10 things you should know about Riga
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Open-Air Museum offers motorised train tours and the experience of real Latvian sauna
Riga fountains
Take a tour of Riga's Old Town in horse-drawn carriage
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Tourist Information Centres
Creative and alternative shops
What's on
Is It That He Does Not Seek The Truth, But Does Want To Influence?
From December 17 Riga Art Space opens a large scale exhibition of Latvian contemporary art. Outstanding artists and their works which are imposing and challenging will be presented under the title „Is It That He Does Not Seek The Truth, But Does Want To Influence?” The exhibition is also the first attempt in Latvia to show together art, ideas and important channels how real art life operates. Curator of the exhibition is Head of the Exhibitions of Riga Art Space Inga Steimane.
New tourism map "Riga and its Surroundings" issued
Latvian Tourism Development Agency (LTDA) has issued a new tourism map, "Riga and its Surroundings", to present the most interesting places in Riga to foreign tourists and encourage them to explore Riga and beyond.
Open-Air Museum offers motorised train tours and the experience of real Latvian sauna
A small motorised train, a real Latvian sauna, preparations for setting a new Guinness world record - these are but a few novelties that Latvian Ethnographic Open-Air Museum offers visitors in the summer season of 2011.
Riga Tourism Information Centre opens at Town Hall Square
Riga Tourism Information Centre has reopened in the renovated Schwab House at Town Hall Square (Rātslaukums) to provide the city's tourist information to Riga guests.
Slobodsk-Jurmala tour in memory of Rainis
In the second half of May 2011, a group of activists from the Russian city of Kirov will embark on a maxi-scooter tour titled "Jānis Rainis' Way Home". The journey will take 14 days, featuring visits to the Russian cities of Slobodsk, Yaroslavl, Pskov, as well as Latvia's Jelgava, Jurmala and Riga.
