Chronology
On 6 November 2015
During celebration of the 85th anniversary of the Riga Central Market, the Central Market Anniversary Thaler was moulded from the coins donated by the customer, merchants, and visitors.
Read moreIn 2012
the Central Market received its first Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor and since then due to the positive feedback from tourists this certificate has been received every year.
Read moreIn 1997
The territory of the Central Market was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List as a part of the old town.
Read moreSince 1995
Rīgas Centrāltirgus (the Riga Central Market) is a joint stock company with 100% of its shares owned by the Riga City Council.
Read moreOn 18 October 1983
The pavilion complex of the Central Market was acknowledged as a national level cultural heritage.
Read more1961 year
The statistics for 1961 showed that the market was selling up to 200 000 tons of meat, 768 00 litres of milk, around 7 million eggs, more than 9 thousand tons of potatoes, more than 8 thousand tons of vegetables, and almost 5000 thousand tons of fruit each year.
Read moreIn 1961
Agreements for regular supply of agricultural products were entered into with 60 kolhozs (collective farms).
Read moreIn 1961
Up 700 tons of products could be stored at the warehouses of the market.
Read moreIn 1949
The Central Market was renamed as the Central Kolhoz Market and the press was praising it as the best market in the whole Soviet Union.
Read moreFrom 1941 until 1944
German war equipment workshop was arranged in the current fish and root pavilion.
Read moreDuring the Stalin’s rule
All of the merchants were moved out from the milk pavilion in order to build a 9 m tall statue of Stalin, however, the project was discontinued due to Stalin’s death in 1953.
Read moreIn summer 1939
The cheese thieves managed to steel from the Central Market 14 large cheese wheels and the merchant’s white overall. All three thieves were arrested when they were trying to sell the cheese and were sent to a correctional facility by the court.
Read moreIn 1939
a new and modern parking lot was built near the Central Market with a capacity of 100 horses, cars, or motorcycles.Charge for 12 hours – 50 santims.
Read moreIn 1938
Refrigerator rooms were capable of storing 310 000 kg of products.
Read moreIn 1930
The Riga Central Market was acknowledged no only as the largest, but also as the best and most advanced market in Europe Even then all of the pavilions were equipped with electric power and central heating system.
Read moreOn 10 November 1930
Merchants moved from Daugavmala Market to the new Central Market.
Read moreOn 1 November 1930
The Riga City Board introduced the Riga Central Market to all of the highest officials, including, the president with the first lady.
Read moreIn fall 1930
The construction works were completed.
Read moreFrom 26 April until 5 May 1930
The market premises hosted the 3rd international vehicle exhibition and from 10 until 12 May there was an exhibition organised by the Latvian Association of Hunters.
Read moreFrom 26 September until 1 October 1929
The pavilion which is known as the meat pavilion today was used as an exhibition hall for the creative works of school and preschool students to honour ten years of school operation in Latvian.The opening ceremony of exhibition was attended by the president Gustavs Zemgals, chairman of Saiema Dr Pauls Kalniņš, prime minister Edmunds Ziemelis as well as all of the current workers from the School Department of Riga City.
Read moreIn 1928
Construction was started again.
Read moreIn 1926
The construction work was suspended due to insufficient financial resources.
Read moreOn 25 September 1925
Cornerstone of the Central Market was laid next to the red Spīķeri warehouses.A zinc pipe was built in along with the cornerstone having inside a protocol with the decision from the city council for construction of the Central Market and all of the Riga’s newspapers issued on the respective day.
Read moreOn 1 July 1925
The Riga City Board announced a tender for dismantling works of the army ship hangars left by Germans in Vaiņode and their transportation to Riga for the needs of the planned pavilions at the Central Market.
Read moreIn June 1924
Construction of the new market was started by taking down 2 rows of the red Spīķeri warehouses.
Read moreIn summer 1923
A sketch tender was announced for construction of a market.
Read more18 December 1922
The Riga City Council made a decision to build a central food market.
Read more1909 – 1910
A need for a central market was discussed at the Riga Town Council.
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