Riga National Zoological Garden
Riga Zoo is a city-owned zoo in Riga, Latvia. It is located in Mežaparks neighbourhood next to the Mežaparks park, on the western bank of Ķīšezers lake.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Email: info@rigazoo.lv
- Type: Park
- Description: zoo in Riga, Latvia
- Also known as: “Riga Zoo” and “Rīgas Nacionālais Zooloģiskais dārzs”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mežaparks Great Bandstand and Mežaparks Lutheran Church.
Mežaparks Great Bandstand
Theater building
Photo: Laima Gūtmane (simka), CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Mežaparks Great Bandstand, also called the Song Festival Bandstand, Open-Air Stage, is a large open-air bandstand in Mežaparks park in the Mežaparks neighbourhood of Riga, the capital of Latvia. Mežaparks Great Bandstand is situated 1 km northwest of Riga National Zoological Garden.
Mežaparks Lutheran Church
Church
Dauderi
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Dauderi is a museum, which is situated 2½ km west of Riga National Zoological Garden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mīlgrāvis and Čiekurkalns.
Mīlgrāvis
Suburb
Čiekurkalns
Suburb
Photo: Сергей Алексеев, CC BY 3.0.
Čiekurkalns is a neighbourhood of the Northern District of Riga, the capital of Latvia. It is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Ķīšezers. In April 2014, the new building of the State Revenue Service of Latvia was unveiled at Talejas iela 1 in Čiekurkalns. Čiekurkalns is situated 2½ km south of Riga National Zoological Garden.
Sarkandaugava
Suburb
Photo: SkyDreamerDB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sarkandaugava is a neighbourhood of Riga, Latvia. Sarkandaugava is situated 2½ km southwest of Riga National Zoological Garden.
Riga National Zoological Garden
- Categories: zoo, tourism, and recreation area
- Location: Riga, Riga region, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
57.00813° or 57° 0′ 29″ northLongitude
24.16159° or 24° 9′ 42″ eastOpen location code
9G962556+7JOpenStreetMap ID
way 4469063OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=zooOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q2984677
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Riga National Zoological Garden” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ռիգայի կենդանաբանական այգի”
- Catalan: “Zoo de Riga”
- Chinese: “里加動物園”
- Danish: “Riga Zoo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات ريجا”
- Estonian: “Riia loomaaed”
- Finnish: “Riian eläintarha”
- French: “parc zoologique de Riga”
- French: “Parc zoologique de Riga”
- German: “Rigaer Zoologische Garten”
- German: “Zoo Riga”
- Hungarian: “Rigai Állatkert”
- Japanese: “リガ動物園”
- Latvian: “Rīgas Nacionālais zooloģiskais dārzs”
- Latvian: “Rīgas zoo”
- Latvian: “Rīgas zoodārzs”
- Latvian: “Rīgas Zooloģiskais dārzs”
- Latvian: “RZD”
- Lithuanian: “Rygos zoologijos sodas”
- Navajo: “Tóntsxaa Biih Yílį́įdi naaldeehii danílʼį́ bił hazʼání”
- Polish: “Ogród zoologiczny w Rydze”
- Portuguese: “Jardim Zoológico de Riga”
- Portuguese: “Zoológico de Riga”
- Russian: “Рижский зоопарк”
- Spanish: “Jardin zoologico de Riga”
- Spanish: “Jardín zoológico de Riga”
- Swedish: “Rigas nationella zoologiska trädgård”
- Ukrainian: “Ризький зоопарк”
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Highlights include Lauvas and Rīgas Zoo.
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