General Information

The size of  Germany is 356 970 km², 82.4 million of people are living in Germany,

the current president is  Joachim Gauck.

Germany is member of the EU, Citizens from EU, USA, New Zealand, Canada

or Australia do not need a visa to enter the country (for a stay up to 90 days).

The official language is German, Learn useful phrases in German

  

 

 Currency

The currency in Germany is the Euro.

 

 

Emergency

112 is the single European emergency phone number, available everywhere in the EU, free of charge.

       

 

 

Health

Combine a visit to the beautiful Baltic Pearl with a medical health check

 

 

Access

The airlines flying direct to Riga are : Air Baltic, Czech Airlines, SAS, Austrian

EasyJet, FinnAir, RyanAir, KLM, Aer Lingus, Norwegian and Lufthansa.

 

Public Transportation

You can travel around Riga by bus, tram and trolleybus.

You can find out more about it by checking the map of public transportation in Riga.

 

 

Popular Sports

 The popular sports in Latvia are the Ice HockeyFootball and Bobsleigh.

  

 

 

Weather
 
Don't forget to check the weather in Riga!