Virši opens €2.2 million filling station on Vienības gatve in Riga

Latvian fuel retailer Virši-A, which trades as Virši, has invested €2.2 million in a new full-service filling station at Vienības gatve 179 in Riga, the company said on 13 November. It is the 102nd station in the Virši network and its 16th in the capital.

What drivers will find

The station is built on a 2,746-square-metre site and is designed for both cars and lorries. It has a 171-square-metre shop and six parking spaces for cars, one of them reserved for disabled drivers.

According to the Virši website, the station is open 24 hours a day. It sells 95E and 98 petrol, diesel and AdBlue, as well as screenwash, and offers bottled gas exchange, toilets and Wi-Fi. There is no electric vehicle charging at the site.

To mark the opening, the company is offering a discount of 10 cents a litre on fuel at this station until 30 November. The announcement did not give fuel prices.

Nearest other Virši stations

The nearest other Virši stations on the left bank of the Daugava are at Valdeķu iela 35, about 2.4 km from the new site in a straight line, and at Mārupes iela 57 in Torņakalns, about 3.8 km away. Both are also open around the clock.

Eighteen new stations this year

“2026 has become the biggest year of network expansion in Virši’s history. This year we have taken over and modernised 17 Astarte filling stations and completed the construction of a new station on Vienības gatve in Riga,” said Jānis Vība, chairman of the Virši management board. In total, the network has grown by 18 stations this year.

The Virši-A group had turnover of €398.091 million in 2025, up 4.6% on the previous year, while profit rose 20.1% to €5.608 million, LSM, the Latvian public broadcaster, reported. The company's shares are listed on First North, the alternative market of the Nasdaq Riga stock exchange.