3 Days in Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻 | Most Underrated City in Europe?!

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@Dabutwo 5 ай бұрын

05:34 statue is dedicated to our poet Rainis. It's called "Divi Raiņi"

@socialnak 4 ай бұрын

Your review of latvia is so professional. I enjoyed your guide. I've been to Riga, Latvia a million times its such a wonderful city

@L4vander_rose 4 ай бұрын

I was so exited to watch this! Just last year nobody knew what my country was and now everyone is talking about it! Everyone showing stores to go to,they’re life in Latvia,sharing opinions about it. etc I’m literally so happy that we are finally getting noticed by everyone and that I feel more noticed now! Thank you for saying all of those compliments about my country it’s amazing it made me feel so happy you’re amazing! Thank you for calling things by their actual name(not all of them but still thank you!)overall it’s a great video.keep up the good work!

@mcake1234 10 күн бұрын

Latvia for the win!

@skullz-c8s 4 ай бұрын

As a proud Latvian i love this video and i wish the best for you 2 in your lives thank you for making such a great video about Latvia, Latvia truely is underrated and such a good country but not many people know about it.

@GGhgetto 5 ай бұрын

I watched this with such interest as if I hadn’t lived here for 13 years 😅

@emilsr.5395 5 ай бұрын

Wonderful and well-informed vlog! Thank you for promoting my country and its beautiful capital! Gaidīsim ciemos atkal! :)

@markheithaus 6 ай бұрын

DUDE!!!! I'm reliving my own travel right now! Riga is amazing! Make sure you get to Tallinn, Estonia as well! - If you ever come to the east coast in the United States, look me up and I'd love to treat you to a Major League Baseball game!

@JHMedium 6 ай бұрын

Glad it reminded you of your trip to Riga as well. I did go to Tallinn Estonia, and have a video about it on my channel too. Loved both of these Baltic counties!

@Itsthekdtz 7 ай бұрын

The black cat story is pretty funny 😂 Imagine having enough money to just hold a grudge like that. Great video!

@ervinvonhimmel 6 ай бұрын

The story behind it is a bit deeper, the "Proper" guild was reserved for local Germans and the Small guild was the place for people of Latvian origin (people could be completely Germanised, but they knew who you were), and we are talking of the beginning of the 20th century, when things were changing rapidly, the right to legally own something inside the Riga wall for Latvians was given only in the mid 18th century. So you guess what it means :)

@Brockxz 5 ай бұрын

12:20 Soviet union authorities wanted to remove the monument but they were afraid that will raise a rebellion and that is correct because that monument also reminded people here of freedom and on 14 June 1987, about 5,000 people gathered at the monument to lay flowers. This rally renewed the national independence movement, which later resulted in restoration of freedom for Latvia.

@dreamthedream8929 5 ай бұрын

Unfortunately many Jewish cultural life things were lost in latvia and got destroyed by latvian and other nazis. Glad this one survived. However I think only one synagogue has remained in riga and its in the old town, a very beautiful place. The great choral synagogue and others were destroyed by the criminals there at that time. In kuldīga you can still see the old synagogue, surprisingly they didn't touch it there for some reasons. The Jewish city daugavpils for example had over 40 synagogues and only a few of them have survived

@KellyZemnickis 5 ай бұрын

A fantastic video on my dad's hometown!! So glad you enjoyed!!! It's one of my fave cities... so beautiful. ❤

@KellyZemnickis 5 ай бұрын

And regarding the statues out side the library, I spotted this online: "The work points to the transformation that education and individual growth brings while the seating space in between emphasizes this process as an upward straight lane - growth in time and space."

@WestToEastQuest 7 ай бұрын

Glad you made it, like RIga as it my born town (even tho it doesnt feel like it anymore), Latvia is the best baltic state

@alex_crane 5 ай бұрын

1:45 actually yes - it is a former zeppelin hangar (it was bought from germans after WWII)

@mupert_rerdok 5 ай бұрын

WWI

@margor1286 5 ай бұрын

fun fact, every third tourist in latvia visits the market

@Rblock777 7 ай бұрын

You needed to visit the original Lido, this is just a branch business. The big Lido was like Latvian Disney land when growing up

@JHMedium 7 ай бұрын

Haha Latvian Disneyland, that sounds amazing. We planned to make our way out there, but ran out of time in the end. Now I definitely wish I went! 😢

@dreamthedream8929 5 ай бұрын

It's a lido, what do you mean by the brach business? It serves the same kinds of foods as the one that you are talking about however that one has additional things there, used to have an ice skating rink

@vargr198 4 ай бұрын

If by the "original" you meant Lido Krasta, you are wrong. That's relatively new establishment. The very first Lido was godawful smelly place that looked more like communal showers than a bistro. But that was early 90's when Camel Caffe was still the top of our expectations. The hype and overpriced french fries built the mini empire that Lido is today.

@Rblock777 4 ай бұрын

@@dreamthedream8929 different chefs

@Rblock777 4 ай бұрын

@@vargr198 I was born in 1991 so for me thats the original Lido

@LukeGeeTravels 5 ай бұрын

Awesome video! I'm going to Riga in December and I'm super excited to check out the Christmas market and check out some of the foods you mentioned!

@gerrardruthven5115 25 күн бұрын

Thanks, well made and informative video.

@Rey-fk2zt 7 ай бұрын

14:12 yeah its beets with mayo and garlic🔥

@juratin7 6 ай бұрын

+ pickles, lido does it with pickles

@blackhearted722 3 ай бұрын

Been at Riga 5 times.And it brings something new evvery time. :)

@ViLTOJUMS 6 ай бұрын

Glad you liked Riga! Beautiful video.

@xxDrain 5 ай бұрын

Sauerkraut is amazing with meat dishes and potatoes. I wouldn't really sit down to eat it on its own, but its makes a good combo.

@mikuskokenbergs8853 6 ай бұрын

Very nice video about my native town. Thank You.

@mcake1234 10 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Looks great.

@sunburstbike 5 ай бұрын

The part where the freedom monument symbolises Russia holding the 3 baltic states is very untrue, it actually symbolises the 3 oldest regions of Latvia: Kurzeme, Latgale and Vidzeme. The whole monument is to recognise Latvian history and future and to mourn the soldiers that lost their lives during war. Great video! Loved the scenic panoramas.

@LienitaZ 5 ай бұрын

Fantastic video - and so well suited background music.

@jyrkiaaltonen9298 3 ай бұрын

Top production 👍

@turbanheadless 4 ай бұрын

Good review man. Thanks for coming 😅

@hnc2324 2 ай бұрын

I'm going on a business trip to Riga tomorrow. Thank you for watching a good video before I go.

@aigarsmironovics2253 3 ай бұрын

Great video👍

@dj2875 3 ай бұрын

i would take white cabage vinegar salad with those dishes it goes really well together, i really like those black cats vibe i think i found my city

@pablosandi6683 3 ай бұрын

Hello from Costa Rica. I'm going to visit Riga next week. Can you tell me if weather is so crazy and also wich places are a "YES have to go".; Thank you

@Kreicss 5 ай бұрын

You should visit daugavpils and liepaja next time!

@Rikasplanet 7 ай бұрын

Latvian food is underrated 😋

@JHMedium 7 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed it.

@margor1286 5 ай бұрын

RIGA MENTIONED!!!

@michaelrivman4569 2 ай бұрын

Very interesting

@RhedwanRussool 5 ай бұрын

quiet city

@itz_marcus0819 5 ай бұрын

Come in the summer.

@u1zha 3 ай бұрын

"Ala" cellar is famous for its live folk music as well, as implied in the title. Looks like you missed out on that due to low season, urgh. Old town and center has seen more life indeed, we keep hearing it's property owners charging a fortune and regrettably bankrupting businesses that once were there. "XL Pelmeņi" and many other charming places gone. "Lido" is a good recommendation, I concur.

@Boorish-bj6dv 3 ай бұрын

Market was a hangar for german zepellin

@Mika_ya-la 5 ай бұрын

Luxury garden... ❤❤❤

@antonsdefrancua 2 ай бұрын

Interesting video. But for food I can say that only bread soup was traditional. If you want a traditional food than you should try potato pancakes, gray peas with bacon, or potatoes with cottage cheese and herring. For the traditional soup I recommend Cold Soup.

@WorldTrotterHereandBeyond 6 ай бұрын

good job

@marupe22 3 ай бұрын

Tnx :)

@Fosterushka 7 ай бұрын

Pelmeni is not Russian-Russian :( Its from Russia belongs to Udmurti people (Indigenous People of Uralo-Volga region) and translate as (Bread Ear) Pel-myan` even form itself looks like a Bread Ear of a Bear I really wish and hope you visit Russia one day but not Moscow Russia. Indigenous Regions such as : Dagestan,Udmurtia,Karelia,Komi,Yakutia,Tatarstan. each region unique language culture and food. PS: this episode bangers, cat story ridiculous

@vargr198 4 ай бұрын

Oh come on. Tell that to italian ravioli or chinese dumplings. As some other food tourist said - every culture found a way to put dough and meat together and the result was always amazing. I'm not dismissing your claim though, I'm well aware how russians absorb everything to re-introduce as their own. But that dish became popular here in soviet period, mostly because it was an easy way to pack substandard meat to sell cheap. Thus, in Latvia we call it russian dish.

@Fosterushka 4 ай бұрын

@@vargr198 read my comment again, your commentary is irrelevant.