Place: Riga, Latvia
Weather: Sunshine and clouds mixed, 59/73F.
Route: From Tallinn 308 km south on route 4 and A1.
Significance: Riga is yet another important city in the German Hanseatic league. It is also known as one of the finest collections of Art Nouveau buildings in Europe.
Website: UNESCO World Heritage Site
House of the Blackheads - originally built in the 14th century for a guild of unmarried merchants, ship owners, and foreigners. It was destroyed in WWII and rebuilt in the 1990's. (from whc.unesco.org)
One of the many Art Nouveau buildings in Riga (from whc.unesco.org)
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