Europe’s Hottest Cities 2014: Riga and Umeå as Capitals of Culture — theculturetrip.com

As the European Capital of Culture, Riga offers a fantastic opportunity to learn about the cultural heritage and grand personalities of the past, as well as to discover contemporary Latvian music, fine arts, cinema and pop culture. More than 200 cultural projects and events will take place throughout the year in every part of the city, including music performances by the world-renowned Latvian choirs, contemporary art festivals and exhibitions, popular music concerts, grand national celebrations of traditional Latvian festivities, splendid opera staging, theatre plays and modern art performances. For the over-arching theme of the year, Riga has chosen a commonly used term in law – force majeure – to signify a mighty force of culture, both unexpected and foreseeable, which has a power to change lives of people and cities towards the better.

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