Guidebook for Rīga
Food Scene
If you have not been at least once in LIDO then you have not been in Riga. So simple! All LIDO restaurants are self-service restaurants - you grab a tray and walk around asking for what you want to be added to your plate. The LIDO offers a menu consisting both of national dishes cooked according to ancient Latvian recipes, and dishes of other nationalities. Due to affordable prices, nice atmosphere and interior with traditional Latvian design elements LIDO restaurants are very popular amongst locals and tourists.
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Lido Dzirnavas
11 Dzirnavu ielaIf you have not been at least once in LIDO then you have not been in Riga. So simple! All LIDO restaurants are self-service restaurants - you grab a tray and walk around asking for what you want to be added to your plate. The LIDO offers a menu consisting both of national dishes cooked according to ancient Latvian recipes, and dishes of other nationalities. Due to affordable prices, nice atmosphere and interior with traditional Latvian design elements LIDO restaurants are very popular amongst locals and tourists.
Martin’s Bakery offers classic Latvian pastries from freshly baked "piragi" (bacon dumplings) with a variety of different fillings like ham, onions and mushrooms to delicious sweet pastries from fragrant cinnamon buns to gooey custard-cream buns. You can order anything - it offers to take away, including coffee, or just enjoy a cappuccino or a cup of tea on the spot.
The prices are very friendly. You can pay only by cash (EURO), credit cards are not accepted! At the evenings choice is limited.
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Mārtiņa Beķereja
19 Marijas ielaMartin’s Bakery offers classic Latvian pastries from freshly baked "piragi" (bacon dumplings) with a variety of different fillings like ham, onions and mushrooms to delicious sweet pastries from fragrant cinnamon buns to gooey custard-cream buns. You can order anything - it offers to take away, including coffee, or just enjoy a cappuccino or a cup of tea on the spot.
The prices are very friendly. You can pay only by cash (EURO), credit cards are not accepted! At the evenings choice is limited.
Latvian rhubarb wine, homemade buttermilk ice cream and coffee made with beans freshly roasted right here in Riga. The place is quite small, but cosy. Also has summer terrace. It is situated inside The Berga Bazars (built between the years 1887-1900 by Kristaps Bergs, one of Latvia's first modern real estate developers).
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BURZUJS
84 Dzirnavu ielaLatvian rhubarb wine, homemade buttermilk ice cream and coffee made with beans freshly roasted right here in Riga. The place is quite small, but cosy. Also has summer terrace. It is situated inside The Berga Bazars (built between the years 1887-1900 by Kristaps Bergs, one of Latvia's first modern real estate developers).
Parks & Nature
Vērmanes Garden is the oldest public garden in the city of Riga. The current name is a Latvian transliteration of the garden's original German name.
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Верманесский сад
2D Tērbatas ielaVērmanes Garden is the oldest public garden in the city of Riga. The current name is a Latvian transliteration of the garden's original German name.
Sightseeing
The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia is one of the eldest outdoor museums in Europe. Since its establishment in 1924, the museum has collected 118 historical buildings from all over Latvia. Riga and all of Latvia’s regions, Kurzeme, Vidzeme, Zemgale, and Latgale, are represented here. The buildings have been set up to give visitors a sense of Latvia’s rural landscape.
If you like history, nature, old buildings then you must see this museum. Best time to visit from May 1st – September 30th. During winter season you cant go inside of the buildings so better to visit it at summer season.
To get there you can use bus No.1.
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Brīvdabas muzejs
The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia is one of the eldest outdoor museums in Europe. Since its establishment in 1924, the museum has collected 118 historical buildings from all over Latvia. Riga and all of Latvia’s regions, Kurzeme, Vidzeme, Zemgale, and Latgale, are represented here. The buildings have been set up to give visitors a sense of Latvia’s rural landscape.
If you like history, nature, old buildings then you must see this museum. Best time to visit from May 1st – September 30th. During winter season you cant go inside of the buildings so better to visit it at summer season.
To get there you can use bus No.1.
Shopping
Closest shopping Center which is located just beside Riga Central Railway Station. It is open every day from 10:00 - 21:00. RIMI grocery supermarket which is located inside of it is open from 7:00 - 24:00.
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Торговый центр Ориго
4 Stacijas laukumsClosest shopping Center which is located just beside Riga Central Railway Station. It is open every day from 10:00 - 21:00. RIMI grocery supermarket which is located inside of it is open from 7:00 - 24:00.