Veikals VIRSOTNE — Attraction in Riga

Had the most unpleasant experience where the staff was patronising and even broke their own compression bag when demonstrating the sleeping bag and then sold it to me. I noticed a sound at the time and later at home I saw it was broken so had to go back and exchange it and the person didn’t even apologise and had the most awful attitude. Turned out later that it was the store manager. Cannot...

This outdoor store had a huge range of hiking and mountaineering gear to meet the needs of casual to high end (pardon the pun) demands. There is a clear returns policy to help where the buyer is from abroad - such as I. I was given space to try jackets including providing me with inner fleece to check fit. Sound and informed advice was provided. Well done...

A great store for outdoor gear and climbing equipment. If you get the chance to be there on a day when manager Andris Kursītis is working, he is by far one of the most knowledgeable, helpful and positive people I've had the pleasure of interacting with - I have not regretted buying any piece of equipment he has...