This is why you NEED to visit RIGA | Europe's MOST eccentric city (VLOG) 

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Good man, Riga is a hidden gem!

It truly is spectacular, how many details you've captured in this video! I do belive that sometimes us - Latvians, forget to appreciate the true beauty of Rīga! I guess when you've seen the city so many times, the prettiness gets lost in the mundane! Thank you for this amazing video!

This actually puts such a different perspective of Riga for me as an latvian. It makes me realize that it is actually so beautiful and magical, not the same as we see it daily :)

My Dad was a Latvian. When he died he left us 136 hectares of land in Latvia 🇱🇻 farm land. The USSR took the land after the Second World War. Demolished the huge stone farmhouse. Then in the 90’s he got his land back when Latvia got it’s independence back. I have never visited Latvia. I also have some family there. Maybe one day I will visit there..👍♥👍🇬🇧🇱🇻 Your a great vlogger ! 👍

Thank you for this video. I am Estonian, live in Tallinn. I come to Riga regularly for a certain clinic. So I have walked around quite a lot in Riga just to pass time for my bus or my appointment, because I am obsessed to use the 7pm bus to Tallinn. So I have walked around A LOT but never really looked at the city as a tourist cause there are other things on my mind when I am there. This video actually inspired me to spend some time exploring next time I go. You made a good point in the video: there is a lot very different stuff all mixed up together. So there can be a medieval building, a very nice modern building, an awful Soviet style monster and some random I-dont-know-what all on the same street. And that makes it a bit hard to grasp the soul of the place. The good thing about Tallinn, my city, is that since we were quite poor after the Middle Ages, we never did all the rebuilding and remodelling during centuries, so the medieavalness in Tallinn is a lot better preserved. And then already it became illegal to pester regions with old buildings anyway, so luckily we dont have modern buildings next to Medieval ones. So as a whole I like Tallinn more. Riga is sort of all over the place. While it does have a lot of amazingly beautiful buildings. I will definitely spend more time consciously exploring there from now on. Some of the buildings, the merchant houses, are very similar to those in Tallinn. I have tried to find the man in the box on the riverside but never managed to find it:) What hostel is that? (Sorry, if you mention it, I havent watched to the end yet). Have been looking for a normal hostel in Old town which is not too full. Honestly, havent found one. The ones I have found are packed with very weird people to say the least, or are very far from the centre. There is an Anglican church near the river in Old town. I have a cat friend there. I sometimes like to sit in the church yard and have coffee and read a book. The cat always comes (from a whole in the church, so she lives there), sleeps on my lap for a while and then leaves. And so every time. Why she trusts me like that, I dont know. It is nice to have a cool city like that a 4 hour busride away from Tallinn. Last time I was waiting for the night bus, and discovered how cool it was to walk on the bridge across the river and back. You should check out Tallinn some time. It is kind on similar, yet different. Smaller and has a more specific feeling, I think. A definitely more quiet than Riga. We just have drunk Finns. It looks like Riga the rest of Europe"s drunk people. Anyway, greetings to all the Latvians out there. By the way, I went to see a Latvian play the other day in Tallinn. "The boy who saw in the dark" God, one of the most depressing plays I have ever seen. Leaves one with no hope

Thanks for this lovely video! Riga is truly full of beauty and eccentricity. Loved it! :)

I really miss latvia the people are as sweet as the Beautiful city riga

Riga is fantastic and very underrated

I love Riga! Love from Estonia!

Thank you for visiting Rīga, Latvia!

Loved this one, the market looked amazing. Great how you did the travel tips at the end.

wow, nice shots and great descriptions. glad you enjoyed our awesome historical buildings =]

Really enjoyed this Riga guide. Cant wait to visit one day. Thank you for sharing, much appreciated 🙌

Heading to Riga in October for a similar solo trip, the SkyScanner model is definitely the way to see the world. £100 got me five flights over four destinations around Europe in 2019 and I'll be making many more trips like this in the near future. Can't wait to see what Riga has to offer

Quality mate! Keep these videos coming honestly love it!

Absolutely amazing and informative, great travel, great video!

Thanks for this nice video on one of the beautiful small European country that other people take for granted. Riga is in one of the small country I want to visit someday.

Excellent video Ben, Riga is definitely on my list for places to visit. I always buy a fridge magnet from every city I visit as a souvenir/memory. 😃

Nice video :) Riga is so lovely and its architecture is excellent.

Very nice!!! I agree with Krista, we need to appreciate our Latvia more

Thank you! One of the best videos of Riga!

Wow so Beautiful!! Loved the video! 😃

I'd love to travel to Riga one day, thanks for this video! also your voice is really soothing it makes the video so enjoyable

I have lived in Riga for decades but sometimes look at tourist videos, just to get a glimpse how other people see it. Thanks!

Excellent video! very good work!!!!!

Awesome Riga tour to discover as we plan a day trip there from Tallinn. Love your ideals for budget travel and thanks for sharing with us travelers! Nice presence on the video too. I just subscribed!

Cool video. Loved it!

Lovely city. Love Riga, great vlog

Well made video! Loved it!

Thank you for sharing. Great video

Thank you very much for such a great video of Riga!

Thank you for visiting and making such a beautiful video of my city ❤

What a BEAUTIFUL VIEWfrom the rooftop !! 😍 👍👍💜🥁🐉🎤🎶💞

Nice video Ben! I've just got back from Tallinn and will be visiting Riga next month. Gatwick is my nearest airport and I'll be flying with another airline, but I managed to get some cheap flight tickets from the airline you mentioned for Helsinki in July. Happy travels!

Great video, I am visiting Riga in a few weeks, so looking forward to it

Brilliant vlog - very useful!

What a wonderful video, I can't wait to go back to visit Riga!

Thanks for sharing - we'll be in Riga soon, appreciate the advise :)

Thoroughly enjoyed your video. I have just returned from a week in Riga (also flew from Newcastle). It really is a spectacular city. Thanks.

Going there next week! thanks for the video

Great video Ben!

I am starting to be afraid about overcommenting your videos but this one is another great job! I am happy you have more views here and I hope you are going to have more popular videos in the future :)

Hey man! I went to Riga from Newcastle a while back and have been back again. It’s my favourite city in europe, so laid back and relaxing plus for £4.99 each way it’s cheaper than staying at home for the weekend! Great video man!

Thank you for such a nice video of my city ❤️

Fire g, I'm going there next week, love for the headsup

Smashed it mate 🙂

Cool video. Thank you!

Greetings from Rīga! Awesome video. If you want to see Rīga from above there is another one great point of view - Radisson SAS hotel Latvia Skyline bar and especially from lady's room here.

Thank You for doing this. Riga is my city. 🌞

Lovely video. I am off to Riga this weekend and im really looking forward to it :)

Thank you so much for watching everyone, I’m really pleased that this video has been so well liked 😇 If you liked this video, you’ll love a similar video I just released, a vlog of the beautiful city Gdańsk in Poland: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-R408ojguihE.html It’s my best video yet!😁

this is the kind of vlog i crave

nice vlog. nice drone shots too.

I absolutely loved Riga when I visited it. Btw you’re super cute 😍

Nice video and Latvia is the best country!

Nice video Ben. Some great information .

thanks! I live in Latvia Riga. never realised how pretty it is...!

Nice one mate! Just watched this just got back from Spain and planning my next trip! Riga might be it from Newcastle aswel

Thank you for a great video!

Paldies! Labs video! :)

Great video, I'm visiting Riga and staying in the same hostel and flying from the same airport actually 😅

Wondering how this ended up in my recommended, got work trip back to NCL next week :D, haven't been there since May, happy you liked Riga.

7:26 this was definitely the highlight of the video 😂 I did not expect that

Your video was nice. I'm a big fan of Riga and I did love your video :) You need a bit more energy as a presenter but in all, very detailed and I'm subscribing to your channel and leaving a comment to help with the youtube algorythms :) There is a bit more to Riga than the town centre, but for a taste of Riga you did a super job. I liked the drone footage too.

Nice vlog brother

Good video mate

thank you for the lovely video

Great video Ben mate. Flying here for a trip very soon and you’ve given me some great spots to check out! - a fellow Geordie :-)

can't wait to go in two weeks 🥰

awesome vid! nice and simple. new subscriber here

Loved your travel sprits! I tend to do one day trips to European cities from London. The shorter the cheaper 😼

Looks beautiful!

yes, our Oldtown is really beautiful 🥰

Thank you all for the super nice comments. I myself am Latvian 🇱🇻❤️ and I respect you all, you love my country. I also respect you, you are the best ❤❤❤

I found it interesting how they had all of the old cannons in the church. Some of the cannons were older than my country

Ur right. Riga is beautiful! I live in kraslava tho:( so it takes four hours to get there but the beaches there are nice!

this is such a weird way to see my own city, you made it look so beautiful and stunning, i guess when u see it all the time it gets mundane and not that special, but i loved your vid

I have been to 60 countries and i learnt a lot of travel hacks from u through this video

I live most of my life in Riga and never been in places as you :D Next time I go to Riga I will go to some.

Happy you like my city. 👏

Good video , thanks for sharing , I also take landscape videos in UK and sometimes abroad .It's very helpful and interesting . I subscribed to the channel, so I'm looking forward to it. Thank you for the good video

I currently live in Riga and I am surprised that they allowed you to filmed inside central market. It is written by the door that no pets and no filming inside. My friend did not know that filming is not allowed and someone came up to her and told her to put the camera down. Anyway your contents are great.

I am Latvian, some facts I didn't know about my country :) thanks

Nice shots of Old Riga, but do come back and see Riga's Art Nouveau architecture - it has one of the world's biggest collections of the style.

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Actually zeppelin hangars were located in the western part of Latvia in a small town Vaiņode. Hangar's metal frame parts were brought to Riga and then like you said - they were made in existing look in 1920's .

I got tingles when i saw he was where i was at with my grandma (we both weren't there ik but i feel better with more recognition)

In terms of the market, the steel structure of market hangars was used for dirigible hangars, but near the town of Vainode, which is 200km west. So those steel parts were transported to a building site in parts, and the market was finished in 1930. Regardless, thank you for visiting and telling about Riga! Next time visit other towns like Liepaja, Ventspils, and Kuldiga(which could be in a single episode) - You will like it!

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Greetings from Latvia ❤

Hey. Riga is my city. I Love my country Latvian city Riga.❤❤

Heading to Riga as a student this January to RTU 😁❤️

Great video! Your channel is way too underrated

May I ask you what camera and lenses did you use in this video? Wide angle is awesome 👏🏼

Glad you didn't go behind Origo where the train stations are, especially in a later time.

If u ever some back to Latvia u have to visit Rundales Pils aka( Rundales Palace) and u wont regret it specially in summer it so beutiful

Nice

Riga is an incredible good value for money, not for long I suspect