Our First Impressions of Latvia's Capital 🇱🇻

[@janisliepins]

If you still in Riga: 1st Visit Old town. 2nd National Library it is free inside cool view on old town , Also 3. Motor Museum and 4. Occupation Museum.

[@tomaskla9030]

As Lithuanian, I confirm that the UK is more Eastern European than Latvia is.

[@artfx9]

Laipni lūgts, cukurdupsīt!

[@vadimcitinuk9175]

Why didn't you go to the old town of Riga? It's the first place to visit!

[@BoneyMB]

Actually it is good video exactly by showing something else rather than Old town. And as you can see there are a lots to see apart of Old town.

[@dreamthedream8929]

This is also the old town of rīga. The center is a very historic place to be. In fact many may prefer the center over the old town neighborhood. Another suggestion for a historic neighborhood to visit would be āgenskalns in rīga

[@BoneyMB]

@@dreamthedream8929 Sure, it is historic, but by Old Town in Rīga we call a medieval city surrounded by defensive city walls. The Riga Fortifications were a complex of fortifications built around the city of Riga since the 12th century. In 1857-1863, the Riga Fortifications were demolished, replacing them with the creation of a city canal and canal side gardens. What were inside those fortification, we call Old Rīga, the rest is Center and different neighborhoods called in different names.

[@dreamthedream8929]

@BoneyMB yes the old town neighborhood is also nice, it's different. Some like both some may prefer the old town or the center. Or perhaps on different days one over the other. Other historic well preseved neighborhoods in rīga are maskavas forštate and āgenskalns

[@karkevicius]

Average KZbinr visiting Latvia, seeing all of the poverty, decay, destruction the russians bequeathed, ignoring any and all historical relevance of the region, and then proceeding to call it Eastern Europe. Well done lad! Keep up the amazing work! 😂😂🙌🙌

[@MrsUnderwriter]

Agree

[@arturasandriusaitis8832]

Visiškai su jumis sutinku.

[@Wondermondo]

I am quite sure that I saw you yesterday :D At first, I thought that you were Latvians but then I heard English :)

[@Rblock777]

You should visit Liepāja to see Ziemeļu Forti.

[@HakkoChannel]

I watched 2nd video first and this after - I hope you have 3rd one as you haven't visited best places of Riga yet and hope you'll get better impressions. I loved that you stayed in bnb just one floor under my apartment I lived 30 years ago when I was going to my primary school and that view from window was my view everyday :) however from second floor there was yard further visible. So about "Lauvas nams" (House of lion) - It was a thing 30 years ago, and "Ezītis miglā" (The hedgehog in the mist) is franchise - some could be good some bad. About food - I guess you shouldn't expect good food after midnight checking random places. BTW best bet would be same Wolt or Bolt food delivery. About russians - the guy in that club district asked how to get back into club. And russians being heard everywhere - its just their thing they are loud and we dont like them and we like peace and quiet - so we tend to live outside cities away from noise and russians. :) Also you defiantly haven't got proper clothes for Latvian winter - it appears much colder in small minuses - just under 0 degrees as we have high moisture - it would be much better under -5. Anyways - hope you enjoyed your time in Riga and you should come back during summer.

[@1969andra]

yes,it's true

[@adidzis]

Hello! Thanks for nice video. Hope you are healthy after that freezing walk in Riga. You have to visit Latvija during summer time so you would have much better impressions and less risk to catch a cold. :)

[@robertslavrinovics-w4r]

We love tourists, u can visit akropole and play ice hockey 🏒 😊enjoy❤

[@eren7389]

As a Turk, we have the best traffic in the world. Just kidding.😁

[@sarasvelniukas3735]

ITS NOT EASTERN EUROPE. ITS NORTH EAST GUYS >>LOOK AT ALL EUROPE MAP

[@JonesTravelsss]

ITS NOT EASTERN EUROPE ---- ITS JUST SLIGHTLY EAST AND SLIGHTLY NORTH!!! ITS NORTH EAST!!!

[@kvassman_]

​@@JonesTravelsss hi, a Latvian here. We are eastern europe, and anybody saying otherwise is coping heavily.. our quality of life, culture, language and traditions are much closer to those of eastern europe than to those of northern europe. I would understand an argument for Estonia being considered a NE Europe due to their many similarities and proximity to Finland, but Latvia and Lithuania are as eastern europe as it gets + all the comforts we get from being in EU

[@DonatusK]

Like it ir not but, mostly Baltic countries called eastern Europe, whats wrong about that?Poland is in eastern Europe also, but overall is much better maintained and cared than Baltic countries

[@Kannakks]

​@@kvassman_Tikai te iet runa par ģeogrāfisko atrašanās vietu nevis dzīves kvalitāti, tradīciju vai kultūru

[@dreamthedream8929]

​@@kvassman_greece is south east Europe and the baltics are north east, it's obvious if you look at the map and see where they are, one in the south and the other in the north but on the same line and time zone

[@user-nt9vb5sv2q]

easter europe is a part of europe which has been in soviet union northen europe is part of europe which is lithuania, denmark and other countrys up north. so latvia is northen and eastern europe

[@arturasandriusaitis8832]

The Baltic States were NEVER in the soviet union. They were occupied by the soviet union (1940-1941, 1944-1990 (1991)). The policy of non-recognition was followed by most Western countries. Therefore, your definition is completely wrong.

[@Kborodo740]

what I heard places worth to visit old town, museums, library, market apart from that nothing is changing in this city

[@kvassman_]

Comments full of Lithuanians screaming about northern or north eastern europe is funny as hell.. copium is heavy with this one

[@arturasandriusaitis8832]

Could you kindly disclose your nationality? But it is easy to guess - one of the two. Or a mixture of both. )))

[@kvassman_]

@@arturasandriusaitis8832 Latvian

[@arturasandriusaitis8832]

@@kvassman_ Yes, one of the two. )))

[@JonesTravelsss]

@Vaidotas-s4s I have great respect for Lithuania as a country! One of the best countries I've visited in a while and very prosperous! - thoroughly enjoyed my time there and will be back!

[@arturasandriusaitis8832]

The Baltic States are NORTHERN EUROPE: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Europe#/media/File:Europe_subregion_map_UN_geoscheme.svg To say that they are in North-Eastern Europe is the same as saying that Alaska isn't in the North, but in the North-West America.

[@JonesTravelsss]

Depending on where you look its by some records Northern, Eastern, some even say its central. There's so many different interpretations and ways of splitting Europe that there's really no one answer (There are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region".[6] A related United Nations paper adds that "every assessment of spatial identities is essentially a social and cultural construct".[20] - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Europe) - For me its Eastern Europe since I associate "Northern Europe" with Scandinavia and whilst I agree that Latvia is both eastern and northern geographically, its clear to say that historically its been eastern and its legacy is eastern. Not to say that its not leaning more towards northern influence which is most definitely is but to say otherwise is ignoring hundreds of years of history.

[@arturasandriusaitis8832]

@@JonesTravelsss The Baltic States are officially defined as Northern Europe by UN as well as EuroVoc.

[@arturasandriusaitis8832]

@@JonesTravelsss I completely can't agree with you. 1) Northern Europe isn't only Scandinavia, but also (your native) UK and Ireland, as well as the Baltic countries. 2) Culturally, the Baltic countries have been part of the West since the 13th century, when Western (Latin) Christianity fixated here. No occupation could change that.

[@vulc1]

@@JonesTravelsss "since I associate "Northern Europe" with Scandinavia" Seems like you are confusing Nordern Europe with Nordics, these are different designations

[@vulc1]

@@JonesTravelsss "historically its been eastern and its legacy is eastern" Historically it has been Western Europe (12th century-1721, 1918-1939, 1941-1944, 1991-...)