Riga, Latvian and the euro for a first look at Latvia
A first compass for locating Latvia and preparing the checks you need before travelling: its capital, language and currency.
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Riga is Latvia's capital and a city in the country. The available information provides basic geographic context rather than a guide to places to visit.
The place
What makes it special
- Capital of Latvia.
Travel atlas
3 articlesArticles in Riga
Guides to this place
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Guides to this place
3 related guides
Sources and references
This profile summarises our destination guides. Their research sources and the geographical reference are listed below.
- Letonia · Wikidata
- Letonia · Wikidata
- Latvia · World Countries — mledoze
- Latvia · World Bank Open Data
- Latvia · DBpedia
- Riga · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Riga · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Riga, Latvia · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
- Riga International Airport · OpenFlights · ODbL 1.0 (base de datos) / DbCL 1.0 (contenidos) · Riga International Airport · OpenFlights · ODbL 1.0
- Riga · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q1773
- Place identification and coordinates
Profile updated: 11/10/2026