This gracious red-brick neo-Gothic church is dedicated to you, dear travellers, for its patron – St Gertrude – answers the prayers of those on the road. This is why the church in her name was erected at what was once the edge of the city and where the road started. Now surrounded by art nouveau architecture, it is one of Rīga's best meeting points and a photographer's darling, making a perfect match for the city's trademark scarlet-cloud sunsets in summer.
Just like Rīga's Dome, St Gertrude's is half-church, half-musical venue. Its organ, built in 1906, is one of the city's best and classical-music concerts take place all the time.
