Riga, Latvia Part 2: Old Town Wanderings

The focal point of Riga is its Old Town (or Vecrīga) with a great deal of buildings in a variety of styles. Here are some of the highlights I hit over the course of 2 or 3 days of wandering.


Monument in front of the city council square (Rātslaukums)


St. Peter’s Church — every city has one!


The Museum of the Occupation


House of Blackheads, an old merchant guild building


street leading up to St. John’s Church


the Cat’s House (named for the cats perched on its two towers)




The Dome Cathedral, which was under a fair amount of interior renovation/excavation


Random sculpted stone in the cathedral courtyard


Random sculpted chicken in the cathedral courtyard


And some bells in in the cathedral courtyard


The “three brothers,” a trio of quirky residential buildings of medieval Riga


One side of Riga Castle, the home of Latvia’s president


random wall mural


Freedom Monument