February 18th, 202031346
Rail Baltica infrastructure has been presented recently — including the looks of the Riga Central Station.
The complex construction of the Riga railway bridge, the embankment and the Riga Central Passenger Station will be carried out based on the chosen design solution. This is a sketch of the project for the station and the...
August 5th, 20193613694
Looking to get around Riga fast? Think e-scooters! 'Cause walking is so old school.
In this post, we take a look at how to rent an electric kick scooter in Riga, see the available scooter sharing options — and give you some coupons to try them out for free. Let's roll! 🛴
The scooter-sharing companies who offer to...
April 8th, 201941459The shopping and entertainment center Akropole has been visited by 150,000 people during the first four days of its opening from April 4 to 7. Akropole is one of the most modern shopping and entertainment centres in the Baltics, and it offers its visitors a brand new shopping experience as well as exciting leisure and entertainment...
April 5th, 201921362A Drogas Store Is Opening at the New Akropole Shopping Centre this week. In this connection, various activities are planned for the first celebratory week, such as beauty expert consultations, free makeup applications, and skin diagnostics.
During the Akropole opening week, from 4 until 7 April, Drogas will be hosting various free...
August 24th, 2018131415The Swedish furniture giant IKEA is finally set to open doors in Riga. The long-awaited IKEA Store is located in East Riga — just outside of Mežciems a.k.a. the Forest Village.
The Grand Opening will take place August 30 on the IKEA Latvia premises, with the first IKEA store in Latvia, and the largest in the Baltics, to welcome...
August 13th, 201891492Brace yourselves — Winter is Coming... Now that the hot Latvian Summer is about to end, HBO® has announced it will be available in the Baltic countries starting August 21.
The critically acclaimed titles like Game of Thrones®, Big Little Lies®, Westworld®, Sharp Objects®, True Detective® and many more will be at your disposal...
August 10th, 2018241040Irish-based low-cost airline Ryanair has canceled multiple flights this Friday from and to Riga International Airport. Among the destinations affected the carrier names German cities Berlin and Bremen, as well as the Belgian capital Brussels.
The reason for Ryanair flight cancellations are pilot strikes throughout Europe. Namely, the...
August 6th, 201811120The Under-18 Latvian National Basketball Team has finished the FIBA U18 European Championship off strong — grabbing the Silver in a tough matchup with reigning champs Serbia who enjoyed a repeat this Sunday in Riga.
With Arena Riga abuzz, and Latvians protecting the paint against a stronger and taller Serbian team, the game was...
May 3rd, 20189770May 4: Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia. On May 4, 1990, there were thousands of people who were following the vote at the Parliament building all day. After the vote deputies went to Daugavmala, they were greeted with flowers and loud rejoicing. And today, after 28 years, we still celebrate this day! In Riga there...