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 ...

Latvia’s capital is Europe’s best budget city break The Latvian capital, Riga, has regained its position as Europe’s best value city for a short break for the first time in over a decade.

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 ...

Riga, with its stunning Art Nouveau architecture and vibrant culture, showcases Latvia’s unique character.

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 ...