Antique stores in Riga
Riga, Riga has 20 antique stores on the map. That's 20 antique shops mapped around Riga. Specialties differ enormously — furniture, jewellery, ephemera — so the shop that matches your interest matters more than the count. Learn to read the marks: maker's marks, hallmarks, and labels are the difference between a find and a folly.
This guide covers every antique store we could verify in and around Riga (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Mākslas vēstniecība and Alter Ego, plus Retro A. If an antique shop's missing from Riga's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Riga antique lineup
20 mapped within about 40 km:
Mākslas vēstniecība
Antique store
Mākslas vēstniecība — Antique store, found on 6A Ausekļa iela in Rīga. Also worth knowing about Mākslas vēstniecība: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-16:00.
6A Ausekļa iela, Rīga, LV-1010
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-16:00
Alter Ego
Antique store
Alter Ego — Antique store, found on 14 Skolas iela in Rīga. Also worth knowing about Alter Ego: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-15:00.
14 Skolas iela, Rīga, LV-1010
Hours: Tu-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-15:00
Retro A
Antique store
Retro A is Antique store on 54 Tallinas iela, Rīga. Retro A also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-14:00.
54 Tallinas iela, Rīga, LV-1009
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-14:00
Livonija
Antique store
Livonija is Antique store on 126 Aleksandra Čaka iela, Rīga. Livonija also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-16:00.
126 Aleksandra Čaka iela, Rīga, LV-1012
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-16:00
Antikvariāts Vēsture
Antique store
Antikvariāts Vēsture is Antique store on 93 Aleksandra Čaka iela, Rīga. Antikvariāts Vēsture also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-14:00.
93 Aleksandra Čaka iela, Rīga, LV-1011
Hours: Mo-Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-14:00
Antikvariāts Gadsimti
Antique store
Antikvariāts Gadsimti — Antique store, found on 91 Aleksandra Čaka iela in Rīga. Also worth knowing about Antikvariāts Gadsimti: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-15:00.
91 Aleksandra Čaka iela, Rīga, LV-1011
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-15:00
Antikvariāts
Antique store
Antikvariāts is Antique store on 86A Aleksandra Čaka iela, Rīga.
86A Aleksandra Čaka iela, Rīga, LV-1011
Antikvariāts
Antique store
Antikvariāts is Antique store on 40 Matīsa iela, Rīga. Antikvariāts also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-17:00; Sa 11:00-16:00.
40 Matīsa iela, Rīga, LV-1009
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-17:00; Sa 11:00-16:00
Olga
Antique store
Olga is Antique store on 62 Aleksandra Čaka iela, Rīga. Olga also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa,Su off.
62 Aleksandra Čaka iela, Rīga, LV-1011
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa,Su off
Antīks
Antique store
Antīks is Antique store on 51 Stabu iela, Rīga. Antīks also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-19:00.
51 Stabu iela, Rīga, LV-1011
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-19:00
Volmar
Antique store
Volmar is Antique store on 4 Krāmu iela, Rīga. Volmar also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00.
4 Krāmu iela, Rīga, LV-1050
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00
Doma antikvariāts
Antique store
Doma antikvariāts is Antique store on 8 Smilšu iela, Rīga. Doma antikvariāts also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-19:00; Sa 11:00-17:00.
8 Smilšu iela, Rīga, LV-1050
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-19:00; Sa 11:00-17:00
Antiqua
Antique store
Antiqua — Antique store, found on 25 Vaļņu iela in Rīga. Also worth knowing about Antiqua: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 12:00-18:00.
25 Vaļņu iela, Rīga, LV-1050
Hours: Mo-Fr 12:00-18:00
Senlietu bode
Antique store
Senlietu bode — Antique store, found on 44A Dzelzavas iela in Rīga. Also worth knowing about Senlietu bode: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa-Su 10:00-15:00.
44A Dzelzavas iela, Rīga, LV-1035
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa-Su 10:00-15:00
Antikvariāta centrs
Antique store
Antikvariāta centrs is Antique store on 52 Brīvības iela, Rīga.
52 Brīvības iela, Rīga, LV-1011
Baltars
Antique store
Baltars — Antique store, found on 76A Tērbatas iela in Rīga. Also worth knowing about Baltars: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:15-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
76A Tērbatas iela, Rīga, LV-1001
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:15-16:00
Phone: +37126002050
Viss antīkais
Antique store
Viss antīkais — Antique store, found on 23 k-2 Slokas iela in Rīga.
23 k-2 Slokas iela, Rīga, LV-1048
antīkas mēbeles
Antique store
antīkas mēbeles — Antique store, found on 9 Lāčplēša iela in Rīga. Also worth knowing about antīkas mēbeles: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-16:00.
9 Lāčplēša iela, Rīga, LV-1010
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-16:00
Mēbeles no Vācijas - Daugmale
Antique store
Mēbeles no Vācijas - Daugmale — Antique store. Also worth knowing about Mēbeles no Vācijas - Daugmale: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-16:00.
Daugmale, LV-2124
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-16:00
Retro
Antique store
Retro — Antique store, found on 116 Augusta Deglava iela in Rīga. Also worth knowing about Retro: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-16:00.
116 Augusta Deglava iela, Rīga, LV-1082
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-16:00
What the map tells us about antique stores in Riga
17 of the 20 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — antique shops keep civilised hours, so the listed times are usually good.
The Riga antique trail
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Mākslas vēstniecība on 6A Ausekļa iela, Alter Ego on 14 Skolas iela, Retro A on 54 Tallinas iela, Livonija on 126 Aleksandra Čaka iela, Antikvariāts Vēsture on 93 Aleksandra Čaka iela, Antikvariāts Gadsimti on 91 Aleksandra Čaka iela, Antikvariāts on 86A Aleksandra Čaka iela, and Antikvariāts on 40 Matīsa iela. That's 20 stops on the Riga antique trail. 12 more are listed below.
Antique hunting tips for Riga
Hunting antiques in Riga? A few rules help:
- Ask about restoration at Mākslas vēstniecība. Has it been restored, and by whom? Honest restoration is fine; hidden restoration is a problem.
- Ask about the shop's specialty at Alter Ego. Every dealer leans somewhere: furniture, silver, books, textiles. Find the lean that matches your interest.
- Patina is value. Original patina on metal and wood is desirable. Over-polished pieces have lost something irrecoverable.
- Ask for the story. The best dealers know where pieces came from. The story is part of what you're buying.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Riga — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new antique store in Riga can take a while to appear. The 20 above are only as current as the community map. A antique store that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.
We don't list prices or authenticate pieces — that's the dealer's job in person. What we list is the where: real shops, verified by real mappers.
If you run one of the 20 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Antique store listings for Riga: 20 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.