Hanza Hotel

Maskavas Forštate, Avotu Iela & Grīziņkalns


East of Rīga Central Market in a quiet neighbourhood, this tidy hotel has 80 comfortably large rooms with plenty of light, from both the large windows and the adjustable reading lights. It overlooks the cobblestone square with Jēzus Baznīca.


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Nearby Maskavas Forštate, Avotu Iela & Grīziņkalns attractions

1. Jēzus Baznīca

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It would be a classical-style Lutheran church like many others if it wasn't made entirely of wood, which makes it a unique architectural gem that…

3. Holocaust Memorial

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This moving Holocaust Memorial is on the site of a large 1871 synagogue that was burned to the ground on 4 July, 1941 during WWII, with the entire…

4. Rīga Ghetto & Latvian Holocaust Museum

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The centrepiece of this arresting and challenging museum is a wooden house with a reconstructed flat, like those that Jews had to move into when the Nazis…

5. Spīķeri

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The shipping yard behind the Central Market is the latest district to benefit from a generous dose of gentrification. These crumbling brick warehouses…

6. Kim?

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An experimental art zone that dabbles with contemporary media.

7. Rīga Central Market

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Haggle for your huckleberries at this vast market, housed in a series of WWI Zeppelin hangars and spilling outdoors as well. It's an essential Rīga…

8. Popular Front Museum

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A branch of the National History Museum, this exhibition involving interactive multimedia technology covers the period of the third Atmoda (national…