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Nearest 5 top hotels

Grand Palace Hotel 0.94km 0.58miles
Radisson Blu 1.75km 1.09miles
Islande Hotel 1.96km 1.22miles
Palanga Hotel 220.14km 136.79miles
Narutis Hotel Vilnius 262.76km 163.27miles

Nearest 5 top restaurants

Krakas Krog 329.95km 205.02miles
Demo 359.96km 223.67miles
Carma 360.08km 223.74miles
Chez Dominique 360.1km 223.76miles
Mistral 436.95km 271.51miles

Nearest 5 top sights

Kernav? Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernav?) 233.87km 145.32miles
Vilnius Historic Centre 262.43km 163.07miles
Struve Geodetic Arc 267.8km 166.4miles
Curonian Spit 270.17km 167.88miles
Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn 277.84km 172.64miles
Historic Centre of Riga
Historic Centre of Riga

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City of Riga, Latvia

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Riga was a major centre of the Hanseatic League, deriving its prosperity in the 13th–15th centuries from the trade with central and eastern Europe. The urban fabric of its medieval centre reflects this prosperity, though most of the earliest buildings were destroyed by fire or war. Riga became an important economic centre in the 19th century, when the suburbs surrounding the medieval town were laid out, first with imposing wooden buildings in neoclassical style and then in Jugendstil. It is generally recognized that Riga has the finest collection of art nouveau buildings in Europe.

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