Towns & cities

Riga

capital and largest city of Latvia

Latvia · 56.9475, 24.1069

Riga is recorded as a filming location for 19 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Riga, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 14 more.

7 places inside Riga have a page of their own: listed below. Everything shot at them is already named above, recorded against Riga as well.

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Movies and TV series filmed in Riga

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Riga as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

Filming locations inside Riga

7 places inside Riga, each with a page of their own. Every production shot at them is already listed above, because Wikidata records them against Riga too.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Riga?

33 productions are recorded as filmed in Riga, including Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973–), The Shield and the Sword (1968–) and Encounter at the Elbe (1949). 14 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Riga?

Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973–), covered by 38 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Riga?

Riga is in Latvia. Its coordinates are 56.9475, 24.1069. The day trip guide for Riga lists 18 filming locations within 100 km.

What other filming locations are near Riga?

Jauniela (under 1 km), Vecrīga (under 1 km), St. Peter's Church (under 1 km), Dome Square (under 1 km) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Planning a visit? Filming locations near Riga: 18 places within 100 km, with distances and directions.