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Riga Art Nouveau District
The world's greatest concentration of Art Nouveau buildings, with over 800 ornate facades featuring elaborate sculptures, faces, and floral motifs.
6 km · about 10 min drive
Riga, Latvia · Europe
Mežaparks works well as a base: 10 minutes from Jaunciems, 44km from Ķemeri National Park.
Mežaparks is a town located in Riga, Latvia. With a population of 4,457, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Mežaparks sits in Latvia, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Riga time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Mežaparks to your route.
Mežaparks (German: Kaiserwald) is a neighbourhood of Northern District in Riga, the capital of Latvia. It consists of a residential area to the South and a large urban park to the North of the same name – Mežaparks. The neighbourhood is located on the western shore of Lake Ķīšezers. The name is literally translated asRead more
"forest park". The neighbourhood and park were built in the early 20th century and the area was originally called Kaiserwald. It was one of the world's first garden cities. It had large number of Art Nouveau and Eclectic villas for upper class inhabitants of Riga. During the Second World War, the Kaiserwald concentration camp was located in this park, and many Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and other opponents of Nazi rule were murdered in these woods.
Today it is still one of the wealthier areas of Riga, the Mežaparks Great Bandstand hosts the Latvian Song and Dance Festival in early July every five years.
Mežaparks is also host to the Riga Zoo and its lakeside locale allows for various water sporting activities. There is also an amusement park in Mežaparks, which makes the neighborhood a popular summer destination for Riga residents.
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Mežaparks is located in Riga, Latvia, Europe. The coordinates are 57.0001 latitude, 24.1600 longitude.
Mežaparks has a population of approximately 4,457 people, making it a town in Latvia.
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The world's greatest concentration of Art Nouveau buildings, with over 800 ornate facades featuring elaborate sculptures, faces, and floral motifs.
6 km · about 10 min drive
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A UNESCO-listed medieval old town with the finest collection of Art Nouveau architecture in the world, centered on charming cobblestone squares.
7 km · about 10 min drive
cathedral
Medieval Lutheran cathedral in Riga's old town, the largest church in the Baltics, known for its large 19th-century pipe organ.
7 km · about 10 min drive
beach
Latvia's premier seaside resort stretching along 33 kilometers of white sand beach, famous for its charming wooden Art Nouveau villas.
24 km · about 30 min drive
national park
A vast mosaic of raised bogs, sulphur springs and pine forest just west of Jūrmala. The Great Ķemeri Bog boardwalk winds past dark pools and dwarf pines to a viewing tower: magical at sunrise.
44 km · about 50 min drive
castle
A striking red-brick medieval castle rising above the wooded Gauja valley near Sigulda, its round tower offering sweeping views over Latvia's 'Switzerland'. An easy, scenic drive from Riga.
46 km · about 55 min drive
natural wonder
The widest cave in the Baltics, a sandstone grotto with centuries of carved inscriptions, beside the Sigulda–Turaida road with parking.
46 km · about 55 min drive
racetrack
Olympic-standard bobsleigh and luge track in Gauja National Park offering public rides, with its own access road and car park.
46 km · about 55 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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