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    Join me on this special day as I meet with two subscribers and start the Holiday Season in Riga Latvia.

    Riga looks amazing in white and we head to the Old Town of Riga for the opening of the 2023 Christmas Market.

    We visit the nice locals, the friendly vendors and enjoy some local specialities to keep us warm.

    If you enjoy adventure videos from the former Soviet Union and Central & Eastern Europe, then grab your vodka, some zakusky and join me as we drink our way around the 2023 Riga Christmas Market in Latvia.

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    28 Comments

    9. @CatholicSatan on

      Yeah… I live in Riga, been here 4 years now. It's not all idyllic Xmas scenery., it quickly turned slushy and icy! And the ice/snow clearing company that took over has done a terrible job this year, piling the snow up from the roads onto the pavements. And Tornu iela used to be cleared quite quickly (I use it almost every day) but nothing's really happened this year.

    15. @marutakelers1856 on

      Lovely Christmas wonderland. I'm excited by how many of your subscribers are attending this year! Excellent job! BTW, I saw a photo of a Khatchapuri hut in the market. I wonder if you will find it? 😄

    17. @kinglion72000 on

      great video as usual. we see the sun in winter in riga because there is nothing more beautiful than snow and sun. I have the impression that it is often overcast in Riga

    18. @nutrilook on

      Lovely Justin,I miss always Riga in Winter,keep them coming, found a Georgian Rest there called Alaverdi need to try but you can give us better advice :).Happy holidays mate!

    24. @JensonWebber on

      At last, you made another video again. I missed you so much man! I wish I saw you drunk again and had those fascinating conversations with random people especially girls. Keep going… Maybe in the next video…

    26. @michaelmckelvey5122 on

      10.07 In that case, I beat you both! I was in South Africa in 1976 and I was in the Ukraine, in Kharkiv in the summer of 1982. It is a shame that I did not take it more seriously and have a camera, mind you, technology was poor in those days, in fact back in 1982, the best I could have had was an 8-millimeter cine camera! I have also been a student of the Russian language for a long time as well. I bought my first book a copy of Teach Yourself Russian in a bookshop on Epsom High Street circa 1972 and stuck with it as later I won a scholarship to study Russian during the winter of 1983/84 at the Pushkin Institute, Moscow before graduating with a BA in Russian in 1985. After graduation, my career really took off and I reached high things, literally, high things, driving a green double-deck bus between Guildford and Croydon!
      I like your video and I like the shots you took crossing the river. In fact, that is my favorite part of Riga, the tree-lined river reminds me a little of a Parisian-type park.

    28. @Whittystravelhops on

      Great seeing places I was in earlier in the year, including the ukranianian cherry bar! I will be back next year in the summer months, I love the balsam bar Black Magic,give it a go,the balsam infused chocolates are to die for!

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