The door itself, the neighborhood, the surroundings, the little passages. Everything is very beautiful! Visiting this is a matter of spending a while walking along its paths or small surrounding streets. It is within what could be considered Old Town and therefore very close to many of the city's other typical attractions.

After visiting the city center for a full day, we took part in a guided tour. Unexpectedly they led us to this stretch of road where there is the only remaining access gate to the city and where a stretch of the old walls are also preserved. This place is not even marked in the maps and guides provided by the local tourist information office! Too bad because it's very nice

At the end of the 17th century, when Riga was Swedish, the city gates, since then called the Swedish Gate, were built into a residential building built into the city fortifications. Here was also the Jürgen Tower (Jakovlevskaya). As a result of the two reconstructions carried out during the Soviet era, three houses, including the gate, acquired a single architectural appearance and became a monument to the architectural heritage of the Old City.