List of tourist attractions in Riga

This is a list of tourist attractions in Riga, the capital of Latvia.

Old town

• The Lutheran cathedral - the largest church in the Baltic states. Built in the 13th century, it was modified several times in its history. It has a magnificent organ that dates from 1844.
• Riga Museum of History and Navigation - one of the largest and oldest museums in Latvia and Baltic states
• The Powder Tower (Pulvertornis) - the only tower that remains from the original city walls; the Latvian Museum of War is located inside
• Riga Castle (Rīgas Pils) - houses the Museum of Latvian History and the Museum of Foreign Art, and the president's official residence
• St James's Roman Catholic cathedral
• St. John's Church - a small 13th-century chapel, behind Saint Peter's Church
• Saint Peter's Church - with its 123-metre-high (404 ft) tower

The centre

National Library of Latvia in Riga

• Art Nouveau architecture
• National Library of Latvia - the latest project of Gunārs Birkerts, called the Castle of Light
• Riga Circus -the only permanently situated circus in the Baltic States
• Vērmanes Garden - the oldest public garden in Riga
• Wooden architecture

Other parts of the city

• Latvian Ethnographic Open Air Museum - an open-air museum displaying houses, farm buildings, and a church, representing rural life going back hundreds of years; situated along Jugla Lake (Juglas Ezers) ^[1]
• The Museum of the Occupation of Latvia - documents the seizure and occupation of Latvia by various invaders from 1940 to 1991
• Riga Motor Museum - a collection of retro motorcycles and automobiles, including some of the first motorcycles and remnants of the Soviet era, for example, Brezhnev's and Stalin's armoured limousines with waxworks of these political figures; located in Mežciems
• Riga Radio and TV Tower - the third highest tower in Europe
• Riga Zoo and Mežaparks (Forest Park) - with a Ferris wheel

References

Riga cityscape
Old Town	Castle Cat House Convent Yard Dannenstern House House of the Blackheads House of the Livonian Noble Corporation Large Guild Powder Tower Small Guild Swedish Gate Three Brothers
Hotels	Grand Palace Radisson Blu Daugava Gallery Park
Monuments & memorials	Brothers' Cemetery Bikernieki Memorial Forest Cemetery Freedom Monument Great Cemetery Pokrov Cemetery Victory Memorial to Soviet Army
Parks & gardens	Vērmanes Garden
Museums & galleries	Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation National Museum of Art Museum of the Occupation of Latvia Latvian Ethnographic Open Air Museum War Museum Museum of Foreign Art Museum of National History
Theatres	Latvian National Opera Latvian National Theatre Palladium Riga New Riga Theatre Mikhail Chekhov Riga Russian Theatre
Places of worship	Nativity Cathedral Cathedral St. Peter's Church St. James's Cathedral
Bridges	Island Bridge Railway Bridge Southern Bridge Stone Bridge Vanšu Bridge
Structures	Radio and TV Tower
Other	National Library of Latvia Central Market Latvian Academy of Sciences Zoo Mežaparks Great Bandstand
Waterways	Daugava River
Streets	Albert Street