Qué hay en Riga, Letonia, a lo largo del año

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 7 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Christmas market on Dome Square (28 Nov – 7 Ene (normalmente))

Concurrido — Jelgava Ice Sculpture Festival, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Jelgava Ice Sculpture Festival

  1–16 Feb · normalmenteTemporada de hieloMucha gente

  Sculptors from several countries carve on the island in Jelgava, a short train ride south-west of Riga, over a weekend in early February. It is lit in the evenings; a thaw can soften the pieces fast. Fuente ↗

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En marzo no empieza nada nuevo.

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Concurrido — Riga Marathon, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Riga Marathon

  16–17 MayEvento deportivoMucha genteReserva pronto

  A mid-May weekend of races, from a mile to the full marathon, that now draws tens of thousands of runners. Central streets and the bridges over the Daugava close on race morning. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Jurmala beach season, Jani and Ligo

• Festival

  Riga Opera Festival

  5–25 Jun · normalmenteFestival de músicaReserva pronto

  The national opera runs its season's best productions back to back for a fortnight in June, in a house that is small enough that every seat is a good one. Tickets go early. Fuente ↗

• Temporada

  Jurmala beach season

  20 Jun – 25 Ago · normalmenteMar templadoMucha gente

  The Baltic is swimmable for about two months and Jurmala is half an hour by train, so the whole city goes on a hot weekend. The pine woods behind the dunes are the better half of it.

• Festivo

  Jani and Ligo

  21–25 Jun · normalmenteVacaciones escolaresCierres

  The city empties for the countryside on 23 June: bonfires until dawn, oak wreaths, caraway cheese and beer. Shops shut for two days and Riga is as quiet as it ever gets. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Jurmala beach season, vacaciones escolares en 7 de los mercados que lo llenan

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Jurmala beach season (20 Jun – 25 Ago (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Jurmala beach season, Riga City Festival

• Festival

  Riga City Festival

  14–24 Ago · normalmenteGran festivalMucha gente

  A free weekend of stages, markets and river events across the old town and both banks in the second half of August. It is the largest thing the city does that is not about Christmas. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Mushroom season

  15 Ago – 15 Oct · normalmenteTemporada de recolección

  Latvians take foraging seriously, and from late summer the pine forests around Riga fill with pickers. Chanterelles and boletes pile up at the Central Market and on restaurant menus.

Sigue en marcha: Jurmala beach season (20 Jun – 25 Ago (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Festival

  Mikeldiena harvest fair

  25–29 Sep · normalmente

  The Latvian harvest festival marking the end of the farming year, marked in Riga with a folk-craft and produce market on Dome Square and smaller neighbourhood events across the city. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Mushroom season (15 Ago – 15 Oct (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Festival

  Riga International Film Festival

  15–25 Oct

  About ten days of new international and Baltic cinema in mid to late October, screened in the city's old picture houses, with many films subtitled in English. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Mushroom season (15 Ago – 15 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Lacplesis Day, Staro Riga light festival

• Festivo

  Lacplesis Day

  11 NovFiesta nacionalMucha gente

  A solemn remembrance day for the 1919 defence of the city, marked by a torchlit march along the embankment and thousands lighting candles outside Riga Castle after dark. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Staro Riga light festival

  15–19 Nov · normalmenteLuces y fuegoMucha gente

  Light installations on the old town and the embankment over the independence day holiday on 18 November, when it is dark by four and the whole country is out walking. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Christmas market on Dome Square

  28 Nov – 7 Ene · normalmenteNavidad y Año Nuevo

  Huts around the cathedral from the end of November into early January, with a second market at the Livu Square. Riga claims the first decorated Christmas tree and will tell you so. Fuente ↗

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 7 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Christmas market on Dome Square (28 Nov – 7 Ene (normalmente))