Property in Riga

Today Riga’s heritage is reflected in the buildings that were built during the middle ages, as well as numerous examples of architectural styles including the Romanesque, Gothic, Classicism, Eclecticism and Baroque. In the 13th century, a number of elements of German culture were introduced in Riga. The old town of Riga has preserved the compactness of the medieval fortified town. It is a beautiful place to visit and the boom in the property market confirms why visitors and investors alike continue to come.

The Republic of Latvia is situated in north-eastern Europe [View Map], bordered by Estonia to the north, by Lithuania to the south and south-west. Its capital Riga lies on the banks of the Daugava river, close to where the river flows into the Gulf of Riga. Riga is the largest city in the Baltic States and due to its history and geographic location, an important centre of industry, finance and transport for the Baltic region. Latvia's territory of 64,000 sq. km. is larger than Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland.

Summer daytime temperatures average 22 °C (71 °F ) dropping to 4 °C (40 °F ) in the winter.

Over 20 UK Airports have flights directly to Riga including Gatwick, Heathrow, Stansted, City Airport, Bristol, Cardiff, Southampton, Birmingham, Norwich, Newcastle, Teeside, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Belfast.

AirBaltic flies direct to and from Riga from many European cities including London, Manchester, Dublin, Amsterdam, Brussels, Cologne, Milan, Moscow and others.

Discount airline Ryanair flies to Riga from London Stansted. Easyjet also fly to Riga from Berlin Schönefeld.

In North America, AirBaltic partners with SAS to reach Newark, Chicago, Seattle and Washington D.C. airports via Copenhagen. British Airways has direct scheduled flights five times per week direct to Riga. Its also worth a check with British Air, Finnair, KLM, SAS, Austrian Airlines and BMI for weekly scheduled flights to Riga via their European hubs.