Dārzciems

Dārzciems (literally: garden village) is a neighborhood of Riga located in the Latgale suburb in the southeastern part of the right bank of the Daugava river. Directly translated from Latvian, it means "Garden village". With a population of about 21,000 inhabitants in 2010, Dārzciems's territory covers 4.577 km2 (1.767 sq mi) and is one of the driest parts of Riga. The western part of Dārzciema mainly consists of one-or two-story private buildings, while the northwestern part is dominated by multi-storied housing blocks. During the Soviet era Dārzciems was a well-known department store.[1]

Dārzciems
Neighborhood
Preiļu street in Dārzciems
Coordinates: 56°56′24″N 24°10′43″E
CountryLatvia
Area
 • Total4.577 km2 (1.767 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total18 956
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Territory of neighborhood was added to Riga in 1924 and it was planned to develop it as a garden city with small private houses and gardens around them. During 1970s part of the old private houses was demolished and several 3 to 9 storey apartment blocks was built for the needs of Red army officers. Later also several big industrial enterprises built apartments fot their workers there.

  • Private houses and apartment blocks on Zeltiņu iela.
  • Sergei Zholtok secondary school.
  • Gaismas iela in Dārzciems

References
  1. "Dārzciems" (in Latvian). apkaimes.lv.


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