For the first time, European Mobility Week hosted the international "Walk for your City" challenge, where residents from almost 500 European cities competed for the title of the most active walking…
As part of the European Mobility Week, on 20 and 21 September, sections of Dzirnavu and Antonijas streets in Riga will be turned into pedestrian streets for two days. Such initiatives - temporarily…
This year, during the European Mobility Week from September 16 to 22, citizens are invited to take part in the Step Challenge, the Tweed Ride, the Smart Cities Conference, the Riga Cycling Conference…
On Saturday, 6 September, Riga residents and visitors are invited to this year's contemporary culture forum White Night. The forum program includes 34 projects and it will be held in the capital for…
In the first half of this year, the total number of guests served at Riga's hotels increased by 12.4% compared to the same period in 2024. Visitors spent 1,243,673 nights in Riga, confirming the…
From 27 October to 9 November, Riga will host Riga Restaurant Week, which for more than a decade has been one of the most important events in the city’s gastronomic life. It is an opportunity for…
27 August to 14 September, Riga will become one of the basketball capitals of Europe, hosting part of the continent’s most important basketball event – FIBA EuroBasket 2025. Thousands of fans from…
The Rimi Riga Marathon, which attracted a record number of runners from 109 countries worldwide to the Latvian capital in May 2025, has brought almost EUR 17 million to the Riga economy this year. …
From 18 to 22 August, the national civil protection exercise RADEX 2025 will take place in Riga and other parts of Latvia, during which various hazard scenarios related to the liquidation of chemical…
