2 March in Riga

Daily photos of Riga on March 2, 2012.
Photos by (c) Arnis Balcus

Referendum

Referendum on 18 February in Riga.
Photos by (c) Arnis Balcus

Special project

Well, for me these outworn apartment blocks remind Sarajevo, but actually it's just "a special housing project" made in Riga in the last years of Soviet Union. It seems that the Soviet workers haven't done the job properly and after 20 years it looks like the building has been wounded by bombs and bullets.
Photo by (c) Arnis Balcus

Inflation

This is the price in Latvian lats for gasoline on 11 January 2011...

...and this is what it costs today on 11 January 2012.
Photos by (c) Arnis Balcus

Little snow

Snowing in Ziepniekkalns district of Riga. This winter the snow hasn't stayed for more than a few hours and perhaps it's gonna be a rare grey Christmas. It should have been some -15 C outside, instead it's +5 C. Consequences of global warming?
Photo by (c) Arnis Balcus

Couples

Photos by (c) Arnis Balcus

Shoes on cables

 

Probably those shoes hang there since 1990s. Back then time to time suburb gang boys would attack someone, steal the shoes and throw them on cables. Seen in Purvciems district of Riga.

Photo by (c) Arnis Balčus

Hair salons

Hair salons around Riga suburbs.
Photos by (c) Arnis Balcus

Riga on April 14th

Random photos from Riga on April 15th, 2011.
Photos by (c) Arnis Balcus