Ziepniekkalns

Ziepniekkalns is a neighborhood in Riga, Latvia. It is located in the Pārdaugava district of Riga close to the city's southern border. Ziepniekkalns is the newest out of all Riga's neighborhoods. It was developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s and primarily consists of Soviet-era 10-story apartment buildings. However, many older buildings constructed in the early 1960s still exist in Ziepniekkalns. There is a stark contrast between the older 3-story buildings and the newer 10-story ones. In the mid-1990s, the Route19 trolleybus line was extended to the heart of Ziepniekkalns, with its final stop now at the Mego supermarket. The trolleybus route 4 runs through the city center to Jugla.