The cream of culture
Not for nothing is Riga called "The Land That Sings". Aside from the fact that the renowned Latvian National Opera Company regularly exercise their vocal chords in the capital, there's also the small matter of the Latvian Song Festival held in Mezaparks every five years - the nation's biggest event bar none! With regular classical concerts taking place in the Old Town's finest churches, not to mention ad hoc renditions by Latvia's worthy sports fans and drunkards, you're sure to discover the power of song in Riga. A fine tradition of theatre and a few excellent museums ensure that Riga doesn't disappoint on the culture front. See our directory of venues or click here a fuller flavour of culture in the capital.
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Top rated culture in Riga
Nativity of Christ Cathedral
Church Central DistrictLargest Orthodox cathedral in Baltic states
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Open Air Museum
Museum Further AfieldEasier than a time machine - and no flux capacitor needed!
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Museum of Decorative Arts and Design
Museum Central DistrictArt and design in the oldest stone building in Riga
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Riga Latvian Society House
Venue Central DistrictBeautiful and historic multi-purpose venue
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Galerija 21
Ugliness not allowed
Tanja Pavlova
Tanja's fashion philosophy
Gloria
Sensual touch
Latest reviews
Primo Kristaps: Worth visiting! Excellent breakfast! La Rocca Hitesh: Does it have psytrance parties? Essential Club Hans: Hey Dutch, I'm sorry for you. Perhaps your are still living the cold war? If you would wake up you might discover, that most of the Eastern Europe countries never felt to be "eastern" and are trying their best to reestablish modern and democratic way of life - the one they lived before caught by communism. ...or feel free to sleep furtheron - it's up to you. Essential Club Dutch: I have never went to latvia or to riga or the clubs mentioned. And i wont even go to eastern europe at all to have vacation or for fun. I bumped into this review, read some comments and had some laughs about the naive people among us. To those people especially, but to the others too, i want to say this, WAKE UP people, we are the West... the so called Triple A countries, bailing out the poor eastern / southern european countries. So if you go to the 'east' and even if you are friendly to them(yes !!) they will still envy you and hate you deep inside.. because YOU 'WE' have more, better, best of everything they have or dont have. If you want to have a great vacation and big fun.. and no scam etc.? Than stay in your own 'atmosphere' and go to countrys that are equal to your own country. And if you still want to have a taste of eastern europe? just look out of your window at the way to work, and watch the cars with the eastern licensplates. just my 2 cents.
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