Hva som skjer i Riga, Latvia gjennom året

Rolig — skoleferie i 7 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Christmas market on Dome Square (28. nov – 7. jan (vanligvis))

Travelt — Jelgava Ice Sculpture Festival, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Jelgava Ice Sculpture Festival

  1.–16. feb · vanligvisIssesongMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 6 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Travelt — Riga Marathon, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Riga Marathon

  16.–17. maiSportsarrangementMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Jurmala beach season, Jani and Ligo

• Festival

  Riga Opera Festival

  5.–25. jun · vanligvisMusikkfestivalBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

• Sesong

  Jurmala beach season

  20. jun – 25. aug · vanligvisHavet er varmt nokMye folk

  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.

• Helligdag

  Jani and Ligo

  21.–25. jun · vanligvisSkoleferieStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Jurmala beach season, skoleferie i 7 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Jurmala beach season (20. jun – 25. aug (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Jurmala beach season, Riga City Festival

• Festival

  Riga City Festival

  14.–24. aug · vanligvisStor festivalMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Mushroom season

  15. aug – 15. okt · vanligvisSankesesong

  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.

Fortsatt på gang: Jurmala beach season (20. jun – 25. aug (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

• Festival

  Mikeldiena harvest fair

  25.–29. sep · vanligvis

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Mushroom season (15. aug – 15. okt (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

• Festival

  Riga International Film Festival

  15.–25. okt

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Mushroom season (15. aug – 15. okt (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Lacplesis Day, Staro Riga light festival

• Helligdag

  Lacplesis Day

  11. novNasjonaldagMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Staro Riga light festival

  15.–19. nov · vanligvisLys og ildMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Christmas market on Dome Square

  28. nov – 7. jan · vanligvisJul og nyttår

  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. Kilde ↗

Rolig — skoleferie i 7 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Christmas market on Dome Square (28. nov – 7. jan (vanligvis))