Pictures from the largest Shoping Mall in Latvia. Some pics I`ve posted before, but some are brand new (taken on 11th January 2005).
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"Before you taste the product, pay for it!"
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foto.inbox.lv is sooooo slow.....

But not for everyone. For me it`s faster then Photobucket or other the picture hosts.

Yes it's not even loaded for a bit after about a minute!
Hybrid - try http://imageshack.us

Honestly, when I saw the title of the thread I thought it was some kind of S/M sex store... :D

I know. When the mall opened we all made fun of it at school.

Honestly, when I saw the title of the thread I thought it was some kind of S/M sex store... :D

right on that bro!

I know. When the mall opened we all made fun of it at school.

:lol: At least your malls are not named SM (abbreviation for Shoe Mart) like in Philippines. But only the foreigners seem to know what SM also means.

Nice looking mall BTW.

Very nice mall to do your shopping. Reminds me that I also need to do some shoping myself :yes:

I`m happy that I`ve done something good with this thread. Even if it`s just reminding someone to go shoping.

Oh, don't be so sensitive :pet: . I really think you did a great job, and the photos were wonderful :yes:

This Shopping center is cool indeed. When I saw the first pic of SC I thought that there should be VPM as well and I was right :)

Thank you, Hybrid, that's quite a shopping palace indeed! :eek:

I tried to look at this thread last night & got nothing but a series of :redx:, and the "Properties" function trick didn't work, either. Good thing I tried it again this morning. :) I'm so glad you caught "Domina" with the Christmas decorations! They are tasteful, charming and elegant. :okay:

Looks ok, but nothing special. I mean - is there a subway station in it? is all the parking located underneath it? are there two 10s residential buildings on top of it? is there a 29s office builsing connected to it? is it within 2 min walk from my place? :D
/TOTALLY spoiled :P:P

Not a fan of malls in general, especially if it isn't at a transit node and/or has surface parking around it. Does look like they've worked a bit with letting plenty of natural light in - tres bien.

It was nice to see so well known "Maxima" in your mall :) I felt like in Lithuania looking at it :) :colgate: :colgate: :laugh: :nocrook:

Is there a subway station in it?
Sorry but does Riga have a subway?
But it has a railway station near it, Trolleybus, Bus, Route taxi stops beside it.

Is all the parking located underneath it?
No, the parking is lokated abopve the mall (1st floor - mall, 2nd, 3rd floor and roof - parking)

Are there two 10s residential buildings on top of it?
Is there a 29s office builsing connected to it?
No, we don`t need them.

Not a fan of malls in general, especially if it isn't at a transit node and/or has surface parking around it. Does look like they've worked a bit with letting plenty of natural light in - tres bien.
I`ve noticed that your not a fan of malls. But I gues they`ve done a good work transforming two old factory buildings in this mall.

It was nice to see so well known "Maxima" in your mall :) I felt like in Lithuania looking at it :) :colgate: :colgate: :laugh: :nocrook:
Well actually I took a pic of the Maxima sign just to show what did the storm do. Look at the 29th pic. There is a part of the Xs lover right leg missing, and a bit lover is a sign saying "Autostāv" before the storm it was "Autostāvvieta"

This Shopping center is cool indeed. When I saw the first pic of SC I thought that there should be VPM as well and I was right :)
Is it VP? I thought it was Linstow,not sure though.

I think he meant VP Market. Owner of Maxima and Saulite (ex "T-Market") supermakets.

A bit surprised - many supermarkets do not allow to take pictures inside. Nice report :)
Investors are Italian "Pro Kapital". "VP Market" has got gargantuan Maxima hypermarket there, it takes some 11 000 m2.
Some statistics:
Total area - 110 000 m2, commercial space - 40 000 m2. Number of shops - above 110. Together with "Alfa" (80 000 m2, 160 shops, 14 restaurants) they compete about the title of the largest supermarket in Riga... until the full extension of "Spice" (150 shops and multiplex + extension in the other side of street of unknown size) and construction of "Akropole". Both "Domina Shopping" and "Alfa" lack individuality, both are like oversized hangars. Both are located in former electronic factory buildings.
Here you see the map of Domina Shopping:
http://www.prokapital.lv/site/files/dominashopping.html

"Alfa" from sky:
http://www.linstow.lv/images/pictures/alfa/alfa_031.jpg

Sorry but does Riga have a subway?
But it has a railway station near it, Trolleybus, Bus, Route taxi stops beside it.
As long as there's plenty of mass transit near it's good, lessens the car traffic generated by malls.
No, the parking is lokated above the mall (1st floor - mall, 2nd, 3rd floor and roof - parking)
So no surface parking? that's the way to go :)
I`ve noticed that your not a fan of malls. But I gues they`ve done a good work transforming two old factory buildings in this mall.
Yeah, compared to having to abandoned factories... :cheers1:

I found only one photo of our shoping mall's ;) Akropolis:

http://p.vtourist.com/1048130-Inside_Akropolis-Vilnius.gif

Nice mall, though it took me over 1min to download the images! Nice to see such large shopping centers in Latvia, the largest we have in Norway is only 160 shops, and they are old malls.

A bit surprised - many supermarkets do not allow to take pictures inside. Nice report :)
Well actually Domina doesn`t allow to take pictures too, but the guards don`t care about someone taking pictures.