Central Market
Riga Central Market is Europe's largest market and bazaar in Riga, Latvia. It is one of the most notable structures from the 20th century in Latvia and has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list together with Old Riga in 1998.- Email: tirgus@rct.lv
- Type: Marketplace
- Description: market hall
- Also known as: “Riga Central Market”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include House of the Black Heads and St. Peter’s Church.
House of the Black Heads
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. House of the Black Heads is situated 690 metres northwest of Central Market.St. Peter’s Church
Church
St. Peter's Church is a Lutheran church in Riga, the capital of Latvia, dedicated to Saint Peter. It is a parish church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia. St. Peter’s Church is situated 600 metres northwest of Central Market.
Riga Gheto and Latvian Holocaust museum
Museum
Riga Gheto and Latvian Holocaust museum is situated 300 metres south of Central Market.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vecrīga and Bastion Hill.
Vecrīga
Old Riga — Vecrīga in Latvian — is the old town of Riga. Vecrīga is famous for its old churches and cathedrals, such as Riga Cathedral and St. Peter's Church. Vecrīga is one of two world heritage sites entirely situated in Latvia.Bastion Hill
Locality
Bastejkalns Park is a spacious park on the northern edge of the old town of Latvian capital Riga.
Centrs
Centrs is a district in Riga, right northeast of the old town. In addition to the official Centrs district, this article also includes the northwesternmost third of Latgales apkaime, west of Lāčplēša iela.Central Market
- Categories: market hall and commercial area
- Location: Riga, Riga region, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
56.94394° or 56° 56′ 38″ north
Longitude
24.11666° or 24° 7′ east
Open location code
9G86W4V8+HM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=marketplace
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=retail
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Central Market” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Sentrale mark van Riga”
- Albanian: “Tregu Qendror i Rigës”
- Catalan: “Mercat central de Riga”
- Chinese: “里加中央市場”
- Croatian: “Središnja riška tržnica”
- Danish: “Rīgas Centrāltirgus”
- Dutch: “Centrale Markt van Riga”
- Estonian: “Riia keskturg”
- Finnish: “Riian keskustori”
- French: “marché central de Riga”
- French: “Marché central de Riga”
- German: “Zentralmarkt Riga”
- German: “Zentralmarkt”
- Hungarian: “Rigai Központi Piac”
- Hungarian: “Rigai Központi Vásárcsarnok”
- Latvian: “Rīgas Centrāltirgus”
- Lithuanian: “Centrinis turgus”
- Lithuanian: “Rygos centrinis turgus”
- Polish: “Centrāltirgus”
- Polish: “Rynek centralny”
- Polish: “Targ Centralny”
- Portuguese: “Riga Central Market”
- Russian: “Рижский центральный рынок”
- Russian: “Центральный рынок (Рига)”
- Russian: “Центральный рынок”
- Spanish: “Mercado central de Riga”
- Swedish: “Rigas centralmarknad”
- Swedish: “Rīgas Centrāltirgus”
- Ukrainian: “Ризький центральний ринок”
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