As a Latvian, it is interesting to look at Riga through the eyes of a foreigner. Being in Old Riga like a local, you don't notice a lot of details. Thanks for this video.

The country look really beautiful and peaceful

Wow, Latvia is really beautiful ❤️ Greetings from Hemsedal Norway 🇸🇯

As a Latvian myself I do recomend not only visiting Riga, but also other cities in Latvia. The train system is very easy to understand, it runs thoughout the entire land of Latvia and in my opinion not the most expencive way of travel. The Baltic sea in my opinion is the best place to visit! There are many camping spots, my favorite is in a village called Košrags, I believe a bus even goes straight to there. Latvias nature is truly my favorite part of this country. There is so much forest and so little man made fields. Amazing country!

I live in Riga and i'm always happy with tourists asking for help to navigate the city. :)

Just booked a stay in Riga some hours ago and then found this nice video. Looking even more forward to our stay ;-)

Riga's local here. Rīga is definitely beautiful city. And deeper into the center you go, the more beautiful it is. I love our parks! I lived in The Center before, but now I live on other side of bridges. In Ziepniekalns. Here we have one (rennovated 4 weeks ago) park where I spent 1 hour of each day when I'm not at home. But Latvia has some dark sides too. For example hating Russians more than any other Baltic Country, even though 32% of ALL Latvian citizens (1,5 million) are Russians. Government blocks Russian language in education buildings, in kindergartens, in governmental buildings, banks. And formerly 90% spoke Russian in Latvia. Here are less and less of us (Russian speakers)... Also in WW2 a LOT of Latvians willingly joined Germany when Latvia was captured. Other half of Latvians hated other half that betrayed USSR and willingly joined those, who rapd, tortured, and killed Slavens. But still, Architecture here is really beautiful. Story of Latvia is not long, but nice. From tribes, to people under rule of Medieval Germanic Kingdoms, to civilized people. And because Latvia during whole it's story spent time with Russia and German-speaking countries, Latvian is similliar to both of them. Even though Latvian is Latin alphabet language, it still has some similar to words to Russian. And minimum 70% of WHOLE Latvia, is trees. Nature here is really beautiful. We have no Mountains (highest point is 300 meters), but we have nice and big forests, and nice beaches, and wonderful sunsets and sunrises.

About the roosters - apparently a long time ago, when someone tried to invade Riga (when it still was small) in the night, roosters made so much noise that they woke up the soldiers that were able to defend the city in time. It probably is a fake story, but it's the main explanation about why we have so many golden roosters in the old town.

Nice video and honest people. No fake charisma as other travelers. Thank you.

Amazing short video,I visit twice a year now it has become my fav city.

The countryside is really worth visiting, not only Riga. Plan it ahead. There are beautiful restored manors and castles, the Open Air Museum, Gauja National Park, Sigulda, beautifully maintained farmsteads, rapid rivers in the spring for extreme sports, sandstone rock outcrops, the widest waterfall in Europe - the Ventas rumba, festivals such as the Sabile Wine Festival, the Tukuma Rose Festival , fishing opportunities... Handicrafts, amber products, folk costumes. Excellent national dishes. And you should enjoy a Latvian sauna with a sauna attendant who will clean you with the right sauna brooms and then take a little swim and lie down in the clover grass looking at the night stars...!

what a nice country. love from Sri Lanka

There are a lot of art nuvo builidings in Riga, not just the old town, but all around Riga center. Alberta street is the most famous street coz every building on that street is art nuovo, but you will find impresive buildings all over the place. The best time to go see the architecture is during summer sunday mornings, coz half the population is in their summer home enjoying their gardens on the weekends, while party goers are still sleeping off their hangovers after saturday nights. The streets are completely empty with hardly any people during this tis time.... Except for tourists...

Hi, I'm visiting Riga this year, and really enjoyed your video. Fun fact, I am from Austria, our National Flag is very similar tobthe Letvian, and also the backgroundstory is nearly the same😂

Great Video, Thanks for Sharing ! My Mother was from Riga, She And Her Family Suffered During WW2, and had to Escape .

As a latvian this warms my heart and you should visit the citys ventspils liepāja kuldīga

Thanks for this video. I really enjoyed the way you presented our country, keep up the good work guys ! Love.

Lived in Riga for 5 months and missing it more every day

Nice video, I have been here nearly 9 years and I learnt new things from this video. Paldies!

Going there in 2 weeks! Thanks for the video!

Great video guys. A lot fo great places to be found in Riga and you did a nice job of explaining everything.

Thanks for the great review. Greetings from Latvia!

I wish tourists would all be like you guys. It is lovely that you researched and knew some important elements of the culture.

This seems to be a very interesting place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!

Great video, I enjoyed the montage and the little facts and narration kept it interesting watch. cheers

I will be in Riga next month!!! Finally, one place to visit in my bucket list

Thank you. Enjoyed your video and your comments. Infarct, we are going to watch all of them

Loved this episode, especially the story about the origin of the Latvian flag and of the Christmas tree. Riga is on the top of my list of countries to be visited in the forthcoming future. Love from Poland.

Great video, Thank you for sharing.

Cool video and amazing to see how a non Latvian loves the city! Just wanted to ad though, Latvia gained their independence in 1918!

great vid, deserves more views

I visited last year. Amazing city, amazing country. I´ll be back.

OMGGGG I’M LATVIAN AND I LIVE IN LATVIA AND THIS FIRST TIME EVER WHEN I SEE AMERICAN KZfaqRS MENTIONING LATVIA🇱🇻

Great video, i love to see how you get facts straight. You should check out other city's in Latvia, they all look similar but there is something about them that makes every city different and unique.

cool !

Thank you for visiting 😊

Not 1920 but 1918 we got our country

yees i really like this video :) this, but id also recommend visiting the country sides around bigger holidays (like for example Jani and Ligo evening, kind of like latvian midsummer), and the greater older nature parks too, theres plenty of older castles and stuff and lots of activities when one knows what and when and where to look for them :) I loved easter and Auto, Moto Velo and stuff like that when i grew up in Murmuiza (kauguru pag). There were so much new things and stuff and styles depending on when and where one visits latvia. Cesis and places like that are also often kind of charming in their way with the old nature trails and castles and stuff. Going there in summer or late summer in my opinion would bring the most from the travelling since the nature gets so beautiful and evertyhing really comes to life :)

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BTW in old town theres not lot of art nouveau buildings - they mostly are concentrated around old town. Best example is Albert street.

Lovely vlog max!! 🇱🇻 when are you doing Liverpool? Lots of history here :)

well done ...

Hi I’m Latvian

It is good to be in Riga... as tourist.

Thank you for visiting our country. The one thing, however, that i keep noticing with foreigners visiting is that the only really visit our capital Riga and almost never any other city, which i would like to see more of. Either way, hopefully you guys had a great time here :)

Thank you for portraying my hometown exceptionally well, but one thing I need to mention: There is as “Art nouveau” district in Riga, that you haven’t shown here. And it is located not in old town.

The rooster’s voice can chase away the demons. There are some sayings and proverbs describing this: “When the cock crows, the devil falls”1 or “Temptations don’t mean a thing, when the rooster sings”2 . The rooster had the power to reverse evil, bad luck, and all the dangerous attempts of the unclean spirits (Kowzan 2007, 123). The rooster, which is crowing as the third guard announces the dawn, forcing dark forces and their allies to flee. It is interesting to add a story from the Jewish tradition. The Jews distinguished four types of guards: the beginning of the guard, the midnight guard, the cocks-crowing guard, and the mourning guard (Kowzan 2007, 123). The silhouette of a cock on churches was a kind of a warning to Christians to acknowledge their faith (Chadd 2016, 54)

It looks lovely. Clean and no menacing graffiti.

6:30 My History teacher once told me, what Roosters are a monument to real Rooster which once saved Rīga. The story goes with something like this: "Once in Riga (it was almost completely wooden at time) started fire in the night. But one Rooster on top of tower screamed even in the night and woke up whole city and humans were able to extinguish the arson. And in the name of saviour of Riga at that time, government built a Rooster's statue on top of Saint Somebody Cathedral. That statue was destroyed a lot of times, but was placed back" WARNING! This information is from my memory and may be not true at all! It was too much years ago for me to remember! The only detail in which I'm sure on 100% and what I totally remember is that this statue, is statue of Real Rooster and not rooster from some book or not statue of rooster of some rich farmer.

this looks so interesting to watch some1 visit Latvia and make a vid about it, cuz as a latvian it is interesting, and also my dad owns 1 apartment what u can book out and if i remember right it has 5 stars it is in brīvības iela.

Riga's great for tourists, as long as y'all don't leave the old town. Which, in the video, you didn't.

paldies thank you😀

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Love from India ❤

I liv in LATVIAN !!!

A small remark: The river Daugava starts in Russia and flows down trough Latvia to the Baltic sea; But rivers rarely start from the sea.

Im from latvia and i life in Ventspils ❤

I always thought Latvia was empire latvania ( dr doom fiction country) . Thanks to your video, It really makes me want to visit this place.

you should visit some other places in latvia as riga is very different from the rest of the country

There's a restaurant, I can't remember the name off, but you'd be able to spot its mascot right outside the door. A chef with a big pan in its hand. It is somewhere in the older part of Riga, in between of the many little coffee shops.

i thought the roosters on churches was because like.... in countryside (in villages) roosters are like the alarm clock, they do their big annoying sound right at like 6 AM as the sun is rising, and that wakes the whole town up, but then in the big cities.... at 6-8 AM the church bell rings, which wakes up the whole city... but i guess not.

I just got the latvian visa.. So excited to come there from a country like india.. 🤍

Latvia proclaimed independence in 1918 , not 1920 . Loved your video , nice job ! Thanks !

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I'm in lavia it's really nice BETTER WHERE I AM MALTA PEOPLE AREN'T KIND but here there is peace and everyone is nice I really like it

So nice to see this post. My Grandmother came from Riga, and my Father had planned to visit the city in 1939. This never happened due to the machinations of a certain Corporal Hitler. Peace to All.

Was this filmed on Christmas day ? There's nobody else about. 😂

nice

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How was the trip from Tallinn to Riga? How were prices compared to Tallinn? Thanks for sharing!

Helo you talked about the flags history. But you didn’t mention that later in history they war destroyed but later they were restored to their former glory. (Sorry if mistakes)

Seems very quiet in Riga, not sure what time de recorded the video

It is wrong to say that Daugava river feeds in Baltic sea and goes all the way to Russia 🤭when it is the opposite ... Nice video though 🤗

about the flag.... there's also explanation - white stripe is the Daugava river and the dark red ones symbolize the blood that that's has been spilled for it

So nice city build by Swedish, Germans and Russians

For art nouveau you looking for faces and naked ladys on houses. In old town theres really not many art nouveau.

2:20 - LoL, NO! I presume it was classic or eclectic style, not the Art Noveau, which came right after eclectic and some neo-Gothic was in fashion in late XIX - early XX century.

You're lyin

Why so calm and empty restaurants looks died at night

So you basically showed just a best part of Riga leaving out old and ugly parts

Vilnius biggest city of baltic states, by size and by population.

all good, but get out of city centre and see what it is like.

Who here is Latvijen?

The original written tale about our flag is they put him on a sheet and everywhere except we he lay became red from his blood and then the sheet was used as a flag in the next battle. Smal difrence but this is little more precise.

As a Latvian myself I never liked Riga. Currently living in Bratislava and enjoying.

Do you think visit Riga first time, you can say This isbhow really Riga is liek ?😂

As a latvian i was dumbfounded how you only stuck to the tourist traps or even just the right side of the Daugava

The architecture looks very interesting. I wonder about the social perspectives? Like nationalism and conservatism. Does everything in Latvia lean to the (far) right? Do Latvians still like nazis? Is Riga safe for gays, non-whites, and Russians? I have an American friend who plans a 2024 three week trip in Europe, including the Baltics. He's gay, I told him to better avoid the Baltics, and Poland.

Where are the districts, where is the reality, where is the real Latvia? Clikbait video for commercial?

Vilnius and Tallinn are better.

This country isn't woke we hope

Latvia is pretty much the same as Belarus, Russia, Lithuania, Estonia, and other USSR countries. But in my Latvian-biased opinion, with a fancier flag than other post USSR countries( they also have good flags, I am just biased to Latvia)

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Riga is no tallinn or Bratislava. Full of Russian lovers and mafia. The city has a always on the edge. Going out at night solo is a no no. Police are constantly around. And the locals have a humour of a dead mouse. The positive is the parks and architecture. Apart from that its a poor version of other European cities.

Only few parts of Riga are good! Rest is piss poor and broken down, just like any other part of Latvia outside of Riga.

Thank you

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