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RIGA is the undisputed Baltic metropolis, a major port and industrial centre of nearly a million people. The city was founded by Albert von Buxhoeveden, a German canon who arrived in 1201 with twenty shiploads of crusaders to convert the Latvian tribes to Christianity. The main Hanseatic outpost in the region, Riga was run by German nobles and merchants even when wider political control passed to other powers, starting with the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the late sixteenth century. After a subsequent period of Swedish rule Riga became part of the Russian Empire in 1710 and during the second half of the nineteenth century it developed into a major manufacturing centre. Badly damaged during World War I, the city made a comeback during the first Latvian independence and remained a major centre after the country was swallowed up by the Soviet Union in 1940. Under the Soviets, the influx of Russian immigrants reduced the Latvians to a minority in their own capital - forty-seven percent of the city's population is now Russian, with a further sixteen percent made up of other non-Latvian nationalities. These days Riga has a boom-town feel with a small but conspicuous section of the population making big bucks from the get-rich-quick opportunities thrown up by the switch to full-blown market economics.
Vecriga or Old Riga , centred on Cathedral Square (Doma laukums) and neatly cut in two from east to west by Kalku iela, forms the nucleus of Riga and is home to the majority of the city's historic buildings. To the east Old Riga is bordered by Bastejkalns Park, beyond which lies the New Town, the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century extension of the city which contains some remarkable Jugendstil architecture.
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Radisson SAS Daugava Hotel
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Rooms From:
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45 - 55
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24 Kugu Street, Riga LV-1048, Latvia
Hotel in Riga
Radisson SAS Daugava Hotel is centrally located on the banks of the Daugava River and only 9 km from Riga International Airport. It offers 361 en-suite bedrooms and facilities include two restaurants - American Café and Talavera - Mediterranean restaurant, bar, 24 hour room service, world class health club with indoor swimming pool and sauna, hair salon, bank, gift shop, Olympic Casino and free scheduled airport and Old Town shuttle.
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Maritim Park Hotel Riga
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Rooms From:
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Up to 45
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1 Slokas str, Riga LV-1048, Latvia
Hotel in Riga
The recently renovated Park Hotel Riga is located on the left bank of the river Daugava next to the Uzvaras park and not far from the city centre. Culinary delights are served in the panoramic restaurant overlooking the river Daugava and the historical old part of the town. Experience the eventful history of Riga by strolling through its narrow and romantic lanes with its lovely ancient buildings.
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