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].
60km north-east of Riga. Footprints from last night’s midnight sauna [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].
Daugavgrīva is a small industrial town at the Daugava’s mouth [location].
Dzegužkalns is the highest natural point in Riga at twenty-three metres [location].
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Steve has arrived for a weekend visit. It was decided to cross the, snow covered, frozen river. The old men are still fishing. [location]
Vanšu tilts
Snow sweeper on Akmens tilts
Monument for “The Revolution of The Fifth Year” [location]; sits across road from The House of Artist’s Union (background), which houses the RIXC offices, my studio and accomodation. See how it looked on the 12 February
Railway bridge over Daugava
view towards Vanšu tilts, which holds the title of 47th of the world’s largest cable-stayed bridge with a span of 312 metres [location].
Railway station
New dwellings built around lake to south-east of neighbourhood
“Zolitūde is a neighbourhood located on the city’s western edge consisting mostly of prefabricated Soviet-built apartments; built in the early 1980s. The population is mostly Russian-speaking. The proximity to the international airport, the seaside resorts of Jurmala, and the new architecture have made it attractive for young families. Most residents commute to the central business district by the electric railway; with two stations in the area” [editted quote] [location].
Centre distance is man with child walking along the frozen river [location].
“In 1941 – 1945 here, in Bikernieki Forest, Nazis [...] murdered thousands of Jews [...] [and] politically persecuted persons and Soviet Prisoners of War”; mass graves [location].
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