Bikeru Cemetery in Riga

The Bikeru Cemetery is located near the Gailezers Children's Hospital. It is a partially closed cemetery, meaning it does not provide plots for new burials.

Only additional burials with a coffin and urn in existing relatives' graves are possible.

The cemetery covers 7.9 hectares.

This cemetery is the resting place of Jānis Voldemarovich Vilhelms, Hero of the Soviet Union, junior lieutenant, and company commander of the 92nd Rifle Regiment of the 201st Latvian Rifle Division of the 1st Shock Army of the Northwestern Front.

Bikeru Cemetery Address

Cemetery coordinates on the map: 56.960839, 24.251492.

Cemetery Address:

Juglas Street, 71, Vidzeme Suburb, Riga.

Bikeru Cemetery Contact Phone Number

For more information, please call the funeral service

+371 2944 9849

Operating Hours of the Cemetery on Yuglas Street

Summer (April 1 to October 31): 7:00 AM - 9:00 PM;
Winter (November 1 to March 31): 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM;
On Memorial Day and other commemoration days, the cemetery administration determines the opening hours.

Cemetery Administration Hours

Tue. - Sat.: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM;

Sun. – Mon: Closed.

How to get to the cemetery on Juglas Street

You can get to the cemetery by bus: No. 21, 31, 16.

Bikeru Cemetery Services

The closed necropolis of the Juglas Cemetery no longer provides free areas for new burials. Only family burials in already occupied plots are available.

Burial in these plots is free of charge. However, existing headstones must be removed before the burial, which is paid for after they are restored.

The cost of services is determined by the scope and complexity of the work.

How to get a plot at the cemetery on Juglas Street

Only family burials are available at this cemetery. If the burial is with a casket in the ground, at least twenty years must have passed since the last burial. There is no time limit for urn burial.

Obtaining a burial permit

To bury a casket or urn in the cemetery, permission from the Juglas Street Cemetery administration is required. Provide a death certificate, documents confirming the relationship, and an application for permission, as well as your identification documents.

Organizing a Funeral at Bikeru Cemetery in Riga

THE CITY FUNERAL SERVICE will help organize and conduct funerals at Bikeru Cemetery in Riga. Call us at +371 2944 9849 anytime for a free professional consultation.