Miera Street Summer Festival 2015

Trading, crafting, painting, singing and listening, playing music and playing games, tasting and snacking - all the length of Miera Street and almost the whole day long. Colourful ribbons and pennants fluttering in the wind on strings stretched across inner courtyards brighten the overcast skies. In one courtyard, brightly orange-painted bicycles also float in the air. Children's chatter and squeals of delight when a small finger manages to touch a just-blown soap bubble.

Our favourites of the day - hemp chocolate bars and a grass head (see photos), each for EUR 5. We also tried a beer from some Jūrmala brewery called "Viedi" (EUR 3 for 0.5 l), previously untasted and unencountered.

An urban start-of-season event. It seems like every other street in Riga with even a hint of oldness and bohemian character could host something like this every weekend throughout the summer.