Monday, May 19, 2008

Jūrmalas gatve

Jūrmalas gatve (Jurmala highway) is the road which together with Riga - Jurmala Railway makes the border between Zolitude and Imanta suburbs.
Basically, this old road connecting Riga to Jurmala resort town.
Nowadays, Kārļa Ulmaņa gatve (Karlis Ulmanis highway) is more used for that purpose.

Labels: imanta, roads, streets, suburbs

Photographed at 19:59 0 Comments

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Muzeju nakts

Muzeju nakts (Museums Night) is an annual event. During the one night of the year almost all Riga museums are open.
Museums Night attracts many people from different Latvian cities. More than 50 000 visitors make this night the biggest cultural event in Riga.
Photo has been taken on Dom Square, where Photography exhibition was held.

Labels: art, culture, entertainment, events, museums, night, vecriga

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Saturday, May 17, 2008

Twelfe Storey

These four twelfe-storey apartament houses located on Jurmalas gatve (Jurmala highway), in Ilguciems area.
Interesting fact that the same project houses built up in the same way you can find in many different parts of Riga.

Labels: buildings, houses, ilguciems

Photographed at 15:59 1 Comments

Friday, May 16, 2008

Window Cleaners

Window cleaners have one of the most dangerous jobs in the city.
This picture was taken where Terbatas iela crosses Gertrudes iela.

Guest Photographer: Liz

Labels: girls, jobs, people, streets

Photographed at 11:59 1 Comments

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Last Hope

What should be happened, to name such shitty bar as Pēdējā cerība (Last Hope)

Labels: bars, buildings, imanta, poverty

Photographed at 17:59 2 Comments

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

VEF Kultūras pils

VEF Kultūras pils (VEF Culture Palace) built in 1961 using not usual architectural style for Soviet Time - Classical.
Culture Palace is located in Teika area, very close to VEF Bridge.
Also there is live webcam looking to crossroads in front of the Palace.

Labels: buildings, culture, teika

Photographed at 02:52 0 Comments

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Boat in the Market

This days in the Riga Central Market you can find a boat, floating between trading rows :)
The boat is the part of exhibition The Week of Art, held the last week in Riga.

Labels: art, boats, center, market

Photographed at 02:49 0 Comments

Monday, May 12, 2008

Riga Lighthouse

Modern tower of Daugavgriva Lighthouse was built in 1957. Painted with black and white horizontal bands its flashes every 2.5 seconds.
Lights were shown here from 16th century, and since 18th century as regular service.
Basically it is the oldest lighthouse in Latvia and the second in Baltic States (after Kopu Lighthouse).
Lighthouse is located on the left coast of Daugava river, where it flows into Baltic Sea.

Labels: bolderaja, buildings, daugava, rivers, sea

Photographed at 12:37 0 Comments

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Hooligans

Yesterday on Kalku street I was watching such picture :)
Two security guards were searching two guys in front of all people walking there.
Unfortunetely I forgot to ask what guys have done :)

Labels: criminal, night, police, vecriga

Photographed at 22:32 0 Comments

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Matīsa iela

Matīsa iela (Matthew street) is Riga center street parallel to Gertrude street and Merkel street (religious names as well)
Matīsa iela runs from Brivibas street till Matīsa Kapi (Cemetery) crossing major streets like Kr. Barona st., Chaka st. and Avotu st.
The main sight of Matīsa iela is Bērnu Pasaule (Children's World) - the former shopping mall for children.

Labels: cars, center, streets, transport

Photographed at 14:11 0 Comments

Friday, May 09, 2008

Our Ladies of Victory

9th of May is the Victory Day which marks the end of The Second World War for the Soviet Union and Germany in 1945.
Nowadays it isn't official holiday in Latvia, but despite this thousands of people gather by the Victory Monument in Riga. Most of them are Russians and Russian-speaking people.
Latvians don't celebrate this day, because most of them take that day as the beginning of Occupation of Latvia by USSR.

Guest Photographer: Anso

Labels: events, girls, holidays, monuments, pardaugava, people, russian

Photographed at 18:42 1 Comments

Thursday, May 08, 2008

Where they are going

And actually who they are? :)

Labels: people, vecriga

Photographed at 14:04 2 Comments

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

BMW in Old Town

Just nice composition of old town and new car :)

Labels: cars, streets, vecriga

Photographed at 15:19 4 Comments

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Tramways Accident

Two days ago in Riga at the intersection of Kr. Barona st. and Matisa st. two trams have hit each other.
Tram number 1 was supposed to go straight ahead, but accidentally turned into the left and hit another tram (number 6) coming in the opposite direction.
Maintenance crew came in several minutes and cleaned the way quickly :)

Labels: center, incidents, jobs, people, tramways, transport

Photographed at 07:11 1 Comments

Monday, May 05, 2008

Crimogenic street

The most dangerous street in Riga is Daugavpils iela, located somewhere between Railway Depot and Maskachka area.
Drunkards and bums, drug dealers and junkies, boot-leggers, thieves, robbers, burglars, hooligans, pikeys, gipsies and other criminal elements make this area quite dangerous even in day time.
Riga cheapest flats and cheapest hotels are located exactly here.

Labels: criminal, maskachka, railway, streets

Photographed at 11:16 0 Comments

Sunday, May 04, 2008

Underground parking

Sometimes underground parkings are like automobile show.
Walking through you could see such rarities like Honda Legend :)

Labels: buildings, cars

Photographed at 01:18 1 Comments

Saturday, May 03, 2008

Postbox

Typical post box in Riga belonged to Latvijas Pasts.
Pay a little attention to the writing on the glas :)
It is in 3 languages (from top till down) Latvian, English and Russian.

Labels: devices, multilingual, post, projects, writings

Photographed at 17:12 2 Comments

Friday, May 02, 2008

Cold Sea

Despite the warm weather last days the sea is still cold and empty of people.
Far away you could see Riga Lighthouse on Daugava river mouth.
Photograph was taken at Daugavgrivas beach, Bolderaja neighbourhood

Labels: beaches, bolderaja, nature, sea

Photographed at 17:10 0 Comments

Thursday, May 01, 2008

Riga Numbers - Monthly theme

Riga different streets and house number plates from 1 to 24.
I've tried to find the most interesting buildings with different numbers. Also I've collected almost all kinds of streets existing in Riga, like boulevards, squares, highways, etc.

Mamanosova iela 1

in fact Lomonosova 1 is the address of the Riga most famous student café

O. Vācieša iela / Ул. О. Вациеша 2

rare address plate in 2 languages (In the beginning of 20 century address plates was in 3 languages)

Bīskapa gāte 3

very rare street type in Riga gutter

Alfrēda Kalniņa iela 4

address of the Riga gay bar XXL

Merķeļa iela 5

address one of many lombards at this street

Doma laukums 6

square of Riga Cathedral

Raņķa dambis 7

embankment road in Pardaugava

Ģertrudes iela 8

address of the Old Gertrudes Church

Marijas iela 9

one of the major streets in Riga is Marijas iela which passes into Aleksandra Čaka iela

Jauniela 11

unique one word street name

Pils iela 12

street of the Riga Castle

Raiņa bulvāris 13

address of German Embassy in Latvia

Krišjana Barona iela 14

address of the Latvian National Library

13. Janvāra iela 15

Central Railway Station street

Slokas iela 16

the longest street in Pardaugava

Akmeņu iela 17

one of the oldest streets in Pardaugava

Maskavas iela 18

aka Maskachka, on of the most famous Riga Streets

Skolas iela 19

school street

Kaļķu iela 20

the main street in Old Town

Brīvības bulvāris 21

the main street in Riga, Street of Freedom

Elizabetes iela 22

address of 3 casinos located in 1 building.

11. novembra krastmala 23

embankment of East Side

Valguma iela 24

house of the richest man in Riga :)

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Labels: buildings, devices, streets, themes

Photographed at 13:38 12 Comments

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Imanta 5

Many neighbourhoods in Riga are divided in even smaller parts. They are named with ordinal numbers.
Imanta 5 is the fifth and the last section of big Imanta area, located on West Bank.
The main sight of Imanta 5 is the former big store Jūra (means Sea) depicted on photo.
Close to Jura store is Imanta Station.

Labels: buildings, imanta, shopping, suburbs

Photographed at 22:15 0 Comments

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

School Nr. 34

School number 34 located next to Botanical gardens, in Ilguciems area.
34th school is famous in Riga as English School.
The name English School means that this school gives an extra education in english language.

Labels: buildings, education, ilguciems, pardaugava, schools

Photographed at 15:43 1 Comments

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