 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Riga ni a da ni 1201 ati pe o jẹ ọmọ ẹgbẹ Hanseatic League tẹlẹ. Aarin itan Riga jẹ Aye Aye Aye ti UNESCO, ti a mọ fun aṣa ọnà Nouveau  Jugendstil ati aṣa onigi ti ọrundun 19th. Riga ni Olu ilu ti aṣa ti Europe ni ọdun 2014, pẹlu Umeå ni Sweden. Riga ṣe apejọ Apejọ NATO ti ọdun 2006, Idije Orin Eurovision 2003, 2006 IIHF Awọn ọkunrin Agbaye Ice Hockey Championships, 2013 World Womens Curling Championship : ati idije ife ẹyẹ agbaye IIHF 2021. O jẹ ile si ọfiisi ti European Union ti Awọn olutọsọna European fun Awọn ibaraẹnisọrọ itanna BEREC. Ni ọdun 2017, a pe ni Agbegbe Gastronomy ti Yuroopu. 