This surprising capital city is considered to be the most walkable in Europe (and the world) thanks to its scenic river views ...

Jāņi isn’t the only surprise of my month-long visit to Latvia. The country’s coast is a revelation too: 500km of ...

Riga, Latvia's capital, is home to one of Europe's biggest collections of Art Nouveau buildings. A self-guided walk around the city center is enough to take you through the intricately designed ...

This is because prices in Riga are down 15 per cent year-on-year compared with those in runner-up city, Vilnius, where the total cost of an average break rose 7.5 per cent to €302.

Latvia’s next world-class infrastructure: the $26.2 million Riga Stages, spearheaded by Latvia’s Film Service Producers Assn. (FSPA), is at the financing stage. “We already have the Cinevilla backlot ...

The Riga Cathedral, the largest in the Baltics, features remarkable medieval architecture and an impressive organ, regularly used in concerts.

The Baltic States have a rich and chequered history, and at various times have been home to a number of different nationalities. Until the early 1990s Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were part of the ...

The building is an odd structure hidden away down a side street where the medieval ramparts once ran. In 1870, a local entrepreneur called Kalnins bought a large cabbage patch and turned it into a ...

Reddit users want Riga to stay a secret (Picture: Getty Images/Westend61) A few Redditors were reluctant to mention Riga, the capital of Latvia, worried it might not fly under the radar for long.

The stone fortress itself was constructed by the Archbishopric of Riga and played a strategic role in the region’s defense against the Muscovite army. Today, visitors can access the island via a ...

Claudia Capos A symbolic metallic Christmas tree stands in front of the House of the Black Heads in Riga, Latvia. Claudia Capos Medieval meets modern in Tallinn, Estonia's Old Town. Claudia Capos ...