Mežaparks
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Mežaparks is a neighbourhood in North Central Riga, Latvia. The name is literally translated as 'forest park'. The park was built in the early 20th and was originally called Kaiserwald. During the Second World War, a concentraton camp was located in this park, and many Jews, Gypsies, communists, and other opponents of Nazi rule were murdered in these woods. In 1944, a brief battle took place in Kaiserwald between the Nazi forces and their Latvian collaborators, and the Soviet army. The Soviets won, and quickly reconquered the rest of Riga. One of the wealthier areas of Riga, the park hosts the Latvian Song and Dance festival [1] in late July. It is also host to Riga zoo and its lakeside locale allows for various water sporting activities.
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