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Stuff I write when I’m travelling

Trips

Category: Riga 2026

  • de Riga

    As the sign says, the city of Riga was celebrating its 825th anniversary when I turned up. That’s 825 years since the papal emissary Bishop Albert of Bremen forced the local Livonian people to accept a bishopric here and turn to Christianity. So not quite your quaint old town charter with fancy seals, then. There…

  • So I did the thing, and I’m just going to have to admit to it now. It was a very warm day. The heat will do things to you, if you’re not careful. And it was the hot European summer of 2026. Northern Europe wasn’t built for heat.  The Old Town of Riga is a…