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Academy of Sciences
A Stalin-era skyscraper nicknamed 'Stalin's birthday cake', with a viewing terrace over the city.
- Open
- The terrace opens from spring to autumn
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 45 minutes
- Address
- Akadēmijas laukums 1, LV-1050 RigaDirections
- Getting There
- Behind the Central Market, a 10-minute walk from the Old Town.
Why Go
Built in 1953–1961 in the style of Moscow's Seven Sisters, the tower has hammers and sickles hidden among the Latvian folk patterns on its walls. A terrace on the 17th floor, 65 meters up, looks across the market, the river and the Old Town.
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