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A newly signed Memorandum of Understanding between Ports of Stockholm, the Freeport of Riga Authority and Riga Ropax Terminal is the driving force behind a joint application for EU funding to reduce the impact of port activities on the environment and climate in the areas surrounding the passenger terminals in the capital cities.

Riga Ropax Terminal, in cooperation with the Riga Freeport Authority as project lead partner, the Port of Stockholm, the Port of Klaipeda, the City of Stockholm and the Vismar University of Applied Sciences, Technology, Business and Design, has submitted an application to the Interreg Baltic Sea Region Transnational Cooperation Programme.

MIPIM 2023 is officially on! You can meet the Riga Port City team at the Riga stand (R7.D5.)

We are pleased to announce that next week the Riga Port City team will participate in the international real estate and investment forum MIPIM 2023 at Cannes, France.

The detailed design of the area has been approved by the municipality, the masterplan has been finalised and the area is ready for the next stages of development today.

Respondents name their favourite things to have in a public promenade in Riga Port City

Together with Restaurant Naples, we would like to delight one of you by giving away a €50.00 gift voucher to enjoy an authentic Italian meal of your choice.

We are pleased to announce that as of today, 30 November, the Christmas tree has been lit in our area, in the square surrounded by the restaurants of Andrejosta. 

More than 63% of respondents would be willing to work or move to Riga Port City.

2022 September 15 will be a conference - REAL ESTATE’S CONTINUING RESILIENCE

This year, a record number of ships have registered for the season in Riga.

If you are the owner of water transport and want to rent a parking space for your vehicle, the Yacht Club pier in Andrejosta, Eksporta iela 1d, will certainly help you.

The 2022 cruise season is open.

In response to the war in Ukraine, the third Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA3) has been postponed to summer 2023.

The Isabelle has been handed over to the Estonian authorities to provide temporary accommodation for Ukrainian refugees.

The third edition of the Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA3), running from 15 July – 2 October, led by Chief Curator René Block and titled Exercises in Respect, will feature 63 artists in the main exhibition in Andrejsala. Working alongside Block, Nico Anklam is acting as associate curator for RIBOCA3. He will also develop the public program for RIBOCA3.

The film's premiere already took place in London, Riga, Berlin, Moscow, Paris and Basel. The main venue of the film is Andrejsala, where RIBOCA2 took place in 2020. Now the world sees the potential of Andrejsala.

At the Riga International Film Festival on October 17, the RIBOCA film - and suddenly it all blossoms – will premiere, documenting the Riga International Biennale of Contemporary Art, which lasted only three weeks due to the restrictions of the pandemic.

The most appreciated student works of the Riga Technical University (RTU) master's study program have been placed in Andrejsala for viewing. A total of 22 works were developed within the study program, which reflected the proposals for the location of the National Acoustic Concert Hall in Riga. The group of experts established by the Latvian Union of Architects has nominated three potential concert hall holdings, where Andrejsala ranked first in terms of architects' analysis and the number of points obtained.

Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA) is delighted to announce the appointment of René Block as chief curator for the third edition, RIBOCA3, running from 15 July - 2 October 2022 in Riga, Latvia.

Today is the opening of the Second Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA2). This year the biennial will take place solely in Andrejsala, a Riga Port City (RPC) territory. We, RPC team, are delighted to have this opportunity – offer our territory for the exhibition, handing it over to RIBOCA team and this year’s curator Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel.

The 2nd edition of Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA2) opens to the public from 20 August - 13 September 2020, bringing together 65 participants and 9 collectives at the Andrejsala industrial port area in Riga.

ANDREJSALA – BETWEEN RUIN AND RENOVATION A partially abandoned peninsula, Andrejsala is somewhere between a ruin and a renovation site, mirroring the current state of the world. It stands as a metaphor for the ruptures of modern utopias, Soviet ideals and capitalist hopes, and resonates with our current challenges: to find ways of inhabiting the world in a new epoch while acknowledging these shared heritages.

With development at Andrejsala on the territory of Riga Port City underway, SJSC Latvijas Dzelzceļš started a reconstruction of railway infrastructure in the Zemitāni-Rīga-Krasta section on July 28. As a result, the port’s historic coal railway station Rīgas Krasta has been disconnected from the rail network.

With the reduction of the impact of the pandemic in the Baltic Sea countries and the lifting of travel restrictions in European countries, Tallink / Silja Line has opened a new route from Helsinki to Riga Passenger Port.

Understanding this extreme situation as a call for reinvention, the exhibition, spreading over 200,000m2 of the Tarkovskian former port district of Andrejsala in Riga, will be open to the public from 20 August - 13 September, and will be transformed into the setting for a feature- length film that will be shot during opening hours. Between a ruin and a construction site, past fallen dreams and present reality, the project, transformed into a unique experience, acknowledges the limitations and possibilities of today.

The 2nd edition of Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA2), and suddenly it all blossoms, curated by Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel, invites you to join its online series of talks and conversations, imagined with associate curator of public programmes Sofia Lemos.

RIBOCA2 announces exhibition will transform into a feature movie, film set and online series of talks and conversations

The second Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art RIBOCA2 will start in the summer. Unlike the first biennial, when there were eight locations in Riga, this time will be just one - in Andrejsala, while the other locations will be waiting for guests in Jurmala.

RIBOCA announces the two main venues for its second edition: the former industrial port Andrejsala (“Andrew's Island”) in Riga and the former Summer Residence of the Union of Architects of Latvia in Jūrmala.

On February 15, 2020, the dismantling of railway tracks in the center of Riga, in the territory of Riga Port City, was started. The rails have been completely dismantled today from their beginning in the southern part of Andrejosta, including the rails crossing the road.

Rapper Edavārdi has announced a concert tour to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of his album “Breakout". This will be a special concert series, focusing on the artist's older musical material, that has been created between 2007 and 2015.

Riga Port City has a territory for the implementation of socially significant projects, such as the national acoustic concert hall.

From September 13, Mikhail Chekhov's Riga Russian Theater invites little visitors and their parents to go on a trip – together with the heroes of Selma Lagerleva's fairy tale "The Wonderful Journey of Nils Holgerson" to a mysterious place in Andrejsala.

Does Andrejsala have the potential as a place for business, or has it been used up already? Business portal “Dienas Bizness” surveyed companies working in Andrejsala to find out their opinion on the development of this part of Riga.

On July 29, "Dienas Bizness" wrote about Riga Port City: "In the upcoming years, Andrejsala may become the most dynamic development area, as the port cargo leaves the city center. All the prerequisites are there to make this place a real pearl of the city.”

“For us as the owners of Andrejosta territory, this project has been evolving organically, the territory being on the very bank of the Daugava. The river-front for a long time has been used as a Yacht port and service point before specific area development plans were in place. Our goal is to preserve these traditions. Therefore, in the project, we firmly stick to the decision that the waterfront will be green and accessible to pedestrians, public functions and recreation, as well as we’re considering all possibilities to actively use the water area itself,” announced Uģis Stīpnieks, SIA RJC Andrejosta project manager.