A Local's Guide to RIGA, LATVIA

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  • Опубліковано 11 вер 2022
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    Normally, we research the best things to eat, see and do in every city. Riga was different. Our Airbnb host sent us so many recommendations before our stay we simply chose to follow their list and see what happened. This is a guide to Riga through the eyes of a local.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 88

  • @dmz7550
    @dmz7550 Рік тому +11

    Just learned you two are from Michigan and attended MSU! My husband and I also met at MSU (1985). Love watching your travels. Go Green, Go White!

  • @theresekalnajs3385
    @theresekalnajs3385 10 місяців тому +2

    We will be heading to Latvia for the third time in the last five years. Love this country. My husband is the Latvian. He has family there and we haven't been since 2019> And I love your suggestions. Thank you

  • @mikuskokenbergs8853
    @mikuskokenbergs8853 11 місяців тому +3

    Lovely video! Thank You. Hi from Riga. 👋🙂

  • @iminspirationalmusic6652
    @iminspirationalmusic6652 Рік тому +4

    💖 Very beautiful video sharing Stay Blessed 💖

  • @rendzen3586
    @rendzen3586 Рік тому +5

    It wasnt beer, it was kvass. its non alcoholic brewed drink ( at Lido )

  • @capsmartins
    @capsmartins Рік тому +2

    Like food u say? Well… i have travel a lot,latvian food and BEEEEER is the best. You can find everything you like. I think thats way, we are so picky in other countries. Great video, guys!

  • @j.k.p.3380
    @j.k.p.3380 Рік тому +8

    From one Spartan to another, I love your videos. I'm headed to Riga in two weeks and will be using your suggestions as my roadmap. Also a passionate traveler, it's so nice to watch you guys wind your way across the world. Go green!

    • @SOSASATSUNRISE
      @SOSASATSUNRISE  Рік тому +1

      Go white! Riga was one of our favorites. Some of the best beer in Europe and so much to see and do. Have a great time!

    • @rajanaidu237
      @rajanaidu237 23 дні тому

      @@SOSASATSUNRISE I see that it is warm in Latvia. I see lot of sunlight in your video. Which month did you visit Latvia ?

  • @mkraulis
    @mkraulis Рік тому +5

    The food at the Lido is pretty darn good. Also, their Uzavas beer is tasty.
    My favourite place closed down; it was a restaurant which served pancakes filled with meat, mushroom, potato pancakes , Apple pancakes, Banana pancakes. Chef Pavar Wilhelm, Come Back!
    Good video.👍

  • @herculess344
    @herculess344 4 місяці тому +2

    I'm visiting Riga in 3 weeks with my kids, I will follow your advices, if you can make a great video after all those beers 🍻 it will be probably easy for me to manage them 😂

  • @rachellebeebe9809
    @rachellebeebe9809 Рік тому +5

    Definitely need to add Riga to the bucketlist after seeing and hearing about all the breweries!!!

    • @SOSASATSUNRISE
      @SOSASATSUNRISE  Рік тому +1

      Great beer in Riga and some of the best bar snacks ever!

  • @annavk7672
    @annavk7672 Рік тому +2

    8:17 - Yes, absolutely the best restaurant. I've been there many times with my mom and her friend at this point, and I can't forget about the quality of food 😆 Also, the best bread!

  • @loreng7433
    @loreng7433 10 місяців тому +1

    I knew that ya'll sounded familiar. I'm originally from Michigan as well, but live in the South now. I may be studying abroad in Latvia next year. This video was apart of my casual research. Thanks!

  • @GreatCityAttractions
    @GreatCityAttractions 10 місяців тому +2

    Another nice video guys - Riga looks a beautiful vibe.

  • @TeethAndEyeballs
    @TeethAndEyeballs Рік тому

    Thank you for this video. I will be in Riga this month, so this was very helpful!

  • @mariedreamer3977
    @mariedreamer3977 Рік тому +1

    I love this market! I'm going to Riga in November, I shall definitely visit it!!

  • @susantafil3820
    @susantafil3820 Рік тому +1

    That’s one huge market and looks very well kept👍👍

  • @WINGSANDRAILS
    @WINGSANDRAILS 9 місяців тому

    Going there in 2 weeks! Thanks for the video!

  • @viviane9756
    @viviane9756 Рік тому

    In 2 days I am going to Riga. Thanks to share this video to us!

  • @gregmack3076
    @gregmack3076 Рік тому +1

    Good job again you two

  • @d49erh2
    @d49erh2 11 місяців тому +1

    That's a lovely tour of Riga! Thanks, from the local!

    • @d49erh2
      @d49erh2 11 місяців тому +1

      And visit to Valmiermuiza! That's very local. You are local, now. 😂 Enjoying your videos, so cool!

  • @murtazabaig3695
    @murtazabaig3695 11 місяців тому +1

    Greeting from Pakistan 🌹 with love

  • @jessbracken8943
    @jessbracken8943 Рік тому +1

    My fave hockey player
    Teddy Blueger is from Riga
    Beautiful place

    • @SOSASATSUNRISE
      @SOSASATSUNRISE  Рік тому +1

      Loved Riga! We were shocked when the bartender not only knew who the Red Wings were, but also the Griffins, our local team.

    • @jessbracken8943
      @jessbracken8943 Рік тому

      @@SOSASATSUNRISE pittsburgh pens fan here
      BUT BUT BUT
      we respect the hell outta the red wings
      Got family in Lansing

  • @kaylee6641
    @kaylee6641 Рік тому +1

    Lol @ the craft show comment at the end. Can’t wait for the next video 🤗

  • @galandec100
    @galandec100 Рік тому

    im Latvian and i didnt even know we got palces like that :D thanks for visit!

  • @sirgalahad1470
    @sirgalahad1470 2 місяці тому

    I can't believe I just watched a video on Riga without seeing The House of the Blackheads lol. Great video ! I am headed there for a remote work trip in July and you guys just showed me some great places to eat and drink ! Thanks !

  • @normundsrozenbergs4882
    @normundsrozenbergs4882 Рік тому +15

    Unfortunately this pie definately was not the one from your host's advice. I am sure he or she meant speķa pīrāgi, that are small pies and filled with cut meat instead of minced meat. The difference is essential.

    • @maddsgolds9131
      @maddsgolds9131 Рік тому +2

      I agree

    • @7heavenfist572
      @7heavenfist572 8 місяців тому +1

      Speķa pīrādziņi būtu tāda niekošanās izsalkušiem vēderiem, jo ceļotāji paņēma tieši tos pīrāgus, kas apmierinās viņu apetīti.

  • @raunohamalainen9667
    @raunohamalainen9667 Рік тому +4

    What are your plans?how long you are travelling at different countries? hopely many more places! it`s so cool to follow your trip! greets from Finland!!

    • @SOSASATSUNRISE
      @SOSASATSUNRISE  Рік тому +2

      Welcome to the channel! With the help of our viewers, we hope our travels through Europe are only the beginning.

  • @F4Q
    @F4Q Рік тому +6

    Latvian here. Nice to see that even over pond friends are visiting Baltic countries. Seems you had very welcoming host in your AirBnb and pointed out good places to visit, it specially "Ala" (Cave) folk club, as in evenings it is very packed.
    About food - i guess after visiting Germany you will see a lot of common things, it specially love with beer. :D

    • @SOSASATSUNRISE
      @SOSASATSUNRISE  Рік тому +2

      We think Riga had some of the best beer anywhere in Europe! Riga is a gem. More people should put it on their list to visit.

  • @SergioUribe
    @SergioUribe 2 місяці тому

    Great video, some places that I didn't know, cheers from Cēsis! (near Rīga) (BTW: Cēsis is near Valmiera. This is where Valmiermuiža beer comes from)

  • @andersgranstrom7128
    @andersgranstrom7128 Рік тому +2

    Great to follow your journey! Love your energy och your love of beer! 😉Greetings from Sweden! And yeah, by the way, when are you coming here?

    • @SOSASATSUNRISE
      @SOSASATSUNRISE  Рік тому +1

      Thank you! Stay tuned! More of Scandinavia coming in a little over a month 😀

    • @andersgranstrom7128
      @andersgranstrom7128 Рік тому

      @@SOSASATSUNRISE Ahh, great news!! 😀Welcome! 🙂

  • @mikuskokenbergs8853
    @mikuskokenbergs8853 11 місяців тому +2

    In Latvia "yes" in "jā" (sounds more like "yaa" with prolonged a). "Da" is in Russian. :)

  • @alicedavey4402
    @alicedavey4402 2 місяці тому +1

    My wife is Latvian she says you need to go to the market earlier like as soon as it opens. I

  • @birgitnazarian8767
    @birgitnazarian8767 Рік тому +2

    Any tips on how you learned how to use the public transportation in Latvia so quickly? I live in rural Ohio, no public transportation so I always feel a bit overwhelmed by buying a 24 hr pass for transportation in Europe. Loved your tour. Thanks for sharing! Sounds like your host was very nice & helpful.

    • @SOSASATSUNRISE
      @SOSASATSUNRISE  Рік тому +5

      Google maps! There is a public transport option for directions that works well in the majority of Europe. If Google maps does not work well in a particular country, there is most likely another app that does. Large metro stations also have information desks that are very helpful. Thank you for watching! 😀

    • @birgitnazarian8767
      @birgitnazarian8767 Рік тому +1

      @@SOSASATSUNRISE Thank you! I always get a little confused especially with buses & trams, making connections. Trains I just get on the wrong platform usually or confuse platform with train number. 🤷‍♀️

  • @hissdudness
    @hissdudness Рік тому +1

    F***ing nice review! I am from Riga

  • @haraldjurgenweiler9738
    @haraldjurgenweiler9738 Рік тому +6

    😂😅😂 Can anybody explain why Americans cannot use knife? Eating a côtelette just with fork??? In old Europe? In my old Europe. Strange.

    • @colleenpeck6347
      @colleenpeck6347 Рік тому +1

      Only Americans that don't have table etiquette. Young people are raised on fast food, they don't even know how to properly set a table!

  • @user-yj3ee2bj3i
    @user-yj3ee2bj3i Рік тому +1

    What is that bar's name? I am not seeing it correctly i think. Thanks!
    I am in Riga now and it's amazing!

  • @N_0968
    @N_0968 Рік тому

    Did you try Saku Tume in Estonia? It’s the best dark beer ever. I miss it so much. 😢

    • @SOSASATSUNRISE
      @SOSASATSUNRISE  Рік тому +1

      I don't think we did try Saku Tume and we love dark beer! Adding it to the list for next time 😀

  • @cerebrumexcrement
    @cerebrumexcrement 10 місяців тому +1

    there are a lot of good craft breweries in the u.s. u prob never been to one.

  • @oapazbal
    @oapazbal Рік тому

    Lo mismo me estaba preguntando.....por qué tanta cerveza....lo bueno es que los riñones deben estar bien limpios....lo malo....el hígado....😅😅😅😅😅

  • @doberman921
    @doberman921 10 місяців тому +2

    Clean and beautiful city..❤

  • @hwy9nightkid
    @hwy9nightkid 9 місяців тому

    10:46 looks like Snowdens cousin working the till!?!!

  • @abulkalamsikder677
    @abulkalamsikder677 4 місяці тому

    MD. ASHIQUR RAHAMAN SIKDER from chandpur, Bangladesh

  • @jessbracken8943
    @jessbracken8943 Рік тому

    You guys should be HUGE
    So good love it
    Hope yinz get married

    • @SOSASATSUNRISE
      @SOSASATSUNRISE  Рік тому +1

      Thank you so much! We have actually been married for 3 years now. 🥰

    • @jessbracken8943
      @jessbracken8943 Рік тому

      @@SOSASATSUNRISE love this

  • @susantafil3820
    @susantafil3820 Рік тому +1

    Is it beer or kava’s??😂🤣

  • @marutakelers1856
    @marutakelers1856 Рік тому +1

    traditional piragi are small oval or crescent shaped buns, filled with chopped bacon and onions. Not sure why that vendor calls their big meat pies "piragi".

    • @mafioziks
      @mafioziks 8 місяців тому +1

      "Pīrāgs" means pie. The ones you mention - the traditional ones are often also referred as "speķa pīrādziņi" which means beacon pies but word pies in deminutive and plurar form as they are smaller and usually bought multiple. Usually people really understand by using both versions that talk is about traditional ones as they are so popular and as other kind of pies often is referred with more specific names.

    • @marutakelers1856
      @marutakelers1856 8 місяців тому

      @@mafioziks Pirags doesn't mean pie. that's rausis. Ragi means horns. Piragi are specific crescent shaped buns.

    • @mafioziks
      @mafioziks 7 місяців тому +2

      @@marutakelers1856 Not always. Try to google pictures of ābolu pīrāgs. It will show you pictures of apple pie that looks quite similar to pies I have seen in American movies.
      Just for safety I rechecked definition and it basically says that pīrāgs is bread type food with filling. Usually crescent or oval form. Also I have experienced time to time people referring apply pie type deserts to be referred as pīrāgs.
      Rausis nowadays is used quite rarely from my experience. By definition it is food with a pit for placing content. So it is quite similar if you look on definitions.
      I guess that you can say that both Latvian words relates to English word pie in situations.

    • @frederickmuhlbauer9477
      @frederickmuhlbauer9477 4 місяці тому

      Pierogi

  • @martinskesteris8664
    @martinskesteris8664 Рік тому

    Not Lee dough and not lie dough either. The i is always i like in whip, and the o is always something like uo/oo ah. Unless it's a foreign word with just a normal o like old. And then you can choose the meaning. The verb to fly in the third person or a beach in Italy.

  • @mrsensei3614
    @mrsensei3614 10 місяців тому +1

    It's nice city but it get boring after 2 days 😂

  • @dzintrarowe4272
    @dzintrarowe4272 21 день тому

    All that beer, how are you still standing?

  • @ADall-vd3qn
    @ADall-vd3qn 4 місяці тому

    kvass isn't bear 😅😅

  • @quantumeseboy
    @quantumeseboy 8 місяців тому +3

    Also, most countries have better beers than America.

    • @SOSASATSUNRISE
      @SOSASATSUNRISE  8 місяців тому

      I would highly highly disagree with that. Although our domestic beers go down like water, American craft beer is hard to beat!

    • @frederickmuhlbauer9477
      @frederickmuhlbauer9477 4 місяці тому

      ALL countries

  • @a.rasoolzayer4404
    @a.rasoolzayer4404 9 місяців тому +1

    Why it’s very empty places ????

  • @apa100
    @apa100 Рік тому

    Live partly in riga as a foreigner I which the food in restaurants could be better quality latvia have no sense to make any alacarte food food in restaurants is maybe sheep but portions small and tasteless best food in riga is simple fries with grilled sausage

  • @Scott-jb8sy
    @Scott-jb8sy 3 місяці тому

    TURNED OFF THE VIDEO WHEN YOU SAID YOUD RATHER SPEND 9 EURO ON BEER THAN GO UP THE CATHEDRAL......WOW YOURE SO COOL TRAVEL UA-camRS OMGGG SO COOL !!!! FU

    • @SOSASATSUNRISE
      @SOSASATSUNRISE  3 місяці тому

      I think churches should be free to enter.

  • @georgechristidis5918
    @georgechristidis5918 Місяць тому

    All video about beer.drunk people.
    Not good video at all.
    Pity....

    • @SOSASATSUNRISE
      @SOSASATSUNRISE  Місяць тому

      There's no drunk people in this video. It would also be a pity to go to Riga and not drink the beer.