The streets of the old town of Riga are stunning in their fairy tale beauty with unusual names of buildings such as the House of the Blackheads which was originally built in the first third of the 14th century for the of Blackheads, a guild for unmarried merchants, ship owners, and foreigners in Riga. 
Another curious building is the cat house with statues of cats around the roof. As well as these statues there are statues of various animals around various areas of the public squares.
Riga also has a link with the creation of modern dress attire worn by so many people all over the world today. One of Riga's enterprising tailors migrated to the US and along with Levi Strauss patented strong work pants enforced with rivets at the seams – We know them as denim jeans. And there was a strange long word displayed in a shop window - must be Latvian.
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