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The Sun Museum

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Right in the heart of Riga there is a museum similar to which you will not be able to find in Europe. It is the Sun Museum holding a collection of more than 300 suns from various countries. This collection started with a tiny sun in year 1999 and has grown to the largest collection of suns in Europe.

The Sun as the giver of light has been worshiped from the ancient times and still is today. In the Sun Museum in Riga you will be able to see the Sun as a clock, a wind chime, a bird feeder, a fountain. The Sun almost always has a face and the grimaces are very impressive.

In the basement of the museum there is a creative studio where individuals and groups are invited to paint the plaster suns themselves and have them as a gift from the museum. This sun you will be able to take home with you to always have good memories about this warm place!

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