14 Things to do in Riga Latvia | The ultimate travel guide

[@languagetraveller]

Tas moments, kad skaties šo video, lai atrastu vēl kādas foršas vietas Rīgā 😂😂

[@evelinaluizefeldentale9516]

Vai Ne

[@matcha.patcha]

True

[@noonesubscribemychannelwor5401]

Kattie K coming to Riga in September love from India

[@languagetraveller]

@@noonesubscribemychannelwor5401 cool, have fun :)

[@SOL56189]

jup

[@luckowu8360]

Alot of people say that latvians dont like tourists and tourists are not welcome but thats false everyone is welcome well not isis ;)

[@RebelliousVandal]

Actually, we don't like ''tourists'' who urinate, release their fucking bladder on our Brivibas piemeneklis or trying to climb it, some of them get so drunk and then start to do public dick show-off and the crazy part - they are making pictures, they act like they are untouchable, being very disrespectful. Mostly those asshole ''tourist'' are single men/bachelors from UK. Thank God to Brexit, I hope these morons will never come to Latvia. Just because we are small country and not so rich in whole EU, it doesn't mean those cunts are free to act like raised in jungle and think they will get away with it without punishment. We dislike, do not welcome visitors who act like they are more supreme than us and do offensive deeds.

[@ivanfedotov9971]

@@RebelliousVandal that's actually pretty funny 😂 sorry no offense

[@vilnis-pavilssalzemnieks3051]

13.Bastejkalna Park. This is not the Bastion Hill Park. It is Verman Garden. Bastion Hill Park is located at the Freedom Monument Square.

[@icanning1700]

Lido is best to show of Latvian food. European but very much Latvian. Don't forget about cakes and coffee. Incredible.

[@eurovisionsongcontestSWZ]

OH beautiful Riga 😍🇱🇻. Greetings from Greece 🇬🇷.

[@rachelandnick]

Hello! 😊

[@jschro124]

Awesome video guys! As an American living in Riga, I find the city so charming and lovely - you captured it well!

[@rachelandnick]

Thanks so much! Charming is the perfect word for Riga 😊

[@souiritv8355]

Do you know any good law firm in latvia? I want to get Latvian residency permit by investment.

[@imweird3363]

@@rachelandnick as long as you don't the leave the old town, yes. Once you go further, you see "blyatiful" soviet anthouses, run down graffiti painted houses and much more🙂🙂🙂

[@aTrulyPowerfulSpirit]

You warmed my heart, guys. Such a loving trip around our Riga. My eldest sister actually is a freelance artist who worked on the restoration of the Blackheads' building ceiling but I haven't even taken time to visit there. Next time I am there I definitely will.

[@rachelandnick]

That's amazing! The Building is still one of my top 10 favourite buildings. 😄

[@icanning1700]

Please give sister warmest hugs. You are lucky. I hope you saw inside of Blackheads. Incredible beauty. ❤

[@ameetdevwan1784]

Very nice video 🙏 Greetings from New Delhi india 🇮🇳

[@mrbeyonder6081]

I got interested in Latvia after I started following twitch streamer Danucd. She's from Latvia. I just love her and now I love Latvia too 💑

[@vadimsmirnov941]

I am from Rīga and I am going to show my hometown to my boyfriend this summer and your video makes me even more excited! Well done guys :) nice video

[@rachelandnick]

Thank you so much! So lovely of you

[@krishvanhoutan2931]

Yeah, my girl is coming over too, and I need places to take her

[@CarLover1356]

I got very excited when Lido was on this list and it was mostly cause I live on the same Street that, that Lido is located on

[@rachelandnick]

Haha Lido is a must visit in Riga. ❤

[@karlis6702]

Also the first decorated Christmas tree in the world was in Riga

[@edgarspavlovics3540]

who fucking cares?

[@dorinmelnic6001]

@@edgarspavlovics3540 You, since you bothered to answer

[@imweird3363]

@@edgarspavlovics3540 neesi nu tāds:)

[@permin9533]

But don't go to this Lido, don't be so humble, go to the Big Lido on Maskavas Forštate

[@vajra6888]

You should have visited the bigger Lido, it is much more impressive

[@rachelandnick]

I really wanted to visit it so much but didn't have much time in Riga. 😭😭

[@sallymay24]

Yes the market ...the fruit is so cheap

[@ownerowner4453]

A great explanation in short video...making plan to visit ...after a long break of covid....hopefully it will be great fun

[@Kupferonkel]

No. 6: The market is in airship hangars from ww1.

[@vyacheslavvolkov1098]

As someone who works with colors every day, small advise, calm down a little bit with color grading, some of them felt a bit too much 09:17 especially, LUTs are cool but use them wisely. Otherwise cool video. Cheers from Latvian :)

[@rachelandnick]

That's nice! Thanks :)

[@rachelandnick]

Hi Bear squad! What's your next holiday or trip planned? Which city will you visit? Its always so exciting going on holiday! 😊

[@MarkusPold]

Next trip planned: Edinburgh. Guys, your production quality is constantly upgrading! It is really cool to see. Also when you guys visited Estonia, you visited this hot dog place called "Hotokas" which i've never heard of. Now I went there with my friends and it was a really nice place. Keep up the good work Rachel and Nick!

[@rachelandnick]

@@MarkusPold We'd love to be Edinburgh. Thank you :) That's awesome :)

[@jakis14]

Riga in 3 days!

[@patrisia3341]

The video is so heartwarming! I live in Latvia, Rīga, and hearing all the good words you both said about Latvia was amazing! Hugs from Latvia!❤️

[@rachelandnick]

Thanks so much! So sweet of you to say. 😊

[@patrisia3341]

Rachel and Nick No thank you for making this video and visiting Latvia 😊

[@Hoowler]

Omg. I love street burgers. Gotta get some this week

[@dinesh3646]

Is Latvia good country to visit and study. Are they welcoming people ?

[@bukanyoutuber1693]

Cool

[@dilushakamburugamuwa9350]

Superb video I got more details about Latvia...

[@rachelandnick]

Thanks heaps. 😊

[@harishvaghela1587]

Riga has been beautiful city I love Latvia

[@dacekundrate4391]

Did you read the legend about the Cat House? If no, here are both versions: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_House,_Riga They are not just ornaments. :)

[@vilnis-pavilssalzemnieks3051]

12.Rīgas Cathedral correctly called the Riga Dome Cathedral is the Evangelical Lutheran cathedral in Riga, Latvia. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Riga.

[@katevilde2324]

Little mistake - that wasn't bastejlkalna parks, it was "Vērmaņdārzs". But as Latvian i loved all of your videos of Riga! ( So sorry of my english knowledge).

[@rachelandnick]

Yes! I stuffed up the parks' names. XD Thank you so much!

[@melluzi]

#13 is actually another park, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%93rmane_Garden, but that's not a big deal. Many thanks for the overview. Even though I spend most of my time in Latvia, I have visited perhaps a half of the places you listed. Now there is something to focus on.

[@rachelandnick]

Omg i was confused with these two lol. Thank you for letting me know! :) We had an amazing time.

[@Ramstein83]

There is a huge mistake that you said , 3:01 thats not russian architecture, thats Byzantium architecture which the russians architecture is taken from . Over all nice city and great video ❤️

[@raivojutans]

About the Cats. There was one rich merchant who was rejected and excluded from Merchant’s Guild. As the response he built the house in front of the Guild with cats with their butts turned to Merchants Guild. When he was taken to Merchants society He reversed cats. ; )

[@rachelandnick]

That's a nice behind story. Thanks for letting us know. 😄

[@WINGSANDRAILS]

Going there in a few weeks. Thanks for the video!

[@GreatCityAttractions]

Looks a wonderful city - hope you have a great time.

[@trimethoxy4637]

actually “c” in vecrīga should be pronounced as «ts», or cyrillic “ц“

[@gabi3341]

My whole family is from Latvia. I live in Scotland sadly but I really wish I lived with me auntie in salacgriva :(

[@matrixhour]

Yo!! I loved this travel guide. I will be visiting Riga in June. Also funny side-note, I used that same song at 7:01 in my cruise travel vlog earlier this year.

[@ismailhossan6285]

I'm impressed with the video you've given, I'm coming to Latvia, if you send help invitations to the letter, to work anyway or live permanently.Thank you

[@zoubirboukhedra129]

Thank you Guays for this video. But you don't show the beauty of latvian women!.

[@abatematteoantonio3724]

per mancanza di tempo avete dimenticato di visitare il ristorante lido raggiungibile con il bus 7... lo sky hotel per una vista mozzafiato ideale per vedere i fuochi artificiali il 18 novembre o 15 agosto festa della citta' da visitare la via dei ristoranti geltrudes iela il mio preferito quello georgiano

[@JohnHenryEden2277]

Did you visit the Art Nouveau district?

[@rachelandnick]

Yes! But we couldn't film that day as we were so busy in Riga. 😭😭😭 The district is truly amazing. Itvs a must place to visit.

[@mikuskokenbergs8853]

Warm thanks to You, dear friends! It makes me so glad, you've enjoyed my native town of Riga. Mīļš paldies Jums, dārgie draugi. Mani tas ļoti iepriecina, ka Jūs izbaudījāt manu dzimto pilsētu Rīgu. :) [The same in Latvian language]

[@sweetfern6222]

You now you don't have to say vecriga but you Can just say old Rīga

[@iamjuztine]

First time watching this and it really amused me, I never knew about latvia. Hope I can travel there someday. - from PH🇵🇭

[@rachelandnick]

Hopefully you can visit someday. We really loved Riga.

[@elzuciiite-631]

I was so suprised when i found videos about my country. Not a lot of people make content about Latvia. You should definitely visit. 🙃

[@iamjuztine]

❤️🙌

[@lkm1093]

Thanks for sharing! Glad you have enjoyed Riga!

[@GreatCityAttractions]

Wonderful content guys. Some great footage.

[@RameXRacing]

Sadly Vilhelms is closed, they could not agree on rent agreement with new building owner...

[@rachelandnick]

oh no ?! That's so sad. We only just went.

[@RameXRacing]

Yes, last operating day was 27.01. Here is article in latvian, google translate is not best, but you will get the context (place was open for 20 years....) jauns.lv/raksts/zinas/315982-pec-20-gadu-darba-durvis-spiesta-aizvert-vecrigas-popularaka-pankuku-estuve

[@dreamthedream8929]

@@RameXRacing another problem in Latvia is that many of these historic building owners are careless and do not renovate their buildings. Many such historic buildings in Riga are in a bad shape and no one has been doing anything about it for years. Yes the owners need to pay higher taxes if they have buildings in a bad shape but thats not enough to make them want to renovate them. For example many historic art nouveau and wooden buildings in Riga are in a bad shape. Very careless owners. Walk down Peitavas street in the old town and you will see what im talking about. Yes, there is some progress regarding this but it has to be faster. Just explored Bergen in Norway and that kind of thing simply doesnt happen there. Yes maybe saw only a few buildings there that were not in the best of shape however they really take very good care of most of their historic wooden and other buildings. Very appealing and a pleasure to look at. Hopefully Riga can follow their example soon enough.

[@RameXRacing]

​@@dreamthedream8929 not only that, to renovate some historic building costs shit ton of money, as that is required by law you cannot just renovator it as you wish. No-one is really interested to invest huge amount of money in it that way if there is no return (simple business rules)

[@dreamthedream8929]

@@RameXRacing its more about peoples mindset and mentality. In other countries such as Norway people really value their cultural and historical heritage which of course includes all the historic buildings. They are very well taken care of. In Latvia however many historic buildings are in hands of careless people with no such values which is a shame. And no, it doesnt cost that much. At least for the historic wooden buildings just put some fresh paint on to begin with. That alone should make it more appealing from the outside. In Bergen all their wooden buildings are nicely and freshly painted. When it comes to art nouveau buildings well yes that would be more expensive. However they didnt just fall apart overnight. The careless owners in Latvia saw them falling apart for years and did nothing. And some were intentionally made that way. And if those careless owners cant afford to do that then the government must take an approapriate action. Like in other cities in other countries. Yes, even in Estonia the historic buildings are in a better shape.

[@agris8859]

#15 Museum of the occupation of Latvia.

[@ralfsbelohvosciks7466]

The pancake place Vilhelms doesn't exist anymore

[@rachelandnick]

Yes, we heard. 😢 It's so sad.

[@sabii_sabee]

I found your videos through riga tour and now i'm watching all of your videos so cool so beautiful and so cute

[@rachelandnick]

Thanks so much!! ❤

[@dianaantonovica9866]

Thank you for sharing your experience :) im Latvian and im living in germany. And i was so happy to hear so warm words about Latvia. Tnx. Man hugs to you bought:)

[@indrekauneckyte]

Beautiful video ♥️ Riga is one of my favourite cities! I recently been there also and made a vlog about it

[@FrugalTravellers]

Great vlog guys. We'll be arriving in Riga in a few days time and this video has helped inspire us to see some of these cool places. Love the cheap food options too! Thank you. 👍😊

[@rachelandnick]

Great to hear that! Thank you♥️

[@orlenemontano3670]

Hi Rachel and Nick...if you are fan of chess...you should visit the monument of greatest chess Grand master mikhail Tal... love your video...lovelots from Manila.

[@auddemars]

Amazing video…

[@ABMW-tech]

Thanks for the video

[@evelinaluizefeldentale9516]

I live in Latvia, Kolka. And I'm going to study in Riga so this video was good for me so that I can know where I can go in my free time there

[@souiritv8355]

Do you know any good law firm in latvia? I want to invest in latvia residency permit by investment

[@evelinaluizefeldentale9516]

@@souiritv8355 sorry but no I don't know anything

[@BaibaVulgaris]

Sveiciens skaistajai Kolkai no rīgas, Kolka ir debeskiga vieta, sevišķi vasarā! :)

[@BaibaVulgaris]

@@souiritv8355 I'm sure if you find a property that you like they will help you with all the paperwork. You can check these agency website selling properties in Latvia: latio.lv, city24.lv

[@Dana-ey2cz]

The way he pronounced *Vecrīga* triggers me Its *veCrīga* , not *veKrīga* 😅

[@atmosphericdream4968]

Only cute thing about this video i found the way girl was speaking (im from Riga btw). Also im really hungry now🍔🤤

[@TheLittleRedRidingHood]

It’s so sad seeing Šefpavārs Vilhelms. It’s now shut down:(

[@rigastudentsrent7759]

Wow! cool

[@mirthakogon7473]

I would like very much ro visit Riga. When isthe best time to visit Riga.

[@rebeccalow4148]

Bing chling

[@ericleotran6059]

trò chơi hay là

[@alexfernandohuenten1374]

Exelent

[@mobilelexus7592]

I'm from Latvia Aluksne and i'we been Riga some times and i'm born in Riga

[@angelodlr2073]

What month you went to Riga? I wonder if its snowing on December....

[@rachelandnick]

It was November :)

[@hafidzamraoui5940]

Lettland ist meine härz

[@livadrike3093]

XL Plemeņi - even Latvian do not choose that for everyday,

[@manuelantonioserodio5932]

Hi Rachel and Nick. Very nice and usefull video. Thank you very much.

[@rachelandnick]

Pleasure 🤗♥️

[@parreiramiranda]

👍👍👍👍

[@alexysq2660]

~Fabulous; "i *

[@eeriksaa2667]

I from Latvia

[@hummybrar525]

Hi

[@detectivedance]

There's also Akropole, Vērmanes dārzs, Daugavas promenāde, Grīziņkalna parks, Dzegužkalns.. that's all the places I could think of rn xd btw thanks for visiting Riga! I'm glad you liked it!

[@purchiks1]

Kad iznāca šis video, Akropole vēl nebija atklāta

[@Easyvibes43]

I like this place..

[@yoinkedyoink1723]

The Lido is soooooo nice

[@edgarssniegs4719]

I live there! 😘🇱🇻

[@mcjanis]

I go past the cathedral every day, it is really beautiful

[@rachelandnick]

So pretty! 😊

[@matcha.patcha]

I live in latvia

[@wowmarie6606]

Yesss 😁

[@Z0MBEH]

Paldies! :)

[@АлексСмирнов-ю7я]

Люблю Старую Ригу,Родина Моя!

[@denium81]

Very poor town! Nothing special!

[@rajaali28706]

Latvia is new emerging tourist destination and also its best place for foreign students. soon i will be in Latvia. love you

[@souiritv8355]

Do you any good law firm in latvia ?

[@Julii555]

this city is the worst. for real

[@Julii555]

destroyed my holidays and my life

[@essiemueni9536]

What happened Julia?😥

[@baibasinicina4193]

Latvieši???

[@reagankindred9546]

You said vecrīga wrong =u=

[@vilnis-pavilssalzemnieks3051]

VeKrīga you said, this is not correct Latvian C means C. Not SI K but not c. As word zeppelins. C = Z

[@alensmatesovics5884]

Let's be honest, Riga is not more than you expected

[@rachelandnick]

We'll be honest, Riga is way more than we expected. ❤

[@vodo2689]

There's nothing exciting to do in Latvija. Its like a cemetery.. Except for the good ol outer parts of city where it's peaceful

[@bereal2479]

It's all about your perception, you are focusing on wrong people and wrong things,find the beautiful and close eyes on the ugly, because It really shouldn't get attention and make your view ruined on our capitol city.

[@vairisraudis6547]

Riga never is ready.

[@AngerComplex]

Actually that’s the reason I’m planning a trip to the baltics haha