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Rainis and Aspazija, RigaCobblestone streets, Riga

Painter Vilhelms Purvītis (1872-1945), Riga

Vilhelms Purvītis laid the foundation for Latvian landscape painting and is perhaps Latvia's best known and most popular painter...

Pine trees, Riga

Pine is the most common species of tree in Latvia. This means that it is sometimes possible to be in the woods and in the city simultaneously...

Rainis and Aspazija, Riga

This married couple stands at the heart of Latvian literature. Rainis (1865-1929) was a poet, dramatist, politician, and prominent social...

Mittens, Riga

The Latvians of yore must have been fashion-conscious. For them, mittens were more than merely functional objects to keep the hands warm...

Freedom Monument, Riga

Even the most cynical Latvians retain some reverence for the Freedom Monument, one of Riga's central landmarks. Unveiled in 1935 and financed...

Cobblestone streets, Riga

Cobblestones have covered Riga's streets for more than five centuries. They are simultaneously loved (real Rigans sometimes call themselves cobblestone kids)...

Birches, Riga

Birch trees, like Latvians, are survivalists of a sort. A birch tree will survive even if its neighbouring trees wither. Its silvery beauty and the warmth...