2 days in Riga | Old Town, Art Nouveau and the Central Market

Two days in Riga, the capital of Latvia: the old wooden houses across the Daugava, the cobbled lanes of the Old Town, the House of the Blackheads, Riga's famous Art Nouveau quarter, and the Central Market, whose halls were built from the steel frames of First World War Zeppelin hangars. To finish, the view from the observation deck of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, 17 floors up. Also in Riga: the Corner House (Stūra māja), the former KGB headquarters in Latvia, now a museum. Please read more at the following link to learn more about this place. https://okupacijasmuzejs.lv/en/kgb-bu... Also included are the amazing Riga Art Nouveau Museum (Alberta iela 12) and the Laima Chocolate Museum. If anything here should be corrected or removed, please let us know in the comments. Filmed September 2026. 📍 Riga, Latvia Chapters 0:00 Riga 0:05 Day 1: across the Daugava 0:21 Old Riga 0:56 Day 2: the Central Market 1:11 The Art Nouveau quarter 1:28 Old Town, wooden houses and the Corner House 1:52 The view from the Academy of Sciences