The story behind it is a bit deeper, the "Proper" guild was reserved for local Germans and the Small guild was the place for people of Latvian origin (people could be completely Germanised, but they knew who you were), and we are talking of the beginning of the 20th century, when things were changing rapidly, the right to legally own something inside the Riga wall for Latvians was given only in the mid 18th century. So you guess what it means :)
12:20 Soviet union authorities wanted to remove the monument but they were afraid that will raise a rebellion and that is correct because that monument also reminded people here of freedom and on 14 June 1987, about 5,000 people gathered at the monument to lay flowers. This rally renewed the national independence movement, which later resulted in restoration of freedom for Latvia.
Unfortunately many Jewish cultural life things were lost in latvia and got destroyed by latvian and other nazis. Glad this one survived. However I think only one synagogue has remained in riga and its in the old town, a very beautiful place. The great choral synagogue and others were destroyed by the criminals there at that time. In kuldīga you can still see the old synagogue, surprisingly they didn't touch it there for some reasons. The Jewish city daugavpils for example had over 40 synagogues and only a few of them have survived
It's a lido, what do you mean by the brach business? It serves the same kinds of foods as the one that you are talking about however that one has additional things there, used to have an ice skating rink
DUDE!!!! I'm reliving my own travel right now! Riga is amazing! Make sure you get to Tallinn, Estonia as well! - If you ever come to the east coast in the United States, look me up and I'd love to treat you to a Major League Baseball game!
Glad it reminded you of your trip to Riga as well. I did go to Tallinn Estonia, and have a video about it on my channel too. Loved both of these Baltic counties!
And regarding the statues out side the library, I spotted this online: "The work points to the transformation that education and individual growth brings while the seating space in between emphasizes this process as an upward straight lane - growth in time and space."
Another banger! I've actually been to Riga a few years back in the summer time. There were more people than when you were there. I really like it too! Keep up the great content, look forward to more Europe vids.
The part where the freedom monument symbolises Russia holding the 3 baltic states is very untrue, it actually symbolises the 3 oldest regions of Latvia: Kurzeme, Latgale and Vidzeme. The whole monument is to recognise Latvian history and future and to mourn the soldiers that lost their lives during war. Great video! Loved the scenic panoramas.
Pelmeni is not Russian-Russian :( Its from Russia belongs to Udmurti people (Indigenous People of Uralo-Volga region) and translate as (Bread Ear) Pel-myan` even form itself looks like a Bread Ear of a Bear I really wish and hope you visit Russia one day but not Moscow Russia. Indigenous Regions such as : Dagestan,Udmurtia,Karelia,Komi,Yakutia,Tatarstan. each region unique language culture and food. PS: this episode bangers, cat story ridiculous
