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AI Connect is a one-day artificial intelligence conference in Riga, Latvia, held at the RTU Science and Innovation Centre. It is organised around three parallel tracks — Build, Use, and Explore — serving AI developers, professionals applying AI in their work, and students discovering the field. The programme mixes talks, workshops, demonstrations, and networking for a broad AI audience.
AI Connect's one-day programme lands in Riga in late August, when the Baltic summer is winding down gracefully — 20°C days, evenings cool enough for a jacket, and the Old Town's café terraces still in full swing. Riga pairs a UNESCO-listed medieval core with the world's finest concentration of Art Nouveau façades, and a single conference day leaves just enough time to see both.
Riga International (RIX) is 13 km from the centre: bus 22 does the run in about 30 minutes for pocket change, while Bolt rides — Latvia is Bolt's home market — take 20 minutes and rarely break €15. The Old Town itself is a car-free warren best crossed on foot; trams and trolleybuses handle anything beyond it.
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EU roaming covers European attendees as usual; visitors from outside the EU should arrange data in advance rather than hunting SIM kiosks on a one-day schedule. Set up an eSIM with Airalo before you board and you're online the moment you land.
Old Town (Vecrīga). The medieval core packs the House of the Blackheads, St. Peter's Church tower viewpoint and Riga Cathedral into half a square kilometre of cobblestones. The tower lift at St. Peter's gives the definitive red-rooftop panorama — go within two hours of sunset for the warm light.
Alberta iela Art Nouveau district. One-third of central Riga is Art Nouveau, and Alberta Street is its open-air museum — Mikhail Eisenstein's façades stacked with sphinxes, screaming masks and peacocks. Fifteen minutes' walk from the Old Town; the corner museum at Alberta 12 shows a restored 1903 apartment interior.
Riga Central Market. Five colossal Zeppelin hangars converted into one of Europe's largest markets — smoked fish, forest berries, rye bread and the local lunch counters where a full Latvian meal costs less than a capital-city coffee. It borders the Old Town and rewards even a 30-minute pass-through.
What is the fastest way in from RIX airport?
Bolt or taxi, about 20 minutes to the centre. Bus 22 is the budget option at roughly 30 minutes and runs from early morning until late evening.
Is one day enough to see Riga?
The Old Town plus Alberta iela fits comfortably around a one-day conference — both are compact and walkable. Kalnciema quarter or Jūrmala beach justify staying the weekend.
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