Went for a cruise on the Daugava. It looks much different than February and March.
The Freedom Monument gets a spring clean with a device that requires dry ice. [location]
The park looks and feels very different from winter. [location]
compulsory slippers at the Museum of Latvian Decorative Art. [location].
Public park in central Riga [location]. (Photo:SJ)
Public park in central Riga [location].
Former port area to city’s north, under redevelopment authority [website] [location].
Rīgas pasažieru osta [location].
Suburban area to city’s south-east. Views across Daugava to Zaķusala [location]. The fog hangs all day and closes in quickly towards 16h00. Visit made to Mols shopping centre.
The temperature has slightly increased causing the river to start melting [location]
large shopping mall in Šmerlis [location] [offical website].
Jewish cemetery in Šmerlis [location].
80. vsk (School, Number 80)
Suburban area to city’s west [location].
Suburban area to city’s south [location].
Large stadium and sports centre [location] [offical website].
A suburban area to the west of the city centre [location].
A restricted industrial port area north of Daugavgrīva [location].
A restricted military zone north of Daugavgrīvas cietoksnis [location].
Daugavgrīvas cietoksnis an 13th century fortification to protect the mouth of Daugava and the orginal settlement up river. Used as a military base until the withdraw of Soviet forces [location] [vēsture].
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