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Wooden architecture on Ķīpsala, RigaDay care centre for the homeless and underprivileged, Riga

Day care centre for the homeless and underprivileged, Riga

The day care centre for the homeless and underprivileged on Katoļu iela is an unusual example of community architecture in Latvia...

Former Spilve airport building (Spilves lidosta), Riga

From the 1950s to the 1970s, the Spilve airport building on the left bank of the Daugava River provided visitors with their first impression of Riga...

Daile Theatre (Dailes teātris), Riga

Nothing about the rather typical, post-war modernism of the Daile Theatre building would suggest that its construction was a long and...

Wooden architecture on Ķīpsala, Riga

UNESCO has recognized the unique heritage of Riga's wooden architecture and part of that heritage can be explored on Ķīpsala...

Mazā Kalna iela square, Riga

It is well worth taking a streetcar deeper into Riga's working class "Moscow District" from the Central Market, which lies at this neighbourhood's edge...

Riga Secondary School No. 40 (Rīgas 40.vidusskola), Riga

When admiring the Art Nouveau architecture for which Riga is famous, it is important to take note of National Romanticism...

Wooden architecture on Kalnciema iela, Riga

The wooden architecture along Kalnciema iela - and particularly the cluster at the corner of Kalnciema iela and Melnsila iela - has quickly become...

Mūrnieku iela, Riga

Nearly untouched by gentrification, Mūrnieku iela - Masons' Street - remains authentically working-class, both in its architecture and its residents...