🇱🇻 Riga One-Day Itinerary: Legends & Landmarks

📍 Route 🌳 Riga Central Market 🌈Europe’s largest market in Zeppelin hangars. Hunt for amber & smoked fish! 🌳 House of the Blackheads 🌈Crimson Renaissance masterpiece (merchant HQ turned museum). 🌳 St. Peter’s Church 🌈Currently closed for tower access—try the Academy of Sciences (€8) or National Library instead. 🌳 Bremen Town Musicians 🌈Rub the donkey/dog/cat/rooster noses for luck! (Tip: Jump for the 2nd animal.)✨ 🌳 Freedom Monument 💧42m tribute to independence (check the blood-red flag symbolism).✨ 🌳 Cat House 💧Snap the infamous felines (now "politically correct"). 🌳 Swedish Gate 💧Lone surviving medieval gate (1698). 🌳 Three Brothers 💧15th–18th century houses showing architectural evolution. 🌳 Riga Castle 💧Presidential palace with mixed Gothic/Baroque styles. 🌳Academy of Sciences 💧Soviet "wedding cake" tower with panoramic views. 🍽️ Food Stops 🐈 Black Cat Pub (Vecmeita ar kaķi) ¥200+ for wings & beef soup (tiny portion). Meow-themed everything!✨ 🏰 Ala Pagrabs (Medieval Tavern) ✨Book ahead! ¥300 for roast pork knuckle & thimble-sized chicken soup. #LatviaTravel #Riga #EuropeTrip