Follow Latvia Immigration to learn about Latvian culture: Riga, the capital of Latvia, is known as the "beating heart of the Baltic" and the "Paris of the North." The city is covered in greenery and is often called the "European Beauty"; the people of Riga like to refer to it as the "City of Flowers." It is worth mentioning the daisy; during festivals, all the young women wear wreaths made of white daisies while singing and dancing. The daisy was chosen as the national flower not only for its purity and elegance, but also because it signifies that Latvia is like a daisy, quietly blooming on the shores of the Baltic Sea.