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the Central market is rather complicated due to the peculiarities of the streets’ and tunnels’
construction, as well as the lack of written information how to get there.
An unprepared traveller may get the impression that there is a big chaos in the Central
market: informative notices can be found only in the pavilions, besides, in most cases they are
only in the Latvian language. Translations (basically in Russian) are very rare, and they are
insignificant. There are no translations in the German language. The staff of the Central market
does not communicate in foreign languages, however, taking into consideration the specific of
a market, this fact should not be evaluated as a big disadvantage.
A series of different bistros, coffee bars, buffets, etc., where a traveller can have a meal,
are accessible in the Central market, yet the information about the location of these
establishments is chaotic and hardly available.
After visiting the Central market the conclusion can be made that the Cantral market is
a curious and colourfull place, yet for a foreign tourist it is rather complicated and
incomprehensible because of the lack of translated information and its chaotic location; on the
whole from a foreign language perspective the situation in the Riga Central market must be
assessed as poor.
Alberta street
The next object that can be reached by walking from the city centre and following the
city map is the Art Nouveau museum, located in Alberta street. It is particularly famous for its
art nouveau architecture, and also belongs to the most frequently visited tourist attractions.
“Riga is included into UNESCO World heritage list because of the collection of art nouveau
buildings, which is one of the biggest in the world, in addition, as a city, the architecture of
which reflects the city history starting from 1201 to nowadays” (Art Nouveau district, 2010;
Rīgas jūgendstila centrs, 2010) Huge amounts of information about Alberta street and the
museum located there is easily available on the internet in several languages. Getting to
Alberta street is not complicated, as the names of all the streets are indicated, and the walk to
the museum is a fascinating excursion by itself: the marvellous art nouveau buildings are
everywhere – they are located not only in Alberta street, but in all the nearby streets in this
district. Some of the buildings carry notice boards with information (basically in the Latvian
language) about the history of the particular building and the personalities who took part in the
architectural design and construction of the building.
The informative signboard of the museum is displayed on the street, it is only in the
Latvian and English languages, yet inside the museum the accessibility of information in
different foreign languages is excellent: informative brochures as well as the description of
each room can be read in the Latvian, English, Russian and German languages. The staff are
kind and hospitable, and attractive, capable of communicating in foreign languages. The
museum is quite small, but really original and singular, and gives very good impression about
the art nouveau era and the basic peculiarities of this style. An informative film about the art
nouveau style in Riga is shown upon the customers’ request.
After visiting Art Nouveau museum in Riga the conclusion can be made that the
accessibility of information about Riga as an art nouveau centre from a foreign language
perspective is good.
Open Air museum
As the next tourist attraction the Open Air museum was been selected, which is one of
the most popular and unique tourist attractions. It is located in the territory of Riga, yet far
away in the suburbs, and an individual traveller can reach it only by means of public transport.
There is a sufficient amount of information about the Open Air museum in the Latvia’s tourism
portal (Kurp doties, 2010) as well as other home pages; and means of transport are offered that
will take tourists to the destination.
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