I spent just over a week staying here and can thoroughly recommend it. Riga is not an enormous city! Yes, you’re on the other side of the river in this place, but all the better to look at the other side. There are bus stops a few minutes walk away and the trams are quite close too. Taxi apps such as Bolt seem very affordable and quick as well. The Olympia shopping centre is also a few minutes walk from the flat and has a massive Rimi supermarket as well as a pharmacy and some cheap food options upstairs.
The flat itself, like the island of Ķīpsala, is very peaceful. This part of the island is recently developed with a new campus ground for one of the universities. There’s not a lot to do on the island, but it’s a nice walk or two along the waterfront and probably better in the summer when the beach (yes, there’s a beach!) and boats are being used. There’s a small but excellently designed museum about Žanis Lipke who saved a number of Jews from the Riga ghetto. There is also a (not so cheap!) restaurant called Fabrikas which was maybe the best place I ate at during my stay in Riga. Beyond the island and on the rest of the Left Bank, there’s the general area of Āgenskalns and a nice farmers’ style market at the weekend. Again, probably more going on in summer than slightly cold March…
Inside the flat everything is finished to a good modern standard. It’s warm. It’s quiet. The bathroom is spacious. There’s a wooden balcony you could comfortably sit out on and I did in the sunshine. Communication was excellent. I’d be happy to stay again.