Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Riga, Letland

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas market on Dome Square (28 nov – 7 jan (meestal))

Druk — Jelgava Ice Sculpture Festival, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Jelgava Ice Sculpture Festival

  1–16 feb · meestalIJsseizoenDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — Riga Marathon, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Riga Marathon

  16–17 meiSportevenementDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Jurmala beach season, Jani and Ligo

• Festival

  Riga Opera Festival

  5–25 jun · meestalMuziekfestivalBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Jurmala beach season

  20 jun – 25 aug · meestalZee op temperatuurDruk

  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.

• Feestdag

  Jani and Ligo

  21–25 jun · meestalSchoolvakantiesSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Druk — Jurmala beach season, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Jurmala beach season (20 jun – 25 aug (meestal))

Topdrukte — Jurmala beach season, Riga City Festival

• Festival

  Riga City Festival

  14–24 aug · meestalGroot festivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Mushroom season

  15 aug – 15 okt · meestalPlukseizoen

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Jurmala beach season (20 jun – 25 aug (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Festival

  Mikeldiena harvest fair

  25–29 sep · meestal

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Mushroom season (15 aug – 15 okt (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• 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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Mushroom season (15 aug – 15 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Lacplesis Day, Staro Riga light festival

• Feestdag

  Lacplesis Day

  11 novNationale feestdagDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Staro Riga light festival

  15–19 nov · meestalLicht & vuurDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Christmas market on Dome Square

  28 nov – 7 jan · meestalKerst & nieuwjaar

  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. Bron ↗

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas market on Dome Square (28 nov – 7 jan (meestal))