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The 1989 Riga Radio and TV Tower culminates at 368 meters (1,207 ft). This is the exact same height as the Berlin Televi...
23/04/2024

The 1989 Riga Radio and TV Tower culminates at 368 meters (1,207 ft). This is the exact same height as the Berlin Television Tower in Germany that was completed in 1969. Both towers compete for the title of the tallest tower in the European Union. However, during heat waves, as the metallic tower expands, Riga beats the concrete German tower by roughly 3 centimetres (2 inches)!

While visiting Riga, people like us want to visit Vermanes Garden. It is a beautiful park that stretches to 12 acres wit...
20/04/2024

While visiting Riga, people like us want to visit Vermanes Garden. It is a beautiful park that stretches to 12 acres within the city. This makes it a popular place for locals to unwind, relax, and even recharge.

14/04/2024

As part of the Russian Empire for several centuries, the train connections built through the Baltic States aimed at linking them to the motherland, Russia. Hence, today, it is easy to hop on a train in Riga to Minsk, Moscow or Saint Petersburg, but quite difficult to reach nearby Tallinn or Vilnius!

14/04/2024

Since 2014, it has been illegal to display publicly the N**i Sw****ka cross and the Soviet hammer and sickle in Latvia, as well as associated symbols (N**i or Soviet informs…). After the brief occupation by N**i Germany and the double occupation by the Soviet Union, the recent history is still quite present in the now independent Baltic State. Actually, Soviet symbols used to be displayed until quite recently during demonstrations by the large Russian ethnic minority of Latvia.

Over the years, supplies from independent farmers, then kolkhoz farms (the Soviet collective farms) and more recently lo...
14/04/2024

Over the years, supplies from independent farmers, then kolkhoz farms (the Soviet collective farms) and more recently local, but also foreign goods have been sold, following the political evolutions of Latvia.

There is something about small-ish countries being very adamant about their achievements. When it comes to Christmas tre...
12/04/2024

There is something about small-ish countries being very adamant about their achievements. When it comes to Christmas trees, two Baltic states are in the forefront: if the first Christmas tree appeared in Tallinn in Estonia, it is in Riga, in 1515, that the first decorated Christmas tree was recorded.

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