Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Riga, Latvia

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 2.3 km
Ascend 41 m
Descend 30 m

Explore Riga in Latvia with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in RigaIndividual Sights in Riga

Sight 1: Monument for 1905 Revolution Fighters

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The monument to the fighters of 1905 is a monument in memory of the "Bloody Sunday" of the revolution of 1905. Located at the Iron Bridge on the 11 november embankment, Riga, Latvia.

Wikipedia: Piemineklis 1905. gada cīnītājiem (LV)

512 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: Dannenstern House

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Dannenstern House Mark Healey / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Dannenstern House is a historical building in the Old town of Riga, Latvia.

Wikipedia: Dannenstern House (EN)

467 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 3: Pharmacy Museum

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The Latvian Museum of Pharmacy is a medical museum in Riga, Latvia. It was founded in 1987 in association with the Pauls Stradins Museum for History of Medicine and is located on Richard Wagner street in an18th century building which itself is an architectural monument. The museum is dedicated to understanding the development of pharmacy and pharmacies in Latvia and contains documents and books from the 17th- 19th century, pharmacist tools and devices for preparing drugs, and drugs which were manufactured in Latvia in the 1920s and 1930s

Wikipedia: Latvian Museum of Pharmacy (EN)

234 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Museum of Decorative Arts and Design

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Museum of Decorative Arts and Design

The Latvian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design is an arts museum in Riga, Latvia. The museum was established on 1 January 1989 and opened to the public on 6 July 1989. It is located in the former church St. George's Church, Riga, the oldest surviving stone building in Riga.

Wikipedia: Latvian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design (EN), Website

117 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Old Riga

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Vecrīga is the historical center and a neighbourhood of Riga, Latvia, located in the Central District on the east side of Daugava River. Vecrīga is famous for its old churches and cathedrals, such as Riga Cathedral and St. Peter's Church.

Wikipedia: Vecrīga (EN), Heritage Website

149 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: St. Peter's Church

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St. Peter's Church is a Lutheran church in Riga, the capital of Latvia, dedicated to Saint Peter. It is a parish church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia.

Wikipedia: St. Peter's Church, Riga (EN), Website

116 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Mencendorfa nams

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Mencendorf House is a residential house of the inhabitants of Riga from the 17th to the 18th centuries – a museum located at 18 Grēcinieku Street, Riga. Riga's 17th–18th century house—museum".

Wikipedia: Mencendorfa nams (LV), Website

150 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: House of the Black Heads

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The House of the Blackheads is a building situated in the old town of Riga, Latvia. The original building was erected in 1334 as a warehouse, meeting and celebration place for merchants. It was the biggest public building of Riga. From mid-15th century it was also used by Brotherhood of Blackheads, a guild for unmarried merchants, shipowners and foreigners in Riga. Major works were done in the early 17th century, adding most of the Mannerist ornamentation. In the 19th century some of the sculptures were made by the workshop of August Volz. Additionally, it is the site of the first decorated Christmas tree, which was erected in 1510.

Wikipedia: House of the Blackheads (Riga) (EN), Website

142 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Latviešu strēlnieku piemineklis

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The monument to Latvian Riflemen 1915–1920 is located in The Latvian Riflemen's Square in Riga, Latvia.

Wikipedia: Piemineklis Latviešu strēlniekiem (LV)

460 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 10: Museum of the history of Riga and navigation

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Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation is housed by the Riga Dom Cathedral ensemble in the heart of the Old Riga, Latvia. It originated in 1773 as a private collection of Nikolaus von Himsel, a Riga doctor and, being one of the oldest museums in Europe, over the centuries it has grown into the largest collection of material evidence of the history of Riga.

Wikipedia: Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation (EN), Website

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