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The Riga episode of the “In the Belly of the City” TV series will highlight Latvian food traditions and invite viewers to experience the tastes of Riga for themselves.

The film will be screened in English. After the premiere, guests will have the opportunity to taste the products prepared by the main characters in the episode.

The city of Riga hosts the largest covered food market in Europe with 3000 stalls housed in five large pavilions. Riga Central Market, which is on UNESCO's World Heritage List as part of the historic centre of Riga, was built by transforming old Zeppelin hangars that had been left by the Germans after World War I. Nowadays, Riga Central Market is still the central meeting and trading point for food producers from all regions of Latvia, and it plays an important role in the city’s urban cultural scene, with many creative events taking place there.

During the Riga episode of the series, made by VFS Films, viewers will learn about several traditional Latvian products such as hemp butter, rye bread, healing herbs, sparkling birch sap wine and fried lampreys. They will not only explore the market, but will also meet the people who make these products and hear their secrets on how best to consume them.

The TV series “In the Belly of the City” is a STEFILM International production that rediscovers the most exciting food markets in Europe. The first five programmes made in 2013 received the US TASTE AWARDS for Best Foreign Language Program, and the journey now goes on to reveal more beautiful, colourful and tasty markets in Florence, Freiburg, Zagreb, Toulouse and Riga. Each episode is dedicated to one city and underlines the importance which food has for us today.

For more information, visit the webpage of the TV series.