and imants is one of them. he opened a bar for those nostalgic for their youth under the soviet regime. and it had to include one of the latvia's most popular games, the novuss. show me? i must hit that one, and hit those into the pockets? this will be embarrassing, wait for this. yeah! i'll leave that to the professionals now. so we've got all sorts of soviet goodies here, that used to be served up during that era. we've got salami, cheese, herring and spratt with egg all served on bread. it used to come like this. you would order 100ml of vodka, and one of these snacks would come as standard, just to make sure you didn't get too drunk. in 1991, the soviet union collapsed and latvia regained its independence. finally enjoying the freedom to travel and settle abroad, many young latvians chose to leave. riga has lost almost a third of its population since independence. a consequence of this exodus is that it has left an extraordinary number of buildings across the city empty, like this one, a former ambulance de

and imants is one of them. years ago he opened a bar for those nostalgic for their youth under the soviet regime. and it had to include one of the latvia's most popular games, novuss. show me? i must hit that one, and hit those into the pockets? this will be embarrassing, wait for this. yeah! i will leave it to the professionals. so we've got all sorts of soviet goodies here, that used to be served up during that era. we've got salami, cheese, herring and sprat with egg, all served on bread. it used to come like this. you would order 100ml of vodka, and one of these snacks would come as standard, just to make sure you didn't get too drunk. in 1991, the soviet union collapsed and latvia regained its independence. finally enjoying the freedom to travel and settle abroad, many young latvians chose to leave. riga has lost almost a third of its population since independence. a consequence of this exodus is that it has left an extraordinary number of buildings across the city empty, like this one, a former ambulance