Tourist tips

• Dumplings and pancakes are very popular dish in Latvia.

• Several of the old buildings in the ethnographic museum have shops selling tradition crafts

• To use a pay phone get at Lattelekon phone card from kiosks, stores and post offices

• There are many street vendors in Old Town selling amber, knitted goods, matryushkas, and old Soviet medal

• Take care walking around the cobbled streets of Riga's Old Town  as there are potholes and loose cobbles