{"id":7930,"date":"2025-09-01T23:23:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T21:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/?p=7930"},"modified":"2025-10-20T23:30:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T21:30:02","slug":"compassion-rising-tour-2025-riga-museum-of-occupations-stadslegende","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/reistype\/fietsen\/compassion-rising-tour-2025-riga-museum-of-occupations-stadslegende\/","title":{"rendered":"Compassion Rising Tour 2025: Riga - Museum of Occupations, urban legend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7930\" class=\"elementor elementor-7930\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aa791e6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7aa791e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e21340 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e21340\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Compassion Rising Tour 2025: Riga - Museum of Occupations, urban legend<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a9c88f4 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"6a9c88f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-7f530f1 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/2025\/09\/01\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>1 September 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-6863c75 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/category\/blogtype\/cultuur\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Culture<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/category\/reistype\/fietsen\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Cycling<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/category\/land\/letland\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Latvia<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63136f5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"63136f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1160ec9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1160ec9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f8f6b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1f8f6b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Riga-stadsplein-768x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-7929\" alt=\"Riga stadsplein\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Riga-stadsplein-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Riga-stadsplein-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Riga-stadsplein-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Riga-stadsplein-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Riga-stadsplein-16x12.webp 16w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Riga-stadsplein.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75ae21d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75ae21d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Lithuania-Latvia border<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4699426 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4699426\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdd5f97 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"bdd5f97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/156963010@N04\/albums\/72177720328780764\/\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"Flickr\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">all photos Riga<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b75e5a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b75e5a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Riga: old town and Museum of Occupations<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-681ea3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"681ea3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Monday morning I had to go to a <strong>bicycle mechanic<\/strong> To get the hub-USB charger for my mobile phone repaired. A few days ago, it had suddenly stopped charging in the middle of a bonkers gravel ride. I was keen to have it fixed before entering Estonia, as there are reportedly vast stretches there where there is absolutely no habitation. The bike shop had quickly fixed the defect - and now I know how to do it too.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">After so many kilometres of cycling, he also checked the chain tension. It was already too stretched and best replaced, along with the derailleur cassette.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">As such a cassette is quite expensive, I asked if he could put one on with a smaller gear. With the current 11-36 I have difficulty getting up +10 percent hills and next year I would like to go cycling in the Balkans. At my bike shop Lucien they say this can't be done without replacing the whole system, including the shifters and such, with an MTB (mountain bike) system. A rather expensive procedure. When I went to pick up the bike two days later, it had an 11-42 on it and the bike bulged and shifted perfectly! The first ride after Riga I was able to go up very steep train bridges without any problems where I otherwise had to push the bike. Thanks bike shop Riga, this saves me a lot.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">In the afternoon, I walked through the old town to the <strong>\u2018Museum of Occupations\u2019.<\/strong> First I passed City Hall Square with its famous Gothic <strong>Zwarthoofden House<\/strong>. This was the home of the Brotherhood of the Black-Headed, a guild for unmarried German merchants in Riga. The original building dated from the <strong>14th century<\/strong>. During a German bombing raid in 1941, it was largely destroyed. The Soviets completely demolished the ruins in 1948. Between 1993-99, the building was <strong>rebuilt<\/strong> to its former full glory, this on the occasion of Riga's 800th anniversary. The <strong>richly decorated mannerist facade<\/strong> is one of the city's biggest attractions after that reconstruction.<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-625e613 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"625e613\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zwarthoofdenhuis-768x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-7923\" alt=\"Zwarthoofdenhuis in Riga\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zwarthoofdenhuis-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zwarthoofdenhuis-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zwarthoofdenhuis-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zwarthoofdenhuis-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zwarthoofdenhuis-16x12.webp 16w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zwarthoofdenhuis.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9c1168 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9c1168\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Blacktop house in Riga<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77797cc elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"77797cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/blogtype\/info\/project-2025-compassion-rising-tour-voor-oekraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"Flickr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-arrow-alt-circle-right\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M504 256C504 119 393 8 256 8S8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248zm-448 0c0-110.5 89.5-200 200-200s200 89.5 200 200-89.5 200-200 200S56 366.5 56 256zm72 20v-40c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h116v-67c0-10.7 12.9-16 20.5-8.5l99 99c4.7 4.7 4.7 12.3 0 17l-99 99c-7.6 7.6-20.5 2.2-20.5-8.5v-67H140c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Discover our new charity<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b1a2d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8b1a2d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Museum of Occupations<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcbc24c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bcbc24c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Next to City Hall Square is the <strong>\u2018Museum of Occupations\u2019<\/strong>, which documents the three periods of totalitarian occupation: the <strong>first Soviet occupation<\/strong> from 1940-41, <strong>Nazi Germany<\/strong> from 1941 to 1944 and <strong>once again the Soviets<\/strong> from 1944 to 1991. The amount of information was overwhelming, I only got to half of it on my available two hours. <strong>Deportations<\/strong> to Siberia - of entire families at once - by the Soviets of all those who did not fit the profile of \u2018proletarian\u2019 and were considered enemies of communism. The lives of those deportees in the <strong>gulachs<\/strong>. The <strong>Jewish persecution<\/strong> and extermination under the Nazis, the <strong>underground resistance to the Russians<\/strong>, which was initially helped by farmers in terms of food supplies and shelters, but that support disappeared as farms merged into kolkhozes. Not stories to be cheerful about. And history is now repeating itself elsewhere....<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">On the western side of the museum is \u2018Riflemen's Square\u2019. This is a controversial monument, erected in 1971 by the Soviets to commemorate Latvian riflemen who fought on the side of the Russian Empire in World War I. During the Russian revolution, some joined the Bolsheviks, contributing to the creation of the Soviet Union. Latvians' feelings about this statue are divided: some hail the riflemen as heroes who defended their country, others see the monument as a witness to the Soviet occupation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This square also features a <strong>large wall in Corten steel<\/strong> which belongs to the Museum of Occupations. The front of the wall consists of a handsome geometric pattern, on the back are <strong>reproductions of signatures<\/strong> and texts from victims of the occupations.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a76807 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8a76807\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/museum-of-occupations-768x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-7925\" alt=\"Handtekeningenmuur museum of occupations\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/museum-of-occupations-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/museum-of-occupations-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/museum-of-occupations-1152x1536.webp 1152w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/museum-of-occupations-9x12.webp 9w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/museum-of-occupations.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1688602 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1688602\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Signature wall Museum of Occupations<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6064779 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6064779\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kristaps the Great, legendary founder of Riga<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa30dfc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa30dfc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">To recover from that heavy chunk of twentieth-century history, I strolled some more through the sunny streets of the old town and, towards sunset, strolled for a while next to the <strong>Daugava river<\/strong> to enjoy the play of colours of \u2018orange hour\u2019. There I passed a reproduction of the wooden sculpture of <strong>Kristaps the Great<\/strong>, the legendary figure behind the founding of Riga.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to the story, Kristaps (or \u201cGreat Christopher\u201d) was a <strong>giant<\/strong> who lived on the banks of the Daugava. He earned his money by <strong>carrying people on his broad shoulders across the river<\/strong>. One stormy night, Kristaps heard a child crying and saw a little boy asking to be carried. Despite the dangerous weather and the fact that the child seemed to grow heavier with every step, Kristaps carried him safely across the street.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The next morning, Kristaps discovered a <strong>pile of gold<\/strong> where the child had slept, a sign that the boy was a supernatural being (some say an angel or Christ child). Kristaps used the gold to finance the foundation of the city, and thus Riga was born.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2312292 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2312292\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kristaps-768x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-7932\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kristaps-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kristaps-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kristaps-1152x1536.webp 1152w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kristaps-9x12.webp 9w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kristaps.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a54df98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a54df98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Kristaps the Great<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56d3d73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"56d3d73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">September 2: Central market, Spikeri stack houses and walk old town<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-741afaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"741afaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div dir=\"auto\"><div dir=\"auto\"><div dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">The <strong>Riga Central Market<\/strong> opened in <strong>1930<\/strong>. It is located in former <strong>zeppelin hangars<\/strong> left behind by the German armed forces after World War I, and was considered the largest and most modern market in Europe at the time. In 1997, the market, along with the centre of Riga, was included on the <strong>UNESCO<\/strong> World Heritage Site.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">It was not crowded when I was there, but the range of fresh fruit, fish, meat and, to a more limited extent, clothing and underwear was overwhelming. I wonder how much of the fresh produce here must be thrown away daily....<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">Behind the Central Market is the <strong>Spikeri district<\/strong>. It consists of uniform former bunkhouses that <strong>repurposed with EU support since 2012<\/strong> to be used for residential, cultural and leisure purposes. I didn't see much life there yet. There was one theatre and a few small artisan shops that were closed. But I suspect the neighbourhood will look much hipper and more vibrant in the foreseeable future. Those original stacked houses have a lot of potential.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51c8885 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"51c8885\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Centrale-Markt-Riga-768x432.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-7939\" alt=\"Centrale Markt Riga in voormalige Zeppelinhallen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Centrale-Markt-Riga-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Centrale-Markt-Riga-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Centrale-Markt-Riga-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Centrale-Markt-Riga-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Centrale-Markt-Riga-18x10.webp 18w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Centrale-Markt-Riga.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1ca578 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a1ca578\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Riga Central Market<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20ff3f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20ff3f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div dir=\"auto\"><div dir=\"auto\"><div dir=\"auto\">On the way to the art museum <strong>Riga Bourse<\/strong> I passed the <strong>St John's Church<\/strong> with its 26-metre-high, intricate Gothic rib vaults, the Lutheran <strong>St Peter's church<\/strong> - Twenty per cent of Latvians are Protestant - and the <strong>Dome Cathedral.<\/strong><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-111ae07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"111ae07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Riga Bourse museum<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baedbc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"baedbc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">In addition to art from different corners of the world and eras, including some <strong>showcases with Tibetan art<\/strong> and religious artefacts, this former stock exchange building also houses some paintings made in Tibet before the Chinese occupation.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Fortunately, the Tibetan collection here was <strong>not indicated by the country name \u2018Xizang\u2019<\/strong>, the Chinese term for Tibet that the government is trying to impose everywhere, aiming not only to wipe Tibetan culture off the map, but also the designation \u2018Tibet\u2019.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\"><strong>China is also trying to introduce the Xizang designation to other countries<\/strong> and foreign cultural institutions. This already succeeded, for example, at the <strong>Quai Branly<\/strong> Museum in Paris and <strong>British Museum<\/strong> in London, which provoked vehement protests from local Tibetan communities in exile. Both museums have since thankfully reversed this policy.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">For more information or the Tibet\/Xizang controversy, see <span class=\"html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tibetnetwork.org\/un-expert-calls-out-erasure-of-tibet-in-french-museums-amid-global-outcry\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNjhOxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE5aU51Q3Z3YVllVDkxdzVTAR4sjrcvWyARIwXRw_QRDNpfjaRRDYjz7JZobNVC3RomKFS-Smct8vKj5qd1Yg_aem_z6o76cG72TRO3l1qppe8HA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">https:\/\/tibetnetwork.org\/un-expert-calls-out-erasure-of&#8230;\/<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af898a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"af898a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Roerich-768x500.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-7943\" alt=\"Tibetaans landschap, Nicolas Roerich\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Roerich-768x500.webp 768w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Roerich-300x195.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Roerich-1024x666.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Roerich-1536x999.webp 1536w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Roerich-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Roerich.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c16dc77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c16dc77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Tibetan landscape Nicolas Roerich<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7004bd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7004bd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nicolas Roerich painted in Tibet before Chinese occupation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c044b9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c044b9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div dir=\"auto\"><div dir=\"auto\"><div dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">So to my surprise, this museum also houses a collection of paintings by one <strong>Nicolas Roerich (1874-1947)<\/strong>, a Russian writer\/painter\/traveller who spent a long time in the Himalayas in the 1930s in search of spirituality and the deeper meaning of life. In 1937, he donated some of those works to the Latvian Roerich Society. This was founded in 1930 and grew into an important cultural centre in Riga. Latvia was the land of Roerich's forefathers. With the first Soviet occupation in 1940, the society was dissolved and its art collection was kept in the State Museum of Latvian and Russian Art.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">Roerich <strong>made some of the works shown in pre-Chinese occupation Tibet<\/strong>. For that reason, I photographed them all. They were behind glass, unfortunately with sometimes unavoidable reflections.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82da412 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"82da412\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">National Art Museum<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-501211a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"501211a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div dir=\"auto\"><div dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">I devoted my last day in Riga to visiting the <strong>National Art Museum<\/strong>, where in the basement the temporary exhibition <strong>\u2018Light from Italy: from Fattori to Morandi<\/strong>\u2019 ran.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">Some rooms on the second floor showed work by the <strong>Latvian artist D\u017eemma Skulme (1925-2019)<\/strong>, from during the Soviet occupation and after.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">The exhibition I found most fascinating was \u2018Dismantling the Wall - Latvian Art 1985-91. Work from during the last years of the Soviet occupation, in which the yearning and call for more freedom manifested itself more and more openly. There is more explanation under some of the pictures.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">And then there was the usual art-historical presentation of Latvian painters in the 19th and 20th centuries. My head had gradually become oversaturated with art impressions after four days in the city. 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