As a born and raised Latvian, I'm astonished by your latvian and knowledge about our culture and history. I feel you've come here a lot, and I hope to see you here again and again. Keep up the good work !
I am an English titled man living happily in Latvia with lots of Latvian friends .My wife is Latvian too . Built house and gardens and can speak 6 words of Latvian in 14 years. Not my strong point sorry Paldies
Justin, I swear, you can make any city look like a tourist paradise. Great videos, having lots of fun watching them and I can't wait to visit some of those places.
These videos are so great! I think even locals should watch them because even we dont know some of the places you show on your videos. Thank you for the amazing content!
I love you channel. Your latvian becomes so better. I am very proud that u honor our country. If I didnt so much work I would love to drink some Moonshine with you ;)
20:45 😂 It’s never boring in Riga. I like how you communicated in mashup of different languages as if it’s completely normal. 😂 Quince lemonade is very nice. We used to grow quince and make the syrup ourselves. It’s very popular. And Tarhūns - taste of my childhood. I think I haven’t drunk it since I was 12 or something like that. I really need to go and visit these places once I’m back in Riga!
That was another amazing video from you Justin. It is not easy to came across anyone who is able to speak yiddish. And the russian girl speaking with an Irish accent was another marvelous thing.
Hi Justin, your video came one day too late. I took Luxexpress today, Vilnius to Tallinn with my wife. We had a 30 min stop in Riga, just enough time to buy some shprot at the market, and continue our route. I hope I can make it another time to Riga. Nice to watch your videos, always!
Hi Justin I saw many videos of Riga from you, thank you for a great contents I will visit Riga in 3 weeks really looking forward to it. Thank you for giving tip and tricks.
Brigitte L Jones. You are amazing. Being the daughter of WW2 Latvian refugees who came to Australia around late 1948 you captured the kinds of fun interactions my Dad & Mum had with all types of Nationalities, the multilingual abilities of folk and awareness of various specialized foods they had plus the outright best note authentic versions of Latvian dishes and culture to be found in Riga. By the way many of us speak Latvian mixed with English when growing up in Australia.
Visited twice already this year , Coming back to visit in June, Love the place, Really like the market ,Found the people to be real friendly to us brits, Love the food and beer.
Glad I met you the other night, thanks again for making great content. Hope you had a fun night out. I got stung by the taxi at the airport once. I flew in late at night, bolts kept cancelling on me for a half an hour, they didn't want to drive out of town, and no bus, I asked about the taxi, they said the same thing 20-25 euro and it was only about 7 or 8 euro more than bolt quoted me..... So I took a taxi to the quiet center.... they tried to charge me 80 euro for a 15 minute drive.
Likewise mate, was a real pleasure. They will try it on, that is why I try to inform people so they want to come again... Trying to resuscitate tourism here🤪
Hey Justin, love your videos mate. I'm a Latvian who resides in London. Fascinating to be living in London and watching a brit exlpore the areas I grew up in. Hope to run into you one day and buy you a beer!
Loved the whirlwind tour! So much fun and good food to be had in Riga. I get such a kick out of you being recognized by your viewers. Uldis was my dad's oldest brother's name.
Yep,. My visit to the Corner House during the winter time left chills up my spine. It is a good thing they left the paint in the corridors peeling and in derelict state from the Soviet era; it elevates level to the next step the trauma of just to be there. But by the same token, it would be inappropriate to sweep the history of the place under a carpet. Additionally, at the time of my visit, the rear courtyard was frozen over with ice. It was dangerous to try to walk down the concrete steps to get a closer look at the courtyard itself.
I’m honestly getting pissed at the algorithm! Here, let me please you. Family friendly, informative, very useful, entertaining, travel with smile, awesome video, shared it with the colleagues and family and we all laughed and had fun, even grandma can’t stop talking about it. Please share a link where I can buy your backpack and book a hotel a hotel in marvellous Riga. Can’t wait for the next upload and the next video, subscribed and shared with friends, we want to go on a holiday in Eastern Europe. Much love Justin, you’re the best!
Thank you mate for such a kind comment and for sharing with your friends and family. I really appreciate the support. What do you mean by link to backpack??? Say hi to Grandma,❤️
Hello mate, For hotels this is the best price to value in Riga in my opinion. operahotel.lv/ Please let me know if you book with them, so I can keep track of who I refer to them Thanks mate and hi to grandma
Originally Agenskalna market was built before Soviet occupation. It wasn’t built by Soviets. Open since 1898, Āgenskalns Market is the largest and oldest market on the left bank of the Daugava River and holds the status of a national cultural monument.
I had never considered traveling to Eastern Europe until I came up with your channel, You see, here in Mexico you don't really hear about people going to those amazing countries, so they sadly go unoticed for most of us. And as I'm typing this comment I realize I could've wrote it in Spanish and you would've understand it hehe. Saludos desde Tijuana, México Justin! Gracias por el contenido!
Missed besst places in Riga though, but i really suggest that you travel more in Latvia, also balzam shot no no we have tradition with coffee try with that really good taste.
Great vid, looking at visiting Riga in September. Will be my first time. What flight would you recommend? Air Baltic or Ryanair from the UK? Thanks. You have a new subscriber. :)
Thank you so much mate... I appreciate the support. Air Baltic is better as an airline and getting to Stansted for Ryanair is also a pain... But that depends where in the UK you are. I would choose Ryanair
@@J.E.E Booked a return from gatwick on air baltic. Was arkward on ryanair, being based in the Channel Islands, hope I don't have any problems. :) Hope we cross paths when I'm over.
@@hurmane.8593 well I disagree and we have a very Northern culture and mentality, much more in common with Sweden or Finland than ruzzia apart from having been invaded by it and still today having lots of soviet zombies from there.
@@martinskesteris8664 I've lived in Scandinavia and Latvia for many years. We are MILES away from Sweden. Our governments and people as a hive mind are still very eastern European. You saying we have a ''very northern'' culture shows you've never been or lived long enough in northern eu to actually compare and see the difference. Latvia is changing for the better by eradicating soviet left overs but our progress is very slow unfortunately. A lot of our culture and government is very old fashioned. We have a lot of problems in the socio economic state. A lot of people are struggling which is a lot less pronounced in Scandinavia. Our school systems and prisons are in a very last century state. Our government isn't the sharpest tool in the shed either.. a lot of obvious corruption. 90% of my friends don't work in latvia because the wages are horrible even for a single person. They work in places like the netherlands, scandinavia, uk. And thats a reality for many young people now. This fact alone proves we are far from northern eu standarts.
Poland-Latvia-Lithuania what country is the cheapest (in order)?? what's the name of the place u took breakfast in Riga?? is taking bus or train the best option to move from one country to another? Greetings from Chile!!!
Poland Lithuania Latvia The Bakery is called Martina Bekereja I would say bus, there is a company called Lux Express with the moat comfortable buses. Here is a promo code I have for my audience that will get you a 30% discount. LUXJEE30
They raised the prices not that long ago. It's now 1,50€ for a 90 min ticket. They got rid of the single ride ticket, but now you can ride in different transports for 90 min with the same ticket. And Nr. 22 bus is the only one, where you can buy the ticket from the driver and it costs 1,81€ there
I think I will come to Riga.Been to Athens, Ikaria, Istanbul, Jordan...yeah, like your insights. Lookingfor a travel partner to do this with. Not in a creepy way.
@@J.E.E Bro I've been everywhere from America to Africa to Asia to Europe. I live in the Riga region. It is a dump. A total dump. The most run down capital city in the E.U. Tell me a city that is worse.
''Pīrāgi'' are actually those russian pastries. Same thing. Since Latvia has been occupied by the soviet union a lot of food here is ''russian''. I feel like all these ex soviet countries like to claim their own food but in reality we all eat the same food just under different names. Soups be it soļanka, boršs, pelmeņi, potatoes with meat or cutlets. It's all the same thing. I don't think countries like russia, ukraine, belarus, the baltics, poland and some eastern eu contries eat differently. It's all the same food under different/similar names.
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Incredible video. So interesting to see how beautiful Riga truly is! ❤🇱🇻
Thank you so much, i really appreciate the nice comment! 👍🙂
What a brilliant video! Absolutely amazing places shown, loved the concept of this video - very dynamic! Greetings from us!
As a born and raised Latvian, I'm astonished by your latvian and knowledge about our culture and history. I feel you've come here a lot, and I hope to see you here again and again. Keep up the good work !
Lol. History of Latvia. 1) Being under Sweden Empire 2) Being under Russian Empire 3) Being under Germany 4) Being under USSR 5) Being under USA.
I am an English titled man living happily in Latvia with lots of Latvian friends .My wife is Latvian too . Built house and gardens and can speak 6 words of Latvian in 14 years. Not my strong point sorry Paldies
Justin, I swear, you can make any city look like a tourist paradise. Great videos, having lots of fun watching them and I can't wait to visit some of those places.
These videos are so great! I think even locals should watch them because even we dont know some of the places you show on your videos. Thank you for the amazing content!
Thank you mate, that means a lot .
Plenty more to come, so stay tuned👍
Locals are watching 😂✋
trust me locals are here ;)
Same- very very happy He’s on this part of the World and showing Bits by bits - Im Happy brother , thanks for the Enthusiasm Justiiin 💪🏽🥃🥃 cheers
You sitting with that violinist two bilingual eccentrics it was a great interaction!
Glad you enjoyed it! 👍🙂
That was very good Latvian, cheers mate!
I love you channel. Your latvian becomes so better. I am very proud that u honor our country. If I didnt so much work I would love to drink some Moonshine with you ;)
Thank you my friend for such a kind and supportive comment.
If you find the time for some moonshine, let me know👍👍👍
20:45 😂 It’s never boring in Riga. I like how you communicated in mashup of different languages as if it’s completely normal. 😂
Quince lemonade is very nice. We used to grow quince and make the syrup ourselves. It’s very popular.
And Tarhūns - taste of my childhood. I think I haven’t drunk it since I was 12 or something like that. I really need to go and visit these places once I’m back in Riga!
U are perfect man for travel blog ..
The way u talk, meet people, etc absolutely awesome
Thank you so much for your kind comment, i really appreciate it!! 👍😃
That was another amazing video from you Justin. It is not easy to came across anyone who is able to speak yiddish. And the russian girl speaking with an Irish accent was another marvelous thing.
Hi Justin, your video came one day too late. I took Luxexpress today, Vilnius to Tallinn with my wife. We had a 30 min stop in Riga, just enough time to buy some shprot at the market, and continue our route. I hope I can make it another time to Riga. Nice to watch your videos, always!
Great video as ussual!👍
I am so glad you enjoyed it! 👍🙂
Hi Justin I saw many videos of Riga from you, thank you for a great contents I will visit Riga in 3 weeks really looking forward to it. Thank you for giving tip and tricks.
Excellent video and tour if the city brother ! Thank u
Much appreciated brother👍🙏
During the school time i was really into history but i did not even know these facts about Riga. That is amazing!
Thank you so much! 👍🙂
Brigitte L Jones. You are amazing. Being the daughter of WW2 Latvian refugees who came to Australia around late 1948 you captured the kinds of fun interactions my Dad & Mum had with all types of Nationalities, the multilingual abilities of folk and awareness of various specialized foods they had plus the outright best note authentic versions of Latvian dishes and culture to be found in Riga. By the way many of us speak Latvian mixed with English when growing up in Australia.
Justin, truly one of the BEST travel videos.
Enjoy every one of your videos. Thanks Mate, for sharing.
Thank you so much, i really appreciate the support! 👍😃
Visited twice already this year , Coming back to visit in June, Love the place, Really like the market ,Found the people to be real friendly to us brits, Love the food and beer.
If you can visit in 23th and 24th of June, it's midsummer ir Latvia, and everyone is celebrating
Thanks mate. I’ll be making note of all your hints to make my 3 week stay in Riga memorable
Agent CIA you. Me? James Bond :) This episode really made me laugh. Keep it up Justin with amazing vlogs.
Thank you mate, i am glad you enjoyed the video! 👍🙂
Thank you very much, Justin, for great video about my hometown Riga! So positive! 👍
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for watching and commenting! 👍🙂
Thanks for sharing mate was good fun🎉🎉
Glad you enjoyed it! 👍🙂
Awesome video! :) 👍
Thank you so much! 👍🙂
Glad I met you the other night, thanks again for making great content. Hope you had a fun night out. I got stung by the taxi at the airport once. I flew in late at night, bolts kept cancelling on me for a half an hour, they didn't want to drive out of town, and no bus, I asked about the taxi, they said the same thing 20-25 euro and it was only about 7 or 8 euro more than bolt quoted me.....
So I took a taxi to the quiet center.... they tried to charge me 80 euro for a 15 minute drive.
Likewise mate, was a real pleasure.
They will try it on, that is why I try to inform people so they want to come again... Trying to resuscitate tourism here🤪
Thank you dear Justin
Thank you so much for watching and commenting! 🙂👍
Hey Justin, love your videos mate. I'm a Latvian who resides in London. Fascinating to be living in London and watching a brit exlpore the areas I grew up in. Hope to run into you one day and buy you a beer!
thanks for another wonderful video, now time to do 24 hours in Vilnius and 24 hours in Tallin :)
Riga is beautiful, tnx for sharing
It really is... Thanks for watching mate
This video is gold ❤
Loved the whirlwind tour! So much fun and good food to be had in Riga. I get such a kick out of you being recognized by your viewers. Uldis was my dad's oldest brother's name.
It was my dad’s name. I think it’s such a masculine, strong and nice name.
Your latvian videos are my favourite and its ❤❤
Glad you like them! 👍🙂 Thank you so much for watching and commenting!
Superb video. 👏
Thanks a lot 😊👍
Haha Fu”king love it…! 😂 the best ever- love the video- 24hours… …well done
Thank you so much, i am so glad you enjoyed the video!! 👍🙂
Justin, I reckon you are the only person from all around the world who can socialise with that young musician lady!
Looks like it's finally time for a Liepaja video!
We love your videos! We went to Riga last summer and felt like we knew the city before we went. Thank you!
We’ve just booked a flight to Riga today with my loved one, what a coincidence. Thanks for the info!
Great video as usual
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
That Irish accent was amazing.
I was also taken by surprise
Pity we didn't catch the name of the first pastry shop. Coming up to Rīga next week & looks like the place to start the morning. Cheers!
Mārtiņa Beķereja, a legendary place
@@ok-vk9fv Thanks mate. Now that you mention it, I am familiar with the chain. Latvia's oldest patisserie. 👌
Great video and advice. You say you are only in Riga for 48hrs, have you relocated?
Your Latvian is amazing! Good Job.
Wow, thank you so much, es mācos katru dienu! 👍🙂
Yep,. My visit to the Corner House during the winter time left chills up my spine. It is a good thing they left the paint in the corridors peeling and in derelict state from the Soviet era; it elevates level to the next step the trauma of just to be there. But by the same token, it would be inappropriate to sweep the history of the place under a carpet. Additionally, at the time of my visit, the rear courtyard was frozen over with ice. It was dangerous to try to walk down the concrete steps to get a closer look at the courtyard itself.
I’m honestly getting pissed at the algorithm! Here, let me please you. Family friendly, informative, very useful, entertaining, travel with smile, awesome video, shared it with the colleagues and family and we all laughed and had fun, even grandma can’t stop talking about it. Please share a link where I can buy your backpack and book a hotel a hotel in marvellous Riga. Can’t wait for the next upload and the next video, subscribed and shared with friends, we want to go on a holiday in Eastern Europe.
Much love Justin, you’re the best!
Thank you mate for such a kind comment and for sharing with your friends and family. I really appreciate the support.
What do you mean by link to backpack???
Say hi to Grandma,❤️
Hello mate,
For hotels this is the best price to value in Riga in my opinion.
operahotel.lv/
Please let me know if you book with them, so I can keep track of who I refer to them
Thanks mate and hi to grandma
Great video! What's the name of the place you got those piragis?
4:27 - 5:02 Bravo Justin on your Latvian. 25:27 haha the lady Diana is my neighbour living in Jurmala
Thank you so much, i appreciate the support!! 👍😃
Can I please inform you that Latvia is not Eastern Europe but North Central Europe.
Finland and Greece are more Eastern. Sorry to be pedantic. Tim
Hungary is also in East Europe, and try and compare...
Originally Agenskalna market was built before Soviet occupation. It wasn’t built by Soviets.
Open since 1898, Āgenskalns Market is the largest and oldest market on the left bank of the Daugava River and holds the status of a national cultural monument.
Jūs forši runājiet latviski. Super! ❤🤟😊
Liels paldies! 👍🙂
I had never considered traveling to Eastern Europe until I came up with your channel, You see, here in Mexico you don't really hear about people going to those amazing countries, so they sadly go unoticed for most of us. And as I'm typing this comment I realize I could've wrote it in Spanish and you would've understand it hehe. Saludos desde Tijuana, México Justin! Gracias por el contenido!
You really outdid yourself with this one. See you in July.
Thank you so much for you feedback! 👍😃
Thank you for nice videos.
Seen you on a plane to Rīga some time ago, why do you look like you expect and wait for people to recognize you? 😂😂 ❤
So good!!!!
Thank you so much! 🙂👍
Hello. I'm going to riga next year, what's the name of the first cafe in your video, I don't think you mentioned it, but it looks amazing
Missed besst places in Riga though, but i really suggest that you travel more in Latvia, also balzam shot no no we have tradition with coffee try with that really good taste.
the old lady seemed like your soulmate, bit of a loopy woman tho :D
Was she on the moonshine you think
@@danw7198 not necessarily, just old
She was right about drinking bit by bit, and about the CIA 😉
@@dakostova James Bond 007
That Irish accent is flawless!
Thank you 🙂
Good job!
Thank you so much!
what a lady.
👍🙂
Huge thumbs up for speaking Latvian. Best video for tourists of `What to DO in Riga in 24hs`
Thank you so much for your kind comment, i really appreciate it!! 👍😃
i hope to come soon to riga to see you justin
Would be amazing my friend👍
Just watching your very interesting videos. Well done bro👍 Just one question. Where did you learn the Russian language? You speak very well.
We need to hear Justin with his guitar!
justine are you still in riga? is the latgale flee market is it still open i will be there this april
Don't forget to visit the motor car museum too!
Excellent video, i think Ludmila is a Russian :)
Thank you so much 🙂👍
Is the Agenskalna Tirgus duplicative of the Central Market?
" lets meet locals " proceeds to show bird xD
Great vid, looking at visiting Riga in September.
Will be my first time.
What flight would you recommend?
Air Baltic or Ryanair from the UK?
Thanks.
You have a new subscriber. :)
Thank you so much mate... I appreciate the support.
Air Baltic is better as an airline and getting to Stansted for Ryanair is also a pain... But that depends where in the UK you are.
I would choose Ryanair
@@J.E.E Booked a return from gatwick on air baltic.
Was arkward on ryanair, being based in the Channel Islands, hope I don't have any problems. :)
Hope we cross paths when I'm over.
Thanks for replying.
Let me know your dates... Would be great to meet
I have tried the Georgian Khachapuri at the ÅGENSKALNA Market and it was really tasty...............
Happy to hear that! 👍😃
If I received a penny each time you say 'guys', i would be a millionaire!
Need to go to adjective school. Did you count the number of times "amazing" was used? Amazing.
Rīga is great, Latvia is even better. Welcome to Northern Europe.
Agreed… thanks for watching my friend! 👍🙂
if anything we're more eastern than nothern in terms of our culture and mentality, geographically we're north eastern europe.
@@hurmane.8593 well I disagree and we have a very Northern culture and mentality, much more in common with Sweden or Finland than ruzzia apart from having been invaded by it and still today having lots of soviet zombies from there.
@@martinskesteris8664 I've lived in Scandinavia and Latvia for many years. We are MILES away from Sweden. Our governments and people as a hive mind are still very eastern European. You saying we have a ''very northern'' culture shows you've never been or lived long enough in northern eu to actually compare and see the difference. Latvia is changing for the better by eradicating soviet left overs but our progress is very slow unfortunately. A lot of our culture and government is very old fashioned. We have a lot of problems in the socio economic state. A lot of people are struggling which is a lot less pronounced in Scandinavia. Our school systems and prisons are in a very last century state. Our government isn't the sharpest tool in the shed either.. a lot of obvious corruption. 90% of my friends don't work in latvia because the wages are horrible even for a single person. They work in places like the netherlands, scandinavia, uk. And thats a reality for many young people now. This fact alone proves we are far from northern eu standarts.
@@hurmane.8593 miles away from Sweden because Sweden was never invaded by ruzzia. Otherwise very close yet more so with finns
Poland-Latvia-Lithuania
what country is the cheapest (in order)?? what's the name of the place u took breakfast in Riga?? is taking bus or train the best option to move from one country to another?
Greetings from Chile!!!
Poland
Lithuania
Latvia
The Bakery is called Martina Bekereja
I would say bus, there is a company called Lux Express with the moat comfortable buses.
Here is a promo code I have for my audience that will get you a 30% discount.
LUXJEE30
number 22 bus travels to the center of Riga for 1.15 euros. It runs from 5 in the morning to 11 pm.
Thank you very much for your input! 👍🙂
They raised the prices not that long ago. It's now 1,50€ for a 90 min ticket. They got rid of the single ride ticket, but now you can ride in different transports for 90 min with the same ticket. And Nr. 22 bus is the only one, where you can buy the ticket from the driver and it costs 1,81€ there
Are you planning to go to Tallinn and explore the city like in this video? Would be super Nice
When do you come back in Riga?
"You agent" ; "Me James Bond"😂
I think I will come to Riga.Been to Athens, Ikaria, Istanbul, Jordan...yeah, like your insights. Lookingfor a travel partner to do this with. Not in a creepy way.
Seasoned traveller, where are you from?
@@J.E.E I currently live in Texas, originally from Michigan.
What is the name of the bakery with all the piragi?
Mārtiņa Beķereja
Name of bakery?
Next time go to the klusais centrs especially Antonijas street and the restaurant Lidojošā varde. For me that’s the best Riga
Thanks for the advice, i will try it next time!! 👍😃
A bus has a specific time a specific route. Unless you know the taxi driver always take the bus when you come to a new city.
Was that me with the taxi?!
No, it was another mate. When are you back in Riga?
Hi Mate - the same thing happened to me 🤦♂️ We will probably be back in July/ August for a few weeks 👍 Agi would like a review on the kiwi bar 😃
Whats the name of Piradzini place?
Here you go
maps.app.goo.gl/KFucNbjqjnDoWD318
you have good latvian accent
Thank you so much, i appreciate the kind comment! 👍🙂
im usualy a hater, but you ares so good that you erned like and suscribe
Thank you mate👍👌
Justin what is your rating of baltics countries i think Latvia>Estonia>Lithuania
I think the lady you sat with had been indulging in a little too much of the wobbly juice !
I can confidently say that Riga is the most run down capital city in the entire European Union.
Try getting around more... Berlin, Brussels would be a good starting point to clarify what you are claiming!!!
@@J.E.E I said run down, not diverse.
Once again, you need to travel more.
ruclips.net/video/Os7wsJf_UPg/видео.html
A video I made, show me one inch of Riga that looks like this
@@J.E.E Bro I've been everywhere from America to Africa to Asia to Europe. I live in the Riga region. It is a dump. A total dump. The most run down capital city in the E.U. Tell me a city that is worse.
Click the link then talk to me
3:06 Man smokes in wrong place. -100 euros.
Hello ! I thought u living Riga, no? 🙀
Just use bus 22 to get to the town. it is only 1.50
''Pīrāgi'' are actually those russian pastries. Same thing. Since Latvia has been occupied by the soviet union a lot of food here is ''russian''. I feel like all these ex soviet countries like to claim their own food but in reality we all eat the same food just under different names. Soups be it soļanka, boršs, pelmeņi, potatoes with meat or cutlets. It's all the same thing. I don't think countries like russia, ukraine, belarus, the baltics, poland and some eastern eu contries eat differently. It's all the same food under different/similar names.
riga its like saratov
Its nice because its not so blacked
People from kgb havent left latvia, instead they opened big companies and continued controlling latvian market even in independent times
went to riga and kuldiga last year, very beautiful. that fish food shop looks quite nice.