Free Walking Tours through Riga Communism

This was a great tour and I gained alot of knowledge from our guide over the 2 hour tour. Would recommend this tour as a background for life in Soviet Latvia.

Loved this tour. About the right amount of information to take in. Emil was an excellent guide. Would highly recommend

Artur, our guide, was a very knowledgeable person. He is a great storyteller and happy to answer all questions, giving us a lot of details and sharing stories about the architecture and the local life habits. We totally recommend this tour!

Emils’ tour was a wonderful experience. Full of information, historic and personal. He was enthusiastic, entertaining and extremely knowledgeable and willing to answer questions as we walked along. It was special how he combined the historical information with stories that happened to his family. It made the learning more realistic. Thank you Emils

Excellent, informative tour, which our guide Emil made as humorous as possible despite the tragic history. Don't miss this tour, readers!

This was a very informative and entertaining tour. The guide did it with fun and supported it with personal stories. I would definitely recommend him.

Great experience with a lot of history references

Excelente

A wonderful journey through this sensitive period of Latvian history! It really does make you think about how far we still have to go in terms of freedom and intelligent political choices

A great opportunity to look at Riga from a slightly different perspective, completely unknown to tourists. Our guide with Polish roots brought us closer not only to the places but also to the history of the Soviet occupation of Latvia. All in an interesting and engaging way. You are curious about history, it is definitely a trip for you

Experiencia muy recomendable para entender la historia reciente de Letonia y su relación en el pasado con la URSS y actualmente con Rusia. El desplazamiento a pie limita el número de edificios y entornos que se visitan, pero nuestro guía fue capaz de compensarlo con sus explicaciones.

Emails was a great tour guide, and presented his personal family history during the tour. This is going over and above in my book, because he allowed us to have an intimate look at history.

Interesting tour that gives a different perspective of history of Riga during Communist era. Recommended to learn more about Riga not just typical old town.

Richard was a brilliant tour guide. We took our 2 year old and turned up a few mins late and were still welcomed very warmly and professionally. We managed to stay for the entire tour as it coincided with nap time and then we bribed our toddler with snacks. Richard was very articulate and explained multiple view points without offending any parties involved. He was clearly very knowledgeable and passionate about his subject and drew upon his academics and real life experiences to explain the history of Riga. Thank you!

Wow - this was a very thorough and insightful tour, Mareks is a very knowledgeable tour guide. This tour was filled with lots of insightful details on the occupation its impact on the country, its people, the shared lived experiences, architecture and Riga today. Would definitely recommend. Thank you again!

Excellent

Good tour, I just wish it was much longer

I'm sorry but I didn't get the guides name but he grew up in Riga and gave us a fantastic Soviet tour.He had a Soviet joke at the end of each stop which was really entertaining.His knowledge about the Soviet occupation was as expected top class.Go on this Soviet tour,it was ,for me,informative,revealing entertaining and worthwhile.Well done our guide.

A fantasric tour by Emil. Incredible to hear of the history by someone with recent connections to it. Informative & funny.

Wow... Mareks knows EVERYTHING about the Sovjet time - and then some! Very informative, interesting tour, but also highly entertaining. 12/10, would book again!

Kaspars was absolutely amazing. So much knowledge, he’s a history teacher and answered all our questions in the most interesting way. I’ve done dozens of walking tours around the world : definitely my favorite !

Absolutely brilliant ! Must do if you want to see the soviet side of Riga

It was a very exciting tour with a lot of historic background information. Clear recommendation!!!

Enjoyed this tour on our first visit to Riga. Would recommend!

Janis did a great job what is a difficult era to explain to someone who has never experienced oppression. Some of his own family’s experience was very interesting in trying to understand what life was like under the Soviets. It definitely helped us to get a better appreciation of the unwavering desire for freedom and independence of the Latvian people and indeed all Baltic states.