Riga - West of the city center

Riga - West of the city center
PANORAMA PLAZA, Z-TOWERS, AIRPORT AREA

This page is about West part of Riga, where you can find the international airport, as well as shopping malls, recently built highrises and wooden houses (charming but many of them pretty rundown).

Pictures from the airport, situated in the west part of Riga, can be seen here.

Panorama Plaza residential towers (right), and Spice shopping center (far right), just a few blocks from the airport. Lielirbes iela is a busy road that leads to the city center from the airport.

Panorama Plaza consists of two residential skyscrapers built in 2006 and 2007. The tallest of the towers is 114 m to the spire and has 32 floors.

Hotel Elefant (right), a modern hotel building with an odd shape

Wooden house, neighbourhood in West Riga


Wooden house, neighbourhood in West Riga		Wooden house, neighbourhood in West Riga		Jugend building, neighbourhood in West Riga

Z-Towers is a skyscraper complex under construction behind these traditional lowrise buildings. Upon completion in 2015, these 2 towers will be 130m tall each and the tallest one will have 33 floors. They are designed by Helmut Jahn and will be connected with a skybridge on the top floor.

A Captain Morgan bus

Uzvaras bulvaris, near the bridge to the Old Town.

Riga Airport (Lidosta Riga in Latvian). The main entrance and control tower seen from the city. There are good bus connections with the city center. Pictures from the airport, situated in the west part of Riga, can be seen here.