Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Riga, Latvia

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Number of sights 19 sights
Distance 7.4 km
Ascend 87 m
Descend 84 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: Annunciation of Our Most Holy Lady Church

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Annunciation of Our Most Holy Lady Church

Annunciation of Our Most Holy Lady Church is an Orthodox church in Riga, the capital of Latvia. The church is situated at the address 9 Gogoļa Street.

Wikipedia: Annunciation of Our Most Holy Lady Church, Riga (EN)

843 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 2: Riga Circus

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Riga Circus is a circus located at 4 Merķeļa Street in Riga. The circus building was opened on December 29, 1888. It is one of the oldest circus buildings in Europe and the only permanent circus building in the Baltic States. The circus is included in the list of state protected cultural monuments.

Wikipedia: Rīgas cirks (LV), Website

100 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Latvian National Museum of Natural History

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The Latvian National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum in Riga, Latvia. It was founded in 1845 as the Riga Naturalist Society.

Wikipedia: Latvian Museum of Natural History (EN), Website

304 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Krišjāņa Barona muzejs

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Krišjānis Barons Memorial Museum is a museum in Riga, Latvia. The museum is dedicated to the folklorist Krišjānis Barons and was established on October 31, 1985.

Wikipedia: Krišjānis Barons Memorial Museum (EN)

490 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 5: National History Museum of Latvia

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The Latvian Museum of National History, is a national history museum in Riga, Latvia.

Wikipedia: Latvian Museum of National History (EN), Website

175 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Freedom Monument

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The Freedom Monument is a monument located in Riga, Latvia, honouring soldiers killed during the Latvian War of Independence (1918–1920). It is considered an important symbol of the freedom, independence, and sovereignty of Latvia. Unveiled in 1935, the 42-metre (138 ft) high monument of granite, travertine, and copper often serves as the focal point of public gatherings and official ceremonies in Riga.

Wikipedia: Freedom Monument (EN)

587 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 7: St. John's Church

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St. John's ChurchChristopher Walker from Krakow, Poland. Crop and rotation by User:Sozi / CC BY 2.0

St. John's Church is a Lutheran church in Riga, the capital of Latvia. It is a parish church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia. The church is situated at the address 24 Skārņu Street.

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

120 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Bremen Town Musicians

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Bremen musicians are a decorative sculpture in the Old Town in 1990 between St. Peter's Church and Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, at the edge of Skarnu Street.

Wikipedia: Brēmenes muzikantu skulptūra (LV)

126 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: 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 10: 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

181 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Latvian Museum of Photography

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Latvian Museum of Photography

The Latvian Museum of Photography is a museum in Riga, Latvia devoted to photography. It is a division of the Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation and has been open since 1993.

Wikipedia: Latvian Museum of Photography (EN), Website

0 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 12: Reformed Church of Riga

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Riga Reformed Church is an ancient Reformed (Calvinist) church at 10 Mārstaļu Street, Old Riga. Currently, the church building belongs to the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church and the LELB Youth Center has been installed in it. The building is an architectural monument of national importance. It is a baroque one-dimensional stone building with a wooden covering, a high gable roof facing Mārstaļu Street, crowned by a small turret with a dome and a gallery. The façade is rhythmically divided by pilasters located on a high plinth, while the so-called Morning Star is located on the spire of the building's tower. The sandstone entrance portal was created in Bremen and installed in 1737. In the entrance lobby there are two wooden staircases, but in the ceiling of the walls of the hall the original division of pilasters – the mirror vault – has been preserved. With the pulpit, the combined altar and organ balcony were built in 1805 in the style of classicism. In 1783, the organ of the firm of Heinrich Andreas Concius was installed, and in 1847 the organ of the firm of Schulze.

Wikipedia: Rīgas Reformātu baznīca (LV)

187 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: 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)

190 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: 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 15: 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 16: 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)

414 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 17: 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)

1268 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 18: Latvian Railway History Museum

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Latvian Railway History Museum is a railway museum with expositions in Riga and in Jelgava, dedicated to the history of railway and its development in Latvia. The museum is a structural unit of the company "Latvijas dzelzceļš". The museum has the largest collection of wide-gauge vehicles in the Baltics.

Wikipedia: Latvian Railway History Museum (EN)

1955 meters / 23 minutes

Sight 19: Jaunatnes dārzs

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Youth Garden is a small park in Riga, Āgenskalns between Lapu, Melnsila and Ernestines streets. Unofficially, it was also called Lermontov Park, since earlier Lermontov Street and the 5th trolleybus stop of the same name were located next to each other.

Wikipedia: Jaunatnes dārzs (LV)

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