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Riga Travel Guide (2007) by Ryanair
Riga Travel Guide (2007) by Ryanair
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THE city DO & see event highlights EATING CAFs
Bars & nightlife shopping Sleeping INFORMATION maps
RIGA
Population
800.000
Currency
1 Lat (LVL) = 100 santimu
1 Euro = 100 cents
Opening hours
Normal opening hours for shops in Riga
are 9.00-18.00 on weekdays, 9.00- 15.00
on Saturdays, with most stores closed
on Sundays. Most supermarkets are
open until 22.00. Museums are usually
open from 11.00 to 16.00 all weekdays
except Mondays. Restaurants remain
open all days of the week.
Internet
www.virtualriga.com
www.latviatourism.lv
www.riga.lt/
www.viewlatvia.com
Publications
The Baltic Times
Diena
Riga This Week, free magazine available
at tourism office, airports etc.
Emergency numbers
Central telephone number (in case of
accident): 112
Fire: 01 Monument of Liberty, Riga centre, photo courtesy Leons Balodis
Police: 02
Ambulance: 03
Tourist Office
City of Riga Information Centre WELCOME TO RIGA
Address: 6 Ratslaukums, at Townhall
square. Riga greets visitors with a unique and breathtaking silhouette,
Open every day from 10:00 19:00 beautifully reflected in the Baltic Sea. A stroll through the
Tel: +371 703 79 00
city centre offers a charmingly confusing mix of a modern
Latvian Tourism Information Bureau in metropolitan city, with exclusive shopping, crazy nightlife and
Riga international cuisine; and ancient traditions in a capital that has
Address: 4 Smilsu been multi-cultural throughout its 800-year history. And all this in
Open every day from 09.00 - 18.00
Tel: +371 7224664
a city setting worth getting lost in.
THE city | do & see
destination: RIGA
THE city
Riga is not only a pretty sight with
its tall church steeples pointing to
the sky; it is also the most dynamic
capital of the Baltic States. Riga
is a vibrating big city, with broad
avenues, majestic Art Nouveau
palaces, trendy cafs, restaurants,
clubs and shopping centres. Tourism
is booming, and the opening of
food places with specialities from
the most remote parts of the world
please the increasingly cosmopolitan
Rigans, as well as visitors from afar.
simply walk around with your head every hour on the hour between
09.00 and 18.00. Riga Castle
up!
Address: cross Brivibas and Raina, in the heart of the city The Latvian president Vaira Vike
Freiberga lives in one of the wings
do & see
Three Brothers of this yellow 14th century castle,
The Old Town
The Three Brothers are the oldest situated by the mouth of the
An absolute must for visitors to see is
stone residential buildings in the city, Daugava River in the harbour area.
the labyrinth of cobbled streets in the
situated in the picturesque Maza Pils The castle has been rebuilt several
Old Town. This live open-air museum
alley in the Old Town. Each of the times throughout the centuries,
is declared a UNESCO World Heritage
three houses represents different and the style is a charming muddle
Site. A walk along the winding streets
stages in the architectural poques of of different architectural poques.
goes past over 150 historical and
Riga, from medieval to Baroque. Several art museums are housed in
architectural monuments, the oldest
Address: 17, 19, 21 Maza Pils, in the Old Town. the castle.
from the 13th century. Don't be afraid
Address: 3 Pils Laukums
to get lost in the narrow alleys - it is St. Peters Cathedral
part of the experience! From the viewing platform around Dome Cathedral
the church spire, you can walk 360 The largest place of worship in
degrees around the tower to see the the Baltics, measuring 187 x 43m,
whole of Riga laid out before you. with walls two metres thick; Dome
Opening hours 10.00-17.00, closed on Cathedral also has one of the biggest
Mondays. organs in Europe with 6,768 pipes.
Address: 19 Skarnu Address: Doma Laukums
Tel: +371 735 6699
R
FASTE
Reservations your Membership
number is all you need
Eating Pelmeni XL
Traditional Latvian food culture is Self-service restaurant serving
dominated by typical Russian and Pelmeni, the Russian or Ukrainian
Eastern European dishes, using a version of ravioli or tortellini, filled
lot of potato, cabbage, beef, pork either with chicken, pork, lamb,
and fish, served in big portions. Riga vegetables or cheese.
also offers countless opportunities Dishes up to 10 LVL.
to try international favourites, from Address: 7 Kalku, Tel: +371 722 2728
American steakhouses to Indian
veggie food, Chinese, Japanese, Seasons
Italian, Russian or Ukrainian Exclusive restaurant with one of
specialities. Riga's finest menus, including dishes
like grilled eel with orange, sauted
Visitors must try Rigas famous Black goose liver and pheasant breast
Balsam, a thick and black yet smooth confit with forest mushroom risotto,
and velvety alcoholic liqueur. The 45 cowberry, onion marmalade and
Leons Balodis percent alcoholic drink is said to cure juniper berry sauce.
soar throats as well as hangovers. Address: 12 Pils, Grand Palace Hotel
Tel: +371 704 4000
Doma Laukums The exact recipe is a closely guarded
The Dome Square in the very heart secret, but basic ingredients include Tower
of Old Riga, a good departure or end ginger, oak bark, bitter orange peel Popular meeting place for
point for wanderers. In July the square and cognac. Scandinavian expatriates in the Old
turns into a huge beer garden.
Town. The menu is predominately
Address: Doma Laukums Opulent Arbat Nordic, including Norwegian salmon,
Richly decorated upscale restaurant Swedish meatballs and Finnish blue
Riga Motor museum
in Old Riga. Serves high-class Russian berry pie.
Riga Motor Museum is an absolute
specialities in Tsarist splendour. Vodka Dishes up to 10 LVL.
bliss for car lovers. The museum
peps up the sauces and appetisers. Address: 7 Smilsu
displays Western as well as Soviet cars
Dishes up to 35 LVL. Tel: +371 7216155
and motorcycles, topped with wax
Address: 3 Vagnera
dolls of the old Soviet party leaders. Tel: +371 721 4056 Pomodoro
Address: 6 Eisensteina Friendly Italian restaurant in an old
Tel: +371 7097170 LIDO Log House 17th century warehouse with a huge
Bus Nr 15, 21, 105 or trolleybus Nr 14,
The flagship restaurant of Latvian outdoor caf in the Old Town, with
18 takes you there.
www.muzeji.lv success food chain Lido offers a traditional Italian dishes like pasta,
variety of appetising Latvian foods, pizza, strong coffee and creamy
The Circus served quickly and directly by the deserts on the menu.
Riga has a permanent circus where cooks. Dishes around 3 LVL.
guests can witness some very special Dishes up to 10 LVL. Address: 8a Vecpilsetas
acts, for example the performing pigs, Address: 76 Krasta, Tel: +371 7211044
bears, horses and dogs, as well as Stop: Tram 7, 9 or bus 107
Tel: +371 750 4420 Veca Hanza
the "non-performing" domestic cats.
Open from October to April. Latvian, German and medieval cuisine
Address: 4 Merkela in the new Town Hall building.
Tel. +371 721 3279 Dishes up to 20 LVL.
Address: 1 Ratslaukuma
Tel. +371 722 5069
B-Bars
A stylish and trendy cocktail bar with
a chic designer interior.
Address: 2 Doma Laukums
Tel. +371 722 8842
Skyline Bar
To reach this romantic bar on the
26th floor of the Reval Hotel Latvija,
you have to take a slow ride in
the glass lift which rises along the
hotel facade. The bird's-eye view of
virtually the entire Latvian capital is
reason enough to come here.
Address: Elizabetes 55
Tel: +371 777 2222
Riga spectacular sunset, photo courtesy Leons Balodis Nobody Writes to the Colonel
Underground club that attracts an
CAFS BARS & NIGHTLIFE alternative crowd from the local
Apsara Tea House Riga has countless restaurants, artistic circle. With music varying
Delightful teahouse with a strong bars and nightclubs, featuring from punk to fusion to Latin moves,
Turkish-Russian feel, and a large entertainment that will satisfy with rap, hip-hop and UK house
selection of non-bag teas as well as most music tastes and clubbing music mixed in; it is the hippest spot
Turkish water pipes. preferences. During the summer, Old to hang out in.
Address: Vermanes garden, 2 Terbatas Riga bursts with open-air cafs and Address: 26-28 Peldu
Tel. +371 721-2436. beer gardens, while those who rather Tel. +371 721-3886
fancy cocktail sipping or dancing
Kapucino Bars Voodoo Club
can enjoy the night in any of the
Excellent strong Java coffee, juices, By far Riga's most popular nightclub,
numerous lounges and clubs of the
tea, pastries and sandwiches are situated right in the middle of
city centre.
served in this smoke-free and cosy city centre at Hotel Reval Latvija,
basement cafeteria. boasting three dance floors for all
Balsam Bar
Address: 3c Torna
Small and cosy basement bar with disco and lounge lovers over 21
a large cocktail list, with all drinks years of age. This fancy venue also
Montekristo hosts a casino.
Stylish caf in the Art Nouveau containing the famous black Balsam-
Address: 55 Elizabetes
quarters with coffee grinds from the liqueur as base.
Tel. +371 777 2355
Address: 4 Torna
whole world. The trendy, young and
Tel: +371 7214494
wealthy meet in this classy venue. Pu Pu Lounge
Address: 10 Elizabetes Orange Bar Popular with young businessmen,
Tel: +371 7283271
Cosy bar for tourists and locals artists and the ultra-stylish, this is
www.montekristo.lv
in search for an alternative to one of the hottest clubs in Riga.
Address: 14 Marstalu
Smilsu pulkstenis mainstream nightclubbing.
Tel. +371 722 0732
Tiny teashop in the Old Town serving Address: Jana Seta 5
Tel. +371 722 8423
delicious homemade cakes and
pastries.
Address: 9 Meistaru
Tel: +371 912 96 84
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