Straupe

270 dairy farmers have created a cooperative and range of natural and tasty products. You can order online or do, for instance, a purchase in Vidzemes market.

Coping with cold

Let me in!

From Albert Hotel

Does not look like winter. It was -18°C.

GOVCAMP

Last Saturday I participated in GOVCAMP event and presented www.tirgus-kaiminiem.lv - LETS (Local Exchange Trading System) for Latvia. There were many other interesting propositions in response to economic slump in Latvia.

Milda

The frost will not stop her holding her arms upright.

Sent in by Dace Rotkale

5 Labortorijas street 5

Two houses with the same number.

Sent in by Edgars Lubarts

Canal

The building at the back is Latvian University.

AVATAR

This it - the Avatar program has expanded beyond Pandora.

Sent in by Dace Rotkale

White Frost III

Some trees still have decorations from Winter Solstice party.

Sent in by Dace Rotkale

White frost II

Vermanes park in -15 Celsius.

Sent in by Dace Rotkale.

Bolero, Panorama Plaza, Spice

... in the puddle.

Cat

Crossing street at "clawestrian" crossing.

1905

70 people were shot dead and about 200 injured during peaceful demonstration by army forces in 13th of January 1905. That was the beggining of revolution. This monument is on 13th Janvara str. by the river Daugava near Railway bridge.

Traffic Camera?

Surveillance, you think? Wrong! This is air quality measurement equipment. The receiver of this light beam caster is some hundred meters away. It looks like this at night.

Rail Bridge

Ice covers river Daugava. After many years of mildness Europe gets proper winter.

Icicle

You watch, when they come down.

Sent in by Edgars Lubarts.

window-shoping

Mannequins on Barona street.

Hi

- How is it going down there?

Sent in by Edgars Lubarts

From Stockmann

Aspazijas Boulevard - the Opera House is the last building on the right side of the street.

Hare Krišnas Centrs

They serve free meals to everyone - around 1000 people a day. With one call you will feed two people tel. 0037190006281. If calling locally it will cost you 1 LVL (2$).

Antiquariatus Rigensis "Regentis"

Antique shop on Cēsu street (iela) is mainly selling old furniture from all around the world.

Tunnel

Recently built "hide-away- people-so-it-does-not-bother-car-drivers" is right in the middle of central transport hub of Riga. Nevertheless the lift for disabled people is something new in public space in Riga.

Vermanes park

Imagine all plants on Earth would be bioluminescent... like in film Avatar (if you have seen it).

Brivibas Tallinas street (ielas) corner (stūris)

Playing with reflections while reflecting on what has happened last year.