Good afternoon!
Back in June 2012, I stayed in Riga for a few days. If I knew beforehand how cool the city was, I would have stayed for over a week.
This is my entry for the #MarketFriday initiative created by @dswigle.
Check out her post, if you want to participate as well: Market Friday and The Cherry Blossom Parade
Today I bring you a few photos taken at the Central Market of Riga, which opened in 1930, and is still going strong. So strong that it was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1988.
Let's begin by the entrance, which as you can see, is a wide staircase, with ramps for wheelchairs and market carts at the middle.
The market is made of several pavilions and barracks and you can find a vast array of products here. It's always buzzing with people.
As you can see, some of these stands are permanent - and not the usual stands that vendors set up in the morning and pack in the afternoon, as it happens in most European markets.
Over here, you can find everything from clothes and shoes, to tableware and cookware... and even newspapers and tobacco. There were also CDs and K7s, stereo players and other gadgets.
Of course not all stands are permanent and here, in these temporary set ups, is where you'll find all of the fresh vegetables and fruits that a market cannot live without. Just take a look at these cherries and strawberries, so fresh that you can almost taste them with your eyes!
But you can't eat the dessert without a meal first, right?
You'll also find everything you need to cook a soup, a salad or the siding for a main course. Once again, everything looks incredibly fresh, as if it was just picked up from the ground.
Not everyone was looking for fresh produce, though... and this lady was selling every kind of vegetable seeds you can think of. She was also selling diverse pieces of clothing... and a few mushrooms, too.
While most people were happily browsing around or making a deal, this girl was a bit bored, just waiting for the market to close. Too bad for her, it wasn't even lunch time - and her mom had a lot of stuff to sell before calling it a day.
She had a very cool outfit, didn't she? I guess that if you have to be bored, you might as well do it with style.
While the majority of the stands and barracks were situated in the middle of the market, there was a lone stand, cast away from the rest of the market. My guess is that her alarm clock didn't wake her up and every other place was already taken when she got to the market.
The 107 metre high building that you see on the background is the Latvian Academy of Sciences.
I'll leave you with a photo of the exit, which is also the entrance, as you've figured out by now...
So, making a full circle with this photo, I went searching for a place nearby to have lunch. I think I ended up in an Armenian Restaurant, a few minutes later!
As a bonus, I'll share with you a cool aerial video of the Riga Central Market and its surroundings:
Video Source: https://www.rct.lv/en
I hope you've enjoyed these photos. Don't be afraid to leave a comment, I won't bite.
| Camera | Canon IXUS 210 |
| Location | Riga, Latvia |
| Edited with GIMP |
I love that wide staircase they have as you enter into the market. Nissan usual to see that they have the ramps for the wheelchairs in the middle, or even at all. There are so many Pavilions as you walk into this! With a huge place and as you have noted many of these stands are permanent oh, not at all that usual break it down and pick it up and take it with you kind of place.
I also noticed that most of the fruits and vegetables are temporary stands but in the big scheme of things I guess this makes sense. The produce looked especially fresh and it was nice to see that they were also selling the seeds so that you could plant your own. Interesting mix of things she is selling. I like that board little girl sitting waiting for everything to be over. That poor woman all the way over there the market. I wonder if she got anybody to purchase from her that day?
This is a really beautiful market and such a lovely place! I didn't realize that Riga was that expensive but it is beautiful and queen and Barry up-to-date, so somebody has to pay for all of that! I hope you had a nice lunch at your Armenian restaurant and thank you for the wonderful shop of the Central Market from the aerial view. Very very cool and it looks so much larger from way up there!
Thank you again for the time spent taking pictures and putting this post together. It is much appreciated and as always oh, I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
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Yes, it is. I only took photos outside. There was another big pavilion, with lots of stands inside. I'll have to wait for another opportunity to shoot everything! 😂
Thanks for your visit and comment, @dswigle!
Oh, I can see we need to make another trip to Riga!!!!
:)
And to Lithuania, too! 😊
Dear Trin, you're always posting pictures from different parts of the world. Do you mind taking me in one of your adventures 6 months from now? hehehehehe
Let's wait and see. If BTC goes to 300.000€ we'll both retire and travel the world. 😂
yay! or, perhaps we can buy a ship and go on a cruise forever. hahahahahahaha I am really praying that BTC price bull runs again!
We're not very far away now... Just a few more months! 😊
very cool im sure it must have been fun to explore all the market has to offer. I don't know much or rather anything about latvia so its nice to see a small piece of what life is like there
Thanks a lot! It's a very pleasant city, I'd like to go there again... the food was delicious. 😋
🍀Good luck on MarketFriday!Beautiful photos @trincowski. Yes, she seemed stylishly bored - 😆
Ah ah, yep. She was ready to go home... 😅
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