Recommended walking and eating route in Riga Old Town.

Stop 1: House of the Blackheads (p1p2). The exterior wall is very recognizable. The basement mainly features historical pictures and text, as well as some cultural relics. The first and second floors mainly feature several halls. All the attractions in Riga are like those in Vilnius, with only English and no Chinese. You spend money, but you don't learn any interesting historical stories. It takes just an hour to visit. When you come out, you will see the Town Hall right in front of you. Stop 2: Riga Cathedral (p3p4). There are only two fixed times every day when you can climb the tower. Its biggest feature is that it is connected to a courtyard outside, and the cloister of the courtyard is filled with a large number of cannons. Stop 3: Art Museum Riga Bourse (p5p6). Because this building used to be a stock exchange, the exhibits inside are from all over the world. It feels like an imitation of the Louvre and the British Museum, but there are no treasures in the museum. It takes less than an hour to visit, and the experience is very good. There are ten times as many staff as tourists, because there are only two or three tourists [crying with laughter]. Take a picture of Riga Castle nearby. It is not a scenic spot, but the presidential residence, and you cannot enter. Stop 4: Cat House (p7). There are actually just two sculptures of black cats with arched backs on the pointed roofs on both sides. It is a scenic spot where you can take a picture and leave after spending a euro. After passing the square next to it, you will soon reach Stop 5: Freedom Monument (p8). It is said to have been given to Latvia by Lithuania. In the square not far in front of the monument, there is a pair of footprints on the ground, echoing the floor tile in front of Vilnius Cathedral yesterday, both commemorating the 600-kilometer human chain. St. Peter's Church, a Gothic church with a Baroque bell tower. Its bell tower is 123 meters high, standing out in Riga Old Town. I will come back in a few days to climb the tower and overlook Riga. There is a statue next to the church, featuring a rooster, cat, dog, and donkey standing on top of each other, inspired by the Brothers Grimm. The original is in Bremen, Germany. The church closes at 6:00 pm. I chose a tavern ranked third (p9), but it has a main course, and the key is that there is a platter, so you can try a variety of foods in one go.