landmark
Riga Art Nouveau District
The world's greatest concentration of Art Nouveau buildings, with over 800 ornate facades featuring elaborate sculptures, faces, and floral motifs.
5 km · about 10 min drive
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Čiekurkalns
Riga, Latvia · Europe
About Čiekurkalns
Čiekurkalns works well as a base: 10 minutes from Mežciems, 45km from Ķemeri National Park.
Čiekurkalns is in Riga, Latvia, with about 7,800 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Mežciems, about 4 km away.
Čiekurkalns (German: Schreienbusch) is a neighbourhood of the Northern District of Riga, the capital of Latvia. It is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Ķīšezers.
In April 2014, the new building of the State Revenue Service of Latvia was unveiled at Talejas iela 1 in Čiekurkalns.
The building of the railwayRead more
station of the same name, which serves the Riga–Lugaži Railway along the southern limits of the neighbourhood, stands in the Teika neighbourhood.
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What is there to see near Čiekurkalns?
Within an hour or so of Čiekurkalns: Riga Art Nouveau District (5 km), Riga Old Town (6 km), Riga Cathedral (6 km), Jūrmala (24 km).
Are there any good drives near Čiekurkalns?
The nearest famous roads are Cape Kolka and the Livonian Coast Road.
Where is Čiekurkalns?
Čiekurkalns is in Riga, Latvia, about 4 km from Mežciems.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 7,764
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Latvia
- Region
- Riga
- Timezone
- Europe/Riga
- Coordinates
- 56.9844, 24.1726
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Worth the detour from Čiekurkalns
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Riga Old Town
A UNESCO-listed medieval old town with the finest collection of Art Nouveau architecture in the world, centered on charming cobblestone squares.
6 km · about 10 min drive
cathedral
Riga Cathedral
Medieval Lutheran cathedral in Riga's old town, the largest church in the Baltics, known for its large 19th-century pipe organ.
6 km · about 10 min drive
beach
Jūrmala
Latvia's premier seaside resort stretching along 33 kilometers of white sand beach, famous for its charming wooden Art Nouveau villas.
24 km · about 30 min drive
racetrack
Sigulda Bobsleigh Track
Olympic-standard bobsleigh and luge track in Gauja National Park offering public rides, with its own access road and car park.
44 km · about 50 min drive
national park
Ķemeri National Park
A vast mosaic of raised bogs, sulphur springs and pine forest just west of Jūrmala. The Great Ķemeri Bog boardwalk winds past dark pools and dwarf pines to a viewing tower: magical at sunrise.
45 km · about 50 min drive
natural wonder
Gutmanis Cave
The widest cave in the Baltics, a sandstone grotto with centuries of carved inscriptions, beside the Sigulda–Turaida road with parking.
46 km · about 55 min drive
castle
Turaida Castle
A striking red-brick medieval castle rising above the wooded Gauja valley near Sigulda, its round tower offering sweeping views over Latvia's 'Switzerland'. An easy, scenic drive from Riga.
47 km · about 55 min drive
When to drive here
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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