Department Stores/Malls
ALFA CENTRS: Brivibas 372, tel. 707-6500. The largest shopping center in Latvia. Norwegian-owned.
BERGA BAZARS: Dzirnavu 84, just outside the old city; you can also enter from Elizabetes street. A range of fine specialty shops in a quaint, upscale shopping complex.
BARONE CENTRS: Elizabetes 85a, tel. 728-8056. Norwegian-owned. Open:10-22; Sun. 10-18.
BASTEJA PASAZA: Basteja 16. A new Western-style shopping mall at the edge of the old city. www.bastejapasaza.lv
CENTRS: Audeju 16, in the old city, tel. 701-8018. Open:08-22. After renovations, Riga’s best known department store has successfully cast off the Soviet label. The place is now Norwegian owned and has all the trappings of a Western mall: specialty shops, fast food, even escalators (though they only go up). The place is clean and efficient, and is conveniently located. There’s also a good grocery store, Rimi, downstairs.
DOLE: Maskavas 357, in the suburbs, tel. 701-8545. Open:10-22. Norwegian-owned.
DOMINA SHOPPING CENTER: Ieriku 3, tel. 781-8063. The largest shopping mall in the Baltics.
JEKABA KAZARMAS: Torna 4, in the old city. A series of antique stores, chic brand-name stores and boutiques in recently renovated army barracks at the edge of the old city.
MAKSI MARKETS: A. Deglava 110.
MAXIMA: Deglava 67, tel 780-2255; Saharova 20a, tel. 797-6747; 11.Novembra krastmala 17, tel. 722-3645.
MC2: Krasta 68a, tel. 700-6868; info@mc2.lv This new shopping mall named after an Einstein theorem is a rough Latvian attempt at a kind of Harrods. It is a string of delicatessens offering fine wines, cheeses and candies from around the world. There’s also a good seafood restaurant. They are clearly aiming at a monied glass with refined tastes. Also, excellent interior design shops with Scandinavian and Latvian furniture.
MOLS: Krasta 46, along the Daugava River, a 5-minute drive from the city center; tel. 703-0300. A vast Norwegian-owned shopping center. Open:10-22. A vast, classy Norwegian-owned shopping center with an outstanding range of specialty shops, restaurants and a huge grocery store. For diehard shoppers who love to stroll, people watch and eat on the same day, this is your place.
ORIGO: Stacijas laukums 2, tel. 707-3030. A vast shopping center right next to the train station.
SPICE: Liel Irbes 29, tel. 800-7337. Open: 09-22. This shopping mall has among the largest grocery stores specializing in items that might otherwise be hard to get.
STOCKMANN: 13. Janvara 8, tel. 707-1200. Open:09-22. A new addition to the Finnish-owned department stores chain. Excellent customer service, a very good grocery store, a high-quality selection of goods.
Clothes/Shoes
BENETTON: Brivibas 47, tel. 728-3793. Also at Krasta 46.
BERGHAUS: Torna 4, in the Jekaba Kazarmas, and at Blaumana 10.
BIKBOK: Aspazijas 26, tel. 721-6017. Trendy Scandinavian fashion for the young and young at heart.
BLOMBERGS: Terbatas 13, tel. 728-8929. Ladies and gents clothes.
CHR/EVERMEN: Stacijas laukums 2, tel. 703-0250.
CUBUS: Terbatas 13, (also at the Alfa, Mols, Centrs, Dole shopping centers); tel. 721-7747. Norwegian high street fashion for men, women and children. Also at Maskavas 357.
CALVIN KLEIN: Elizabetes 85a, in Berga Bazars.
DRESSMANN: Aspazijas 26, tel. 721-6004.
EVERMEN: Audeju 10, tel. 721-4025. Barona 33/35, Elizabetes 67.
MANGO: Brivibas 47, tel. 728-8509. Affordable high street fashion, a first for Latvia.
MAXMARCA: K. Barona 24/26, tel. 728-0409. Elegant and expensive.
MONTON: Elizabetes 55, tel. 777-2275. Krasta 46, Lielirbes 29, Barona 24/26.
MOTIVI: Brivibas 62, tel. 728-1101; motivi@elkor.lv; www.motivi.com. Modern Italian high street fashion.
NIKE: Brivibas 99, tel. 727-3865; and at Blaumana 17, tel. 728-8742.
PLAZA BOUTIQUE: Smilsu 18, tel. 721-2199. DKNY, Valentino, Gaultier, just some of the designer labels available here. Kids’ section upstairs.
Handicrafts
A&E: Jauniela 17, tel. 722-3200. Amber.
ARKA: Torna 4, in the Jekaba Kazarmas.
DAILRADE: Valnu 28.
EZERCIEMS: Kalku 7/9, tel. 722-2428.
GRIEZI: Maza Miesnieku 1, tel. 750-7236. Tastefully done linen, jewelry, wooden items, wrought iron and more. Classier than many other handicraft stores.
IZVELE: Jana 8.
LAIPA: Laipu 2/4, tel. 722-9962. Linen clothes, silver jewelry and more.
LIVS: Kaleju 7, tel. 722-9010. Linen, jewelry, handpainted silk by Latvian professional applied artists.
MARA: Kaleju 9/11, tel. 708-7541. Possibly the best selection of amber in Riga. Linen.
ROTA: Kaleju 9/11, tel. 708-7546, in the Konventa Seta Hotel; Tirgonu 17. Tasteful amber, ceramics, linen, silver jewelry, leather.
SENA KLETS: Merkela 13, tel. 724-2398.
TINE: Valnu 2, 721-6728.
VALNITIS: Valnu 21, tel. 722-9577.
VECPILSETA: Kalku 7/9, tel. 722-5427.
Books
GLOBUSS: Valnu 26, tel. 722-6957. Open:08-22. A good selection of English-language books. They’ve opened a very nice café on the 2nd floor where you can read English-language newspapers.
JANA ROZES: K. Barona 5. Open:10-19; Sat. 10-18. Among the biggest bookstores in town with a large selection of foreign-language books. It also has outlets at Elizabetes 85a, Basteja 12, Krasta 46, Brivibas 90, and Maskavas 357, at the Dole department store, and at Centrs, Audeju 16. www.jr.lv
JANA SETA: Elizabetes 83/85, tel. 724-0892. A good selection of guidebooks and maps. www.kartes.lv
JUMAVA: Dzirnavu 73, tel. 728-2596, and at Vagnera 12, tel. 722-7629. www.jumava.lv
PLANETA: Terbatas 5, tel. 728-0333. Open:10-19; Sat. 11-17; Sun. closed. Sells second-hand foreign-language books.
UPE: Vagnera 5, tel. 722-6119; also at Valnu 26. Books and CDs.
VALTERS UN RAPA: Aspazijas 24, tel. 760-1642. Open:09-21; Sat. 10-21; Sun. 10-16.
Record Stores
GAILITIS G: Audeju 16, tel. 701-8076.
RANDOMS: Kalku 4, tel. 722-5212; in the old city. The best record selection in Riga.
Antiques
ANTIKVARIETS DEL ARTE: Barona 16/18, tel. 948-1568.
ANTIQUA: Valdemara 20, tel. 728-4377. Paintings, icons, furniture, porcelain, books, postcards, coins and more.
GALERIJA: Dzirnavu 53, tel. 728-2978.
RARITETS: A. Caka 45, tel. 727-5157.
VECBAZNISAS: Lacplesa 9, tel. 728-2373. Mostly furniture.
VOLMAR: Brivibas 46 (entrance from Dzirnavu), tel. 728-3436; and Skunu 6, tel. 721-4278.
ZELTA ABELE: Laipu 8, tel. 722-1120.
