Art Nouveau & Central Riga Free Tour

Discover Riga’s city centre and Art Nouveau heritage. With us, you will hear about the redevelopment of the city in the late 1800s, Riga's economic hay-day, and the building boom that followed the early 1900s. As well as finding out about city life in Riga today! Yes Old town is not the centre of Riga anymore.

You will learn about day to day life as a Rigan along with information on the most famous architects and their legacy, the differences within the Art Nouveau style through the period, and how the massive changes in society, philosophy, and science created a completely new art scene that shaped Riga like no style before or after.

Boasting one of the largest collections of Art Nouveau buildings in the world, Riga is a top destination for anyone interested in architecture and looking to explore and learn how this city quickly transformed into a manufacturing hub that gave way to new, unprecedented wealth and the largest building boom this city has ever seen.

Start: National Opera, finish: Alberta Street/Art Nouveau Museum. Duration - 2h.