Ķīpsala
Ķīpsala is an island on the left bank of the Daugava river, connected to Riga city center and Pārdaugava by the Shroud Bridge. Ķīpsala is divided from the rest of Riga by the Daugava in the east, Roņu dīķis in the north, Zunda in the west and Agenskalna līcis in the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Olgerts V, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island and neighbourhood of Riga
- Also known as: “Kip Island”, “Kip Ostrov”, “Kipsala”, “Ķipu Sala”, and “Ostrov Kipsala”
Places of Interest
Highlights include FG dam and House of the Black Heads.
House of the Black Heads
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The House of the Blackheads is a building situated in the old town of Riga, Latvia. The original building was erected in 1334 as a warehouse, meeting and celebration place for merchants.
Riga Cathedral
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riga Cathedral formally The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary, is the Evangelical Lutheran cathedral in Riga, Latvia. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Riga.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Andrejsala and Dzirciems.
Andrejsala
Neighborhood
Andrejsala is an area located in the Pētersala-Andrejsala neighbourhood of Riga, Latvia within a former territory of an industrial port next to the city center.
Dzirciems
Suburb
Photo: BirdsEyeLV, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dzirciems is a Riga neighbourhood located in the Pārdaugava side of Riga. It mainly consists of Soviet-style apartment buildings built in the 1970s. Riga Stradiņš University is located here.
Ķīpsala
- Categories: neighborhood, locality, and landform
- Location: Riga, Riga region, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.95764° or 56° 57′ 28″ northLongitude
24.08448° or 24° 5′ 4″ eastPopulation
817Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
9G86X35M+3QOpenStreetMap ID
way 84918027OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
458808Wikidata ID
Q344625
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Ķīpsala” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Ķīpsala”
- Cebuano: “Ķīpsala”
- Chinese: “基普萨拉”
- Chinese: “基普薩拉”
- Danish: “Kipsala”
- Danish: “Ķīpsala”
- Dutch: “Ķīpsala”
- Estonian: “Ķīpsala”
- French: “Ķīpsala”
- German: “Kiepenholm”
- German: “Kipsala”
- German: “Ķīpsala”
- Latvian: “Ķīpsala”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ķīpsala”
- Norwegian: “Ķīpsala”
- Polish: “Ķīpsala”
- Russian: “Кипенгольм”
- Russian: “Кипсала”
- Spanish: “Ķīpsala”
- Swedish: “Ķīpsala”
- Ukrainian: “Кіпсала”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ola Foundation and Žaņa Lipkes memoriāls.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ķīpsala”. Photo: Olgerts V, CC BY-SA 4.0.