Birkas / Police

  • Center Police

    Riga 1st Police Department of Central area is sharing the same building with Fire Department. First department is one of the oldest in Riga. The building itself was built in 1886 on Matisa street. History of Riga police dates from the beginning of 1880s, when policemen started to patrol busy streets and places like markets, stations, hotels. Initially policemen were only Germans, who very rarely could speak Latvian or Russian, therefore their efficiency was extremely low. After some years Riga council began to draft into police the retired soldiers, who were able to speak language of the [..]

  • Andrejs Upits Museum

    Shining Chritmas tree in front of Andrejs Upīts museum and just 30 meters from Protesters camp. Merry Christmas, my Western-world visitors :)

  • Ārlietu Ministrija

    Latvijas Republikas Ārlietu Ministrija (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia) building has remarkable nice night illumination after recent renovation. It's difficult to write anything more about this institution, except it should protect Latvia's interests on a global level. Foreign Ministry's work remains to be invisible for local people. I guess it is more visible from abroad.

  • To protect and serve?

  • Doorways

    This metal doors of the former NKVD building (later KGB) is untypical monument, which will always remind to people how many victims were tortured and killed because of wrong political views during the early Soviet times aka Stalin's era. Today is the Monthly theme, which is Doorways. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

  • Hen Party

    Old town in Riga is very popular place for stag and hen parties. During hen night girls are making some performance in public places to collect trousseau or just for fun. This blond girl is allowing to touch her for a little amount of money :)

  • Busted

    Some ESKOM just got parking ticket from police on Gertrudes street. Besides 30Ls (45 EUR) money fine, driver also gets 3 penalty points on his account for illegal parking. If driver collects more than 10 points in one year, he get lost driving license for 6 months with obligatory repeat of examination.