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Positively Baltic: Riga has been somewhat ignored as a tourist destination, but it’s friendlier and more welcoming than its Scandinavian neighbours

Why isn’t Riga better known abroad? It’s a puzzle, because the so-called Pearl of the Baltics compares favourably with many other European cities in terms of culture and style.

Riga in Latvia: a cosmopolitan metropolis that straddles the Daugava river at the mouth of the Baltic Sea and is a Unesco-designated World Heritage Site