Eight hundred years have shaped the city`s unique appearance and rich traditions. Due to its geographical location on the Baltic Sea where East and West meets), Riga has been an important centre of trade, finance and culture for centuries.
People from many nations live and work in Riga. Apart from local Latvians, you will meet Germans, Swedes, Norwegians, Russians, Poles and others that consider Riga to be their city...
Riga has unique values due to its rather intact medieval architecture and that of later periods, the urban structure, the richness and quality of Art Nouveau architecture and the 19-th century wooden architecture of the city. Inscribing the historic centre of Riga on the World Heritage List of UNESCO registered cities.
