Industrial and derelict locations to film in Latvia
8 of them, 8 with a photo and 4 with practical details the location publishes itself. Every entry links to the location or to the body that manages it.
Factories, warehouses, power stations, mines, depots and abandoned buildings: raw space, hard surfaces and the kind of decay that is impossible to build.
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Cesu Alus Brewery
Industrial & derelict
Brewery on the edge of Cesis combining 19th century brick buildings with modern brewhouse and packaging halls, tanks, pipework and a visitor route through production.
Freeport of Riga
Industrial & derelict
Working port on both banks of the Daugava with container and bulk terminals, cranes, rail sidings and quays, plus the older Andrejsala berths close to the city centre.
Freeport of Ventspils
Industrial & derelict
Ice-free cargo port at the mouth of the Venta with oil and chemical terminals, bulk berths, long breakwaters and rail yards on the Baltic coast.
Karosta Northern Forts
Industrial & derelict
Broken concrete coastal artillery forts of the tsarist naval fortress, partly collapsed into the sea, standing on an open beach north of Liepaja.
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Port of Liepaja
Industrial & derelict
Cargo and fishing port inside the Liepaja special economic zone, with quays along the trade canal, warehouses, cranes and open yards next to the former naval base.
Riga Carriage Building Works (RVR)
Industrial & derelict
Rolling stock plant north east of the centre with tall assembly halls, overhead cranes, test track and rail sidings, parts of the site standing empty.
Spikeri Quarter
Industrial & derelict
Row of 19th century red brick warehouses between the Central Market and the Daugava, converted to offices, galleries and event halls, with cobbled service lanes between the blocks.
Office space and event areas for hire, open-air courtyards used for markets and screenings
VEF Quarter
Industrial & derelict
Red brick halls and interwar office blocks of the former VEF electrical works on Brivibas gatve, now let as offices, workshops and event space, with long corridors and factory yards.
Industrial and derelict locations elsewhere in Europe
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