Riga is not ready (but at least it tries). City development updates and ideas.
This is Zurbu.
A cozy place to collect, organize, share, and preserve knowledge on things you care about.
One communityāāāmultiple thematic projects.
Public or private, collaborative or read-onlyāāātake a look at some of them:
1201:future
1201:past
History of Riga. The project where it all started.
Valmiera
Exploring history of Valmiera, Latvia. Managed by the town's local history museum.
Projects are made of notes.
From one-liners to long reads, here are the latest ones:
www.riga.lv/lv/jaunums/lidzdalibas-budzeta-konkursa-otraja-karta-virzitas-60-ridzinieku-idejas-ieceres-skatamas-portala-georigaeuLÄ«dzdalÄ«bas budžeta konkursa otrajÄ kÄrtÄ virzÄ«tas 60 rÄ«dzinieku idejas; ieceres skatÄmas portÄlÄ georiga.eu
RÄ«dzinieki lÄ«dzdalÄ«bas budžeta konkursÄ iesnieguÅ”i kopÄ 62 ideju projektus 31 apkaimÄ, no kuriem konkursa komisija tÄlÄkai vÄrtÄÅ”anai virzÄ«ja 60 ieceres. Parā¦
www.bvkb.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/bvkb-pienem-lemumu-par-rigas-centraltirgus-galas-paviljona-ekspluatacijas-aizliegumuBVKB pieÅem lÄmumu par RÄ«gas CentrÄltirgus Gaļas paviljona ekspluatÄcijas aizliegumu
BÅ«vniecÄ«bas valsts kontroles birojs (BVKB), izvÄrtÄjot RÄ«gas CentrÄltirgus Gaļas paviljona tehnisko stÄvokli un bÅ«ves droÅ”umu, ir pieÅÄmis lÄmumu no 2026. gadaā¦
www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/10.06.2026-buvniecibas-uzraugi-pieprasa-partraukt-centraltirgus-galas-paviljona-ekspluataciju.a650987BÅ«vniecÄ«bas uzraugi pieprasa pÄrtraukt CentrÄltirgus Gaļas paviljona ekspluatÄciju
2026-06-10T15:10:00+00:00 BÅ«vniecÄ«bas valsts kontroles birojs (BVKB) treÅ”dien apsekojis RÄ«gas CentrÄltirgus Gaļas paviljonu, un no ceturtdienas, 11. jÅ«nija, tÄ ekspluatÄcija tiks liegta, paziÅojis RÄ«gas domes priekÅ”sÄdÄtÄjs Viesturs Kleinbergs ("ProgresÄ«vie").
Feel free to build notes with
- Text
- Quotes
- Links
- Images
- Documents
- Aliases
- Locations
- Milestone dates
- External references
ā¦ and make forum-like discussion threads.
And itās all about organizing data.
Drop notes but never lose them.
- Make the most of the powerful tagging system. Tag your notes, and even tag other tags, too!
- Turn simple tags into structured knowledge with metadata, hierarchies, and categories.
- Both notes and tags can be added to boardsāāāessentially to-do lists with access controls.
Find everything relevant to your workflow at a glance in a special page called āChaosā.
The tools are abstractāāāthe rules are yours.
Zurbu shines when knowledge fits on a map.
But thatās not required.
- Assign locations to your tags and notes
- See all notes within polygon-located tags
- Mark locations with issues
- Import places from OpenStreetMap
- Export data as GeoJSON
ā¦ and expect more geography to come.
Preserve your knowledge.
Safeguard your efforts with daily exports.
ZIP files with full export data are generated daily for each project.
Whatās inside? An SQLite database for text, and all uploaded files.
Available to project owners only by defaultāāābut can be published, too.
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Built with enthusiasm and experience.
Zurbu wasn't built in a day.
- 2001
- A school project on 800th anniversary of Riga evolves into a popular blog on history and sights of the city.
- 2004
- An old-school forum is added to the blog. People start talking.
- 2009
- Zurbu, a moonshot at creating blogs and forums for local history enthusiasts worldwide, is launched. Old blog articles get migrated there.
- 2024
- Finally, the current version of Zurbu appears. Rewritten from scratch, with all the existing data and new content, and an ambitious goal of providing like-minded people a convenient and safe space for the things they care about.