RIGA - LATVIA | TRAVEL GUIDE | What & why you should visit 🇱🇻

We take a trip to Latvia's capital, Riga, where I discuss the country's history, top things to do and my first impressions; despite us managing to get very sick!

Here are some of the places shown in this travel guide:

Riga Central Market

Old Riga Free Walking Tours

Pienene - The Latvian Green Studio

The Museum of The Occupation of Latvia

Latvian National Opera and Ballet

Sigulda town - near Gauja National park

Turaida Castle Museum Reserve

Sigulda Castle

Sigulda Cable Car

Bungee Jump Sigulda

Sigulda Luge and Bobsleigh Track

The Panoramic Riga Observation Deck at The Latvian Academy of Sciences

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Shout out to Vlad48_K for allowing me to use his drone footage of Gauja National Park!

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[KURBADS]

Lol, the forests are a part of Riga tho. The citty goes way further onwards. We love our forests :D

[jamieroundtheworld]

*Hey! A couple of people have rightly commented that Latvia is in Northern or Central Europe and not Eastern as I say in the video.* I wrongly rushed the VO and my language possibly misrepresents the countries I mention in it. 
I edited this with UK viewers in mind, and I guess I said Eastern Europe simply because it is literally to the east of the UK; and in reference to its culture and history on that side of the continent - but clearly that is a very broad generalisation and admittedly not the best. 
It's an odd one because even international bodies like the UN classifies the Baltic's in multiple ways - geographically it is counted as part of Northern Europe, but in terms of UN regional voting blocs it is part of the Eastern European Group. Some think Latvia should be part of the Nordics and some say central Europe - but that's what makes it great I think, that huge mix of different cultural influences that make it unique and hard to categorise!

[Me-vlqp]

Awesome! I loved Riga when I was there. Went into a 13th century underground place turned into a restaurant. Christmas village was filled with beautiful song and happy people even though it was very cold. I hope to return in warm weather soon! It was magic.. Regards!

[favoritosdecolores]

I loved how you mix history, nice music and edition, and the good vibes of you two.
New subscriber here :)

[Andyhandle]

Enjoyable review. Riga is a lovely destination, lots to see, great food and a friendly place.

[isabelrosato]

I am from the UK and I go to Latvia every year cuz my mum is from there and we see our family there. You should go to Jūrmala in the summer it is so good.

[jamieroundtheworld]

*Hi all! Thanks for taking the time to watch!*
On this trip I wanted to develop a vlogging style for my future travels that was a mix of interesting information and personal opinions, instead of all 'me, me, me' and loud electronic music as is seen so much on YouTube. Despite being so sick whilst we were in Riga I'm fairly happy with how it turned out, but as always please let me know your thoughts!

[TravelingisFREEDOM]

This seems to be such a charming place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future when all this is over. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job!

[ahmedmwaffaq]

Such a nice depiction! Thank you so much.

[etunimisukunimi]

Cool video! If you want to visit a stunning medieval old town come to Tallinn Estonia. Summer months are the best time to visit, because of almost 20 hours of daylight!

[aivele]

Very interesting video, beautiful editing. More informative than some travel videos, despite your sickness.

[TheMrTTT]

Dude. Riga is a wonderful city but NEVER drink the water unless in a bottle. The digestive systems of many UK and US travelers can't handle it. US water can be hard on Latvians too so it's not bottled. P.S. Latvians consider themselves "Northern Europeans" rather than "Eastern Europeans" and that they were not a soviet republic, but rather, "occupied" by the soviets. It matters to them.

[dabzprincess]

Oh that stinks that you guys got sick I'm so sorry to hear that I know this is a two-year-old video but I'm so happy I came across it and that you uploaded it

[markeaston]

Very informative and helpful video thanks. We are planning a visit in 2022, assuming the wold has opened up by then.

[JeevanThapaOfficial]

I really liked your video. I m travel vlogger myself and i recently visited Riga and i had some beautiful time there.I hope u also enjoyed your trip to Riga. ❤️❤️❤️

[dabzprincess]

Thank you for sharing this because I have a content creator from there that I watch and I couldn't find it on the map and I was very curious to see where this beautiful place he shows is and I came across your video so thank you for uploading

[johnmccabe]

I'm from the UK but I've never been to Latvia Riga would like to visit 🇱🇻 I love the mosic

[dabzprincess]

Okay now after watching my friend who creates content from there and watching your video from there I definitely have to put this on my bucket list for a place to visit it is absolutely beautiful the architecture is beautiful but the forests are amazing I wonder what they're indigenous Wildlife is like they're going to have to look that up

[oceanadex]

Very well presented, it's like watching a documentary! You have a talent in narration and they way you film things, I also liked the unique subtitles you posted

[indrekauneckyte]

Beautiful video ♥️ Riga is one of my favourite cities! I recently been there also and made a vlog about it