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The House of the Black Cat

This building (also housing a pub of no particular note) is most famous for the two statues of black cats on the roofs. The legend has it that a disgruntled tradesman who was not accepted into the Big Guild, built this house and put the cats on it with their tails pointing towards the Big Guild, thus expressing his scorn.

Address
Meistaru iela 10
Getting there
Next to the Big Guild

Listing from Wikivoyage: Riga/Vecrīga, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Updated 28 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.