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Mirador de la Academia de Ciències de Letònia

Name: Mirador de la Academia de Ciències de Letònia
Address: Rīga, LV

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Svetlana

July 31, 2022

Latvian Academy of Sciences observation deck offers Riga guests and local residents to have a breathtaking view of Riga's Old Town and the Daugava River from the building's 17th-floor balcony at the height of 65 metres.

Dmitrijs

December 3, 2019

Latvian Academy of Sciences observation deck offers Riga guests and local residents to have a breath-taking view of Riga's Old Town and the Daugava River from the building's 17th-floor balcony at the height of 65 metres. The observation deck of Latvian Academy of Sciences is open every day from dawn till dusk, says the ticket lady. One ticket costs EUR 5.00, the price also includes a booklet about the edifice that was built at the end of the 1950s and has seen many interesting historical twists and turns. A lift will take you to the 15th floor, from there you will have to walk up the stairs to reach the 17th floor. You can stay at the observation deck as long as you wish, observing the hustle and bustle of Riga Central Market and the magnificent building of Latvia's National Library on the other bank of the river. You will also probably spend some time looking at cockerels atop Old Town churches, Zaķusala TV tower and ships in the Daugava River.

Mari

October 17, 2019

It costs a few euros to go up to the 17th floor of the building and take in the panorama of the city from the height of 65 metres – the rooftops and church steeples of the Old Town, the bustling life of the Central Market, the unhurried flow of the Daugava River, and the wooden architecture of Maskavas suburb. The Academy of Sciences is one of the most notable examples of the so-called Socialist Realism in Latvia. The building was originally meant to become the Kolkhoz Workers’ Building, or a hotel and dormitory for collective farm workers who come to Riga – but it was never used for the purpose. Riga residents used to call the buildings “Stalin’s birthday cake”, “Stalin’s baroque”, “Stalin’s tooth”, “Kremlin” and suchlike.