I’ll be honest, before I started looking into living in Latvia I couldn’t have named a single city or located it on a map.

Tucked away in a quiet corner of the art nouveau district and included in Riga’s inaugural Michelin guide, John brings together Latvian ingredients with New Nordic cookery and classic French ...

The city feels like it holds the rest of Latvia at arm’s length, mystified as to why everyone’s so obsessed with hanging out in forests and gathering mushrooms. This is at least partly ...

Dubbing Riga “the Baltic Berlin” isn’t as crazy as it sounds: Latvia’s hip little capital is awash with art and music at the moment. Its acres of abandoned Soviet-era warehouses are the ...

Riga stands as by far the most cosmopolitan part of Latvia, often visited by tourists. Though it looks a little rough owing to its Soviet occupation (there are many ugly Soviet-style buildings ...

A great way to explore the beautiful landscape of Latvia is to head to Slitere National Park. Sea lovers will enjoy the coastline complete with sandy beaches and dunes. Those looking for wildlife ...

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Latvia's media scene is diverse, but reflects the division of society into Latvian- and Russian-speaking audiences. Ownership of the most popular media outlets is highly concentrated. The print ...