CCCP

Saw this can lying on the ground in Central market in Riga. Appearantly it's a new energy drink called CCCP which means USSR.
Photo by (c) Arnis Balcus

Kuldīga in an hour

Yesterday I got an hour of spare time in Kuldīga, a town some 160 km west of Riga. Photos of local church, shopwindows, police station etc.
Photos by (c) Arnis Balcus

9th May in Riga

 

Last Monday thousands of people gathered in Victory park (Uzvaras parks) in Riga to celebrate the end of WWII. More photos on http://fotokvartals.lv/2011/05/10/uzvaras-svetki/

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

Kino

 

This Soviet times mural for cinema (kino) can be found in Iļģuciems district of Riga.

Photo by (c) Arnis Balcus 

Road accident

Road accident in Riga at around 6pm today. The first to arrive were photographers, then fire brigade, then police and only the last came an ambulance.
Photo by (c) Arnis Balcus

Cheburashka & Winnie The Pooh

A window in Ķengarags district of Riga with Cheburashka (left) and Winnie The Pooh. Both are popular characters from Soviet cartoons.
Photo by (c) Arnis Balcus

Cat ladder

Cat ladders in suburbs of Riga.
Photos by (c) Arnis Balcus

Creative ad

A shovel in Vidzemes market in Riga. It says "We work the best! So let's sneak into the shed! Got a lot of tasty vegetables here."
Photo by (c) Arnis Balcus

Driving lessons in Soviet style

  

This yard on Melngaiļa street in Riga must have been used for driving lessons in Soviet times. The mural features traffic signs and a warning in Russian to follow the rules on the road.

Photo by (c) Arnis Balcus