Latgale Market (Latgalīte)

While walking around the Moscow District make sure you do not omit dropping into this small flea market on Sadovnikova iela.

I love this sort of place. It’s one of those places where you can pick up almost anything from Lenin lapel pins to a new tyre for your car or an army uniform, to all sorts of reading material and music and software at suspiciously low prices.

Tucked away between the old vinyl records, obsolete electronics and assorted junk you just might find something that you must have. Even if you don’t, the fun here is the looking.

 

While I didn’t notice them myself, Kalashnikovs and rocket launchers can allegedly be acquired here, if you are into that sort of thing. That said, I suspect these, if you find them, may be as authentic as the heroin and vodka in the receptacles depicted in my final picture attached.

More believable is the assertion that should you have something stolen while in Riga, this is the place to come to buy it back, at only a fraction of what you originally paid for it!

 

While a bit on the shady side and having a reputation for pickpockets, the market is fairly open and I didn’t feel uncomfortable wandering around, though I did take less photographs than I normally would in a flea-market. I have since seen somewhere that photographs are not to be taken here – I doubt if this is the case but would advise discretion.

Absolutely, you should visit the market but just exercise extra caution to thwart would-be pickpockets.

Try not to stand out too much. By the way, no prizes for spotting the tourist in my main photo!

Opening Hours

Daily – 08:00-17:00 – best in the morning.

Address: Firsa Sadovnikova iela 9

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This is one in a group (loop) of reviews exploring beyond the Old City area of Riga. Continue to my next entry. Alternatively to start at the beginning of the loop click here.

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