Riga City Photos: soviet architecture

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Good morning, Ķengarags! Typical 5-floor soviet time apartment building in Ķengarags district ("Lithuanian project"), alongsi...

Good morning, Ķengarags!

Reviewed by Ikars Kublins on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 Rating: 5

Science Academy | Zinātņu akadēmija (Akadēmijas laukums 1)

Science academy is regarded as the first highrise in Riga. It was built in 1951-1961 and it's height reaches 107 metres. It is similar...

Science Academy | Zinātņu akadēmija (Akadēmijas laukums 1)

Reviewed by Ikars Kublins on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 Rating: 5

Riga is full of industrial ghosts from Soviet times - cinematic places where film industries could shoot their thriller movies.

Ghost of the Soviet industry Reviewed by Ikars Kublins on Thursday, September 16, 2010 Rating: 5

When it's too cold to swim in the sea, what can you do - go to the swimming pool. This piece of Soviet time architecture is located in Ķ...

Swimming pool Reviewed by Ikars Kublins on Thursday, September 09, 2010 Rating: 5

Wreck of the Soviet factory (officially it was agricultural machines factory, but there are speculations that actually it was a secret milit...

Soviet factory wreck Reviewed by Ikars Kublins on Monday, August 02, 2010 Rating: 5

Soviet time cinema "Ilga" in Iļģuciems district. Of course, it's not cinema anymore, nowadays Riga have only a few multihall c...

Soviet time cinema Reviewed by Ikars Kublins on Saturday, March 27, 2010 Rating: 5