Swedish Gate, Riga

View of the Swedish Gate

The Swedish Gate (Latvian: Zviedru vārti) is situated in Riga, Latvia, and was erected 1698 as a part of the Riga Wall to provide access to barracks outside the city wall.^[1]^[2]

Kurt Wallander visits the site in the novel Dogs of Riga.

References

↑ "The Swedish gate" (in Latvian). citariga.lv. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
↑ "Swedish Gate Шведские Ворота". Riga Guide. Retrieved 2009-07-26.

Riga cityscape

Old Town	Castle Cat House Convent Yard Dannenstern House House of the Blackheads House of the Livonian Noble Corporation Large Guild Powder Tower Small Guild Swedish Gate Three Brothers

Hotels	Grand Palace Radisson Blu Daugava Gallery Park

Monuments & memorials	Brothers' Cemetery Bikernieki Memorial Forest Cemetery Freedom Monument Great Cemetery Pokrov Cemetery Victory Memorial to Soviet Army

Parks & gardens	Vērmanes Garden

Museums & galleries	Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation National Museum of Art Museum of the Occupation of Latvia Latvian Ethnographic Open Air Museum War Museum Museum of Foreign Art Museum of National History

Theatres	Latvian National Opera Latvian National Theatre Palladium Riga New Riga Theatre Mikhail Chekhov Riga Russian Theatre

Places of worship	Nativity Cathedral Cathedral St. Peter's Church St. James's Cathedral

Bridges	Island Bridge Railway Bridge Southern Bridge Stone Bridge Vanšu Bridge

Structures	Radio and TV Tower

Other	National Library of Latvia Central Market Latvian Academy of Sciences Zoo Mežaparks Great Bandstand

Waterways	Daugava River

Streets	Albert Street

Coordinates: 56°57′05″N 24°06′23″E / 56.9514401°N 24.106375°E / 56.9514401; 24.106375

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