An evening in Riga.

These photos are from an evening walk around Riga. There was supposed to be a lunar eclipse, so I went out in hopes to see it. When I realized the overcast skies made it impossible to see, I thought I might as well enjoy the night anyway.

Though it is so light, it is truly 11:30 at night. It is from the blackheads square. The church on the left is St. Peters. The beautifully lit building on the right is the blackheads building, which was the the place where all the guild men gathered for business, now it is simply an interesting place where I believe tourist information can be obtained.

The tall building in the center is used for science, and is a bit of a mark from the soviet times here. It is a building that was given as a gift to the city from Stalin. There are buildings in several other cities in Eastern Europe that are of the same style. The arched bunkers below that are a portion of the Central Market, which is a large market of fruit, vegetables, meats, fish, cheeses, along side of clothing, and shoes, and all sorts of things.

A look at Old Riga from the middle of a bridge over the Daugava river.

A look in the other direction to the other side of the river. If one was to take the river further in this direction it would lead to the Bay of Riga, and then to the Baltic Sea.