627 | 48 Occupying nearly 20 hectares of the posh Meaparks neighbourhood, Riga Zoo houses hundreds of animals from wolves, polar bears and kangaroos to lions and giraffes. There's also a modern… |  |
56.961847 24.138936 | 49 Its dusty, cluttered shelves and distant New Town location may not be convenient for mainstream tourists, but Retro A is a good choice for antique collectors who appreciate old gramophone… | |
56.946893 24.107995 | 50 Tornis is Riga's best retailer of traditional Baltic jewellery, most of which is based on 10th-century artefacts found at Latvian archaeological digs. Tucked away in an Old Town cellar, its… |
