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It might perhaps be a slight exaggeration to say that Riga is another of those cities which never sleeps, but the idea is not far from the truth. Particularly in Old Riga, but also in its surrounding area, there are countless restaurants, bars and nightclubs, featuring entertainments that will satisfy any taste. During the summer, Old Riga bursts with open-air cafés and beer gardens. In winter, the central Liv Square boasts an ice skating rink. Once again something for everyone, and a great destination for those whose tourism day does not stop at 6:00 PM. Old Riga in particular is just as alive at midnight as it was six hours earlier.

 

Each resident of Riga and each visitor to the city will come up with a separate short-list of must-see places and must-do activities, but there are certainly those that will be on most, if not all lists. Fans of architecture will marvel at the variety of style in the Dome Cathedral and the other sacral buildings of Old Riga. Design buffs will gape at one of the greatest collections of Art Nouveau architecture and design in the entire world. Historians will focus on the ancient buildings and museums of the formerly walled Old City. Families will enjoy the Riga Open-Air Ethnographic Museum, which features farms and other rural buildings which were brought to the park site lock, stock and barrel in the early part of the 20th century. The park is particularly active during the summer, when artisans demonstrate their craft.

Riga also has an Irish pub; a sports bar dedicated to the finer things in life namely football and formula one. The same menu of international food offered downstairs is also available here, but the bar has a cosier atmosphere and has plenty of sports memorabilia on the walls including a portrait of Pierluigi Collina.