{"id":11865,"date":"2018-04-22T08:33:08","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T06:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/?p=11865"},"modified":"2021-05-13T15:10:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T13:10:46","slug":"latvian-capital-riga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/latvia\/riga\/latvian-capital-riga\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover Riga \u2013 5 top destinations in the Latvian capital"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Riga, the capital of Latvia, is well worth a visit. We went there over the Christmas period and left with many new and interesting impressions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Riga is an old Hanseatic City. The city was founded by merchants in the medieval. It is south of the Gulf of Riga on the banks of the river Daugava. The hinterland is only sparsely inhabited due to the many bogs and swamps in the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We visited Riga in December and our biggest worry were the temperatures at that time. Days with \u2013 20\u00b0 Celsius are possible. Even in the summer months the temperature rarely ever rises above +20\u00b0 Celsius. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The history of the city is diverse and characterised by periods of German and Soviet occupation. Today, Riga is the biggest urban centre in the Baltic Countries and the capital city of Latvia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We flew in from Berlin Tegel using airBaltic. This and many other smaller airlines travel to the international airport in Riga from many German airports. The airport is approximately 15km from the Old Town. <\/p>\n\n\n\n