🏙 Towns & cities
Riga
capital and largest city of Latvia
🇱🇻 Latvia · 56.9475, 24.1069
Riga is recorded as a filming location for 15 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Riga, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 2 more.
2 places inside Riga have a page of their own — listed below. Everything shot at them is already named above, recorded against Riga as well.
“A street in old Riga doubles as Baker Street (the same street was used for exterior locations of Tsvetochnaya street in "Seventeen Moments of Spring").”
Movies and TV series filmed in Riga
- Seventeen Moments of Spring 1973–
- The Shield and the Sword 1968–
- Encounter at the Elbe 1949
- Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson 1980–
- Minotaur 2026
- The Arrows of Robin Hood 1975
- A Very English Murder 1974
- This is Horosho 2010–2019
- The Devil's Servants 1970
- Theatre 1978
- Old Fashioned Comedy 1979
- The Crossroad 1988
- Blow, Ye Wind! 1973
- Vzglyad 1987
- Waterbomb for the Fat Tomcat 2004
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.
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson 1980–1987
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The Berlin File
2013
“After wrapping there, cast and crew relocated to Berlin, Germany and Riga, Latvia in early May 2012, and among the locations were the roof of Berlin's Westin Grand Hotel, in Schöneberg, at the Hackescher Markt, and on Pariser Platz in front of the iconic Brandenburg Gate in full view of the American and French Embassies.” Wikipedia
Filming locations inside Riga
2 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
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🏙 Towns & cities
Jelgava
🇱🇻 Latvia
state city in central Latvia
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🛣 Streets & squares
Jauniela
🇱🇻 Latvia
street in Riga, Latvia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Jūrmala
🇱🇻 Latvia
state city in Vidzeme, Latvia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Riga Zoo
🇱🇻 Latvia
zoo in Riga, Latvia
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Riga?
17 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). 2 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, at 56.9475, 24.1069. The day trip guide for Riga lists 10 filming locations within 100 km.
What other filming locations are near Riga?
Jelgava, Jauniela, Jūrmala and Riga Zoo, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
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 — 10 places within 100 km, with distances and directions.