Contact information on foreign embassies in Latvia can be found on the following web-sites:

• in English: www.embassiesabroad.com
• in Latvian: Latvian Foreign Ministry’s home-page www.mfa.gov.lv

Tourists can turn to their country’s embassy in cases of emergency, for example if they are left without money or other means of support, lose their passport, or in the event of severe illness or death. Citizens of foreign countries who are in difficulty will be assisted according to the legislation and financial means of their respective country.

There are 36 foreign embassies in Riga. Below is a full list with addresses:

• Austria (15 Elizabetes Street, tel. 67216125)
• Azerbaijan (2 Raina Boulevard, tel. 67142889)
• Belarus (12 Jezusbaznicas Street, tel. 67222560)
• Belgium (13 Alberta Street, tel. 67114852)
• Canada (20/22 Baznicas Street, tel. 67813945)
• Czech Republic (29a Elizabetes Street, tel. 67217814)
• Denmark (11 Pils Street, tel. 67226210)
• Estonia (13 Skolas Street, tel. 67812020)
• Finland (1 O. Kalpaka Boulevard, tel. 67078800)
• France (9 Raina Boulevard, tel. 67036600)
• Georgia (3-2 Raina Boulevard, tel. 67213136)
• Germany (13 Raina Boulevard, tel. 67085100)
• Greece (11 Elizabetes Street, tel. 67356345)
• Hungary (4 Alberta Street, tel. 67217500)
• Ireland (13 Alberta Street, tel. 67039370)
• Israel (2 Elizabetes Street, tel. 67635500)
• Italy (9 Teatra Street, tel. 67216069)
• Japan (7 Vesetas Street , tel. 67812001)
• Lithuania (24 Rupniecibas Street, tel. 67321519)
• Moldova (14 Zigfrida Annas Meierovica Boulevard, tel. 67359160)
• Netherlands (4 Torna Street, tel. 673261 47)
• Norway (14 Zirgu Street, tel. 67814100)
• Order of Malta (19/2 Pulkveza Brieza Street, tel. 67325402)
• People’s Republic of China (5 Ganibu Dambis Street, tel. 67357023)
• Poland (6B Mednieku Street, tel. 67031500)
• Portugal (60 Balasta Dambis Street, Kipsala, tel. 67821924)
• Russian Federation (2 Antonijas Street, tel. 67332151)
• Slovakia (8 Smilsu Street, tel. 67814280)
• Spain (11 Elizabetes Street, tel. 67320281)
• Sweden (8 A. Pumpura Street, tel. 67686600)
• Switzerland (2 Elizabetes Street, tel. 67338351)
• Turkey (2 A. Pumpura Street, tel. 67821600)
• Ukraine (3 O. Kalpaka Boulevard, tel. 67243082)
• United Kingdom (5 J. Alunana Street, tel. 67774700)
• United States of America (7 Raina Boulevard, tel. 67036200)
• Uzbekistan (11 Elizabetes Street, tel. 67322424) 

All embassies (except the embassies of Belarus, Portugal and the People’s Republic of China) are located in Old Riga or the adjacent Art Noveau district.

There are also 18 foreign consulates in Riga. 16 of these represent countries which do not have their own embassies in Latvia. Below is a list of the city’s foreign consulates:

• Brazil (7-D628 Pulkveza Brieza Street, tel. 67772307)
• Bulgaria (1 Dome Square, tel. 67223224)
• Chile (8-3 Baznicas Street, tel. 67217738)
• Columbia (4 Marupes Street, tel. 67325623)
• Ecuador (1 Antonijas Street, tel. 67069604)
• Kyrgyzstan (12 E. Birznieka-Upisa Street, tel. 67016500)
• Luxembourg (68 Dzirnavu Street, building 2, tel. 67116109)
• Malta (1-2 Alberta Street, tel. 67222237)
• Mexico (8-5 Baznicas Street, tel. 67285048)
• Morocco (5 Rupnicu Street, Olaine, tel. 7013701)
• Peru (36 Balasta Dambis Street, tel. 26510864)
• Philippines (37-1 A. Caka Street, tel. 67242288)
• Republic of Korea (25 Abolu Street, tel. 29206500)
• Romania (97 Brivibas Street, tel. 67043266)
• Sri Lanka (7 Visbijas Prospect, tel. 67303088)
• Uruguay (2 K. Ulmana Avenue, tel. 67622746) 

In contrast to Riga’s embassies, the city’s foreign consulates are not located only in the city centre, but can be found in various parts of the city, even in the outskirts. Before setting off to visit one of the city’s foreign consulates, a map of the city should be carefully consulted.