Tourist tips

• It's a good idea to learn how to say a few phrases, including the address you're going to, in Latvian

• The Central Market in Riga is the biggest market in the Baltics

• A good meeting place is the rectangular-shaped Laima clock on the eastern edge of the old city

• Among other streets, Art Nouveau buildings are concentrated in the streets around Elizabetes iela

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