🇱🇻 Riga, Latvia: Where Architecture Meets Charm

✅Landmarks & Legends 🏰 St. Peter’s Church ✅Ride the elevator to the tower for panoramic city views. 🐓 Town Musicians of Bremen ✅A bronze tribute to Grimm’s fairy tale. Rub the animals’ noses for luck! ⚫ House of the Blackheads ✅Once a guild for young, unmarried merchants. Explore: 🌞Basement: Medieval ruins 🌞1F: Artifacts 🌞2F: Grand halls 🌞Bonus: The first Christmas tree (1510) stood here! 📜 Riga History & Navigation Museum 🌞Compact but packed with artifacts (pick up guidebooks at each hall). 🏠 Three Brothers 😻Three adjacent houses showcasing medieval architectural evolution. 🐈 Cat House 😻Famous for rooftop cats placed tail-up (a merchant’s revenge on the guild). 🗽 Freedom Monument 😻Symbol of Latvian independence (1935). 💖Markets & More 🛒 Riga Central Market 💖Europe’s largest—bargain bread, seafood, and pelmeni (when open!). ☠️ KGB Building 💖Soviet-era secret prison. Book timed tickets online. 🍫 Laima Chocolate Museum 💖Free samples + discount chocolate with ticket vouchers. 📚 National Library 📢Grab a visitor pass for exhibitions. ⛪ Pink Church 📢A pastel dream. 🏖️ Jūrmala Beach 📢Bus from Riga Station (weather-dependent!). #EuropeTravel #Riga #Latvia #Museums