| Where Else Can You Shoot a Round From a Former | | | | population density of fit blondes, otherwise known as |
| Soviet Bunker in Between Seeing the International | | | | the PDFB index. Other cities that come close include |
| Ice Sculpture Festival and Hitting the Clubs with | | | | Stockholm, Tallinn and most of Vilnius but a very |
| Claudia Schiffer lookalikes? | | | | quick, biased and unscientific poll based on personal |
| Certainly nowhere in the UK that's for sure. In Riga, | | | | preference and urban legend has Riga as the clear |
| you and your mates can get together and legally | | | | odds-on favourite. Helping you to continue this very |
| re-enact all your favourite Cold war James Bond | | | | necessary social research is a vast array of white hot |
| scenes to your hearts' content and do it all in safety | | | | clubs that have sprung up in the last five or so years. |
| and style with a vast array of armory to choose | | | | Riga is not known as the party capital of the former |
| from including the legendary Kalashnikovs, commonly | | | | Eastern Bloc for nothing. Just beware of equally fit |
| known as AK-47s. Latvia is also home to the 'festival' | | | | male Latvians who could probably have snared Gold |
| where almost every month there is a national day | | | | in Soviet era Greco-Roman wrestling. |
| dedicated to almost everything from Baltic Ballet to | | | | But Riga is, like, Baltic So Will I Freeze My B@$$s |
| International Films and, this year, The 8th | | | | Off? |
| International Ice Sculpture festival. Be amazed, | | | | Maybe. But not necessarily. Just like the UK January is |
| amused and get your photo taken in front of a lot of | | | | the most freezing month with lows hitting a chillin' |
| random but cool monuments. | | | | -9C. The record low for Riga is -34C but that was so |
| But What about The Claudia Schiffer Lookalikes? | | | | long ago that no one really remembers and the |
| It's a somewhat minor point that Claudia herself is | | | | record high is a toasty 34C. But generally from April |
| German and has probably never even heard of Riga | | | | to October Riga is cool without being cold and warm |
| let alone actually traveled there, but all accounts of | | | | without being sweltering. |
| clubbing in the Latvian capital attest to a very high | | | | |