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Tijdens mijn week verblijf in Riga was het er niet van gekomen de nachttrein Riga - Sint-Petersburg/Moskou op de foto te zetten. Tijdens een reis naar Rusland, de afgelopen twee weken, kon tijdens de overstap in Riga alsnog een poging worden gedaan om deze nachttrein op de foto te zetten.
Zoals eerder gezegd vertrekken beide nachttreinen (de nachttrein naar Minsk (zie www.flickr.com/photos/mearten279/27917324435/in/dateposte...) en de nachttrein naar Rusland) verkeerd voor de zon. Omdat het de hele middag al aardig bewolkt was, werd toch de gok genomen om nog even een kijkje te nemen op het centraal station.
De foto toont de ТЭП70-0204 welke met nachttrein 038P (Riga - Sint-Petersburg / Moskou) luid brullend vanaf het station vertrekt. De imposante loc helpt de fotograaf ook nog een handje door een fraaie wolk tevoorschijn te toveren. De provodnitsa's staan met gele vlagjes in de open deuren te controleren of niemand meer instapt.
De fotograaf heeft een paar uur na het nemen van de foto het vliegtuig dezelfde kant op genomen. Ookal is zo'n nachttrein een heuse ervaring, en hoef je het voor de prijs niet te laten; het feit dat er nog meerdere malen in (Russische) nachttreinen gereisd moest worden, de aanzienlijk kortere reisduur en de grenscontrole op een aantrekkelijker tijdstip, zorgden toch voor de keuze voor een reis per vliegtuig naar Sint-Petersburg. Meer foto's uit Sint-Petersburg en Moskou zullen volgen.
Rīgas Pasažieru stacija, 4 juli 2016.
Riga is a UNESCO World Heritage site of cobblestones and breathtaking river views, as well as Europe’s Wifi capital with almost 1,000 spots to get online for free.
In its 800 years of turbulent history, everyone from German knights to Swedish kings and Soviet commissars have left their footprints, and today Latvia’s capital is an exciting European metropolis at the crossroads of eastern and northern Europe.
Riga Free Port is a major port on the east coast of the Baltic Sea, located in Riga, the capital of Latvia.It stretched for 15 kilometers along both banks of the Daugava within the city limits, the area of the port is 1962 ha, water area - 6348 hectares. Navigation is carried out year-round. Most of the cargo turnover is made up of transit cargoes from and to CIS. The main objects of cargo handling are coal, oil products, timber, fertilizer and container cargoes.
The House of the Blackheads in Riga, Latvia. originally built in 1334, this guild-house for merchants was bombed to a ruin on 29 June 1941 and finally rebuilt in the 1990's after the fall of the USSR,
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This photo was taken from the top of St. Peter's church and looks out over the old section of Riga. Riga is Latvia's capital city.
Riga is among the few European cities where former Nazi camp territory has remained unscathed by architectural change; and now the Ghetto Museum is open here. However, this is just the first phase of construction launched by the Hebrew congregation "Shamir" in cooperation with Riga City Council. The museum was established with the aim of reminding one and all of those terrible historic events in Latvia. The museum is expected to also become an education and culture centre, sending a message of tolerance and mutual respect.
It is estimated by leading Holocaust researchers that about 70,000 Latvian Jews perished in the Holocaust. The totality and speed with which this mass murder was achieved meant that many families were completely destroyed with no one left to mourn or even inquire about the dead. As a result, disturbingly few of those killed have been identified. The purpose of the Latvia Holocaust Jewish Names Project is to recover the names and identities of these members of the Latvian Jewish Community who perished and to ensure that their memory is preserved.
On October 25, 1941, all Jews in Riga were relocated to the Maskavas Forštate (Moscow Forshtat) suburb. As a result, about 30,000 Jews were concentrated in the small 16-block area. The Nazis fenced them in with barbed wire.
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These Jeeps are not just Mercedes(and a Land Rover) ones, no they drove all the way from China. I think this from a rally or something.
It has been so cold in Calgary lately. Want it of no, I'm thinking about warmer times... Here's spring 2016 in Riga, Latvia.
Isn't it beautiful?
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Quite a rare car, this Tazzari, which is made in Italy.
Quite a trip, with a topspeed from 100 km/h and a range from about 140 km.
Riga is a UNESCO World Heritage site of cobblestones and breathtaking river views, as well as Europe’s Wifi capital with almost 1,000 spots to get online for free.
In its 800 years of turbulent history, everyone from German knights to Swedish kings and Soviet commissars have left their footprints, and today Latvia’s capital is an exciting European metropolis at the crossroads of eastern and northern Europe.
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Baltic Sea.
Riga was founded in 1201 and is a former Hanseatic League member. Riga's historical centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, noted for its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture and 19th century wooden architecture.