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Riga

Some good pieces of advice by way of introduction

When arriving in Riga from Moscow you should turn your watch one hour back, while arriving from Berlin or Stockholm, one hour forward; but if you come from Helsinki, you do not have to change the time.

The average temperature in January in Riga is -5°C (23F), but the average temperature in July is +17°C (64F).

In the sense of climate our life is monotonuous and it offers no surprises. Your skin will not come off because of tan in Riga and you cannot expect bigger floods than in 1709. Only once could you go in horse-drawn sledges to thei Island of Gottland to trande and that was during the Swedish times thanks to the big frost.

Our climate is unstable but always bearable. An umbrella is useful, beginning from March up to November and so is a jumper if you like going by yacht, motorboat or passenger ship.

in Latvia cars drive on the right. We use the metric system, so one inch is 2.54 centimetres, one foot is 30.48 centimetres, one yard is 0.9144 metres and a mile 1.6093 km. In the shops, goods are weighed in kg + grammes, the English pound is 454 grammes, the Russian pound 409 and the ounce is 28.35 grammes.

 

Information über Riga aus: Kolbergs, Andris. The Complete Guide of Riga. Riga, 1993.

Latvia (Lettland)

Population
2,353,874 (July 1999 est.)

Nationality
Noun: Latvian(s) Adjective: Latvian

Languages Lettish (official), Lithuanian, Russian, other

Age structure
0-14 years: 18% (male 216,369; female 207,242)
15-64 years: 67% (male 749,396; female 825,988)
65 years and over: 15% (male 114,038; female 240,841) (1999 est.)

Total fertility rate
1.18 children born/woman (1999 est.)

Infant mortality
rate 17.19 deaths/1,000 live births (1999 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 67.3 years
Male: 61.24 years
Female: 73.66 years (1999 est.)

Religions
Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox

Riga

official figures on Riga

Territory 307.17 sq.km
The total space of inland waters 39.8 sq.km
the biggest water reservoir is the Kisezers 1740 ha
The total lenght of streets 1506 km
the lenght of tram lines 122 km
The length of trolley-bus lines 217.9 km
the number of population 912 600
Including those who are Riga-born 340 200
The number of Latvians 36%
   
Riga offers the service of
6 stadiums, 3 track and field sports halls, 23 football fields, 96 basketball grounds, 114 volleyball grounds, 19 handball grounds, 2 indoor hockey fields with artificial ice, 10 open hockey fields, 56 tennis courts, 171 gymnasiums, 1 riding hall, 79 shooting galleries, 7 indoor swimming pools, 2 skiing centres, 3 yachting clubs and motor sports centres and 24 cinemas.

 

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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