Riga Art Nouveau: The Secret Language of Its Facades

Riga Art Nouveau: The Secret Language of Its Facades

An immersive audio walking tour through Riga's most famous Art Nouveau buildings, where every facade hides secret messages.

7 points 60 min 1.5 km EN
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Welcome to Riga, the capital of Art Nouveau, where every house has a story, if you learn to understand it.

The secret language

Learn to decode the facades

Art Nouveau masters spoke through symbols: about power, fear, immortality and the birth of a new world. Here is your key.

Female mascaron
Female mascaron
Atlas figure
Atlas figure
Screaming mask
Screaming mask
Peacock
Peacock

On the walk you will start spotting these signs on facades all across Riga.

What you will uncover

Facades everyone walks past

A few of the stories hiding in plain sight, right in front of your eyes.

House with Peacocks
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House with Peacocks

Faces, masks and peacocks: a manifesto of immortality.

The Mad Confectioner
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The Mad Confectioner

Decor so lavish they mocked it as a frosted cake.

The house that foresaw war
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The house that foresaw war

Screaming masks that seemed to foresee war.

Decode it yourself
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Finale

Decode it yourself

Read a facade yourself, then we reveal its meaning.

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Unlock the full route
€8.90€12
  • All 7 stops, ~60 min of audio
  • Map with every stop on the route
  • Walk any day, at your own pace
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