91, Almatynska St. and move east towards the forest.

This is the most eastern area of Kyiv and it’s quite far away from the metro line. You can take a bus from Chernihivska metro station (20 min ride)

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It’s located between 12, Vernadsky Boulevard and Temp Stadium (10А, Henerala Vitruka St, Kyiv), Kyiv, Ukraine

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Navodnytskyi park, between Paton bridge and Dnipro metro station.

Admission free

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Since 2019, the year that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church gained independence from the Moscow Patriarchy, St Andrew’s Church has been given over to the Patriarch of Constantinople for ceremonies. It also serves as the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s embassy in Ukraine. In 2020, the church reopened to the public after a major five-year long reconstruction that restored its external facades and interiors.

23, Andriivskyi descent, Kyiv, Ukraine

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46, Lukianivska St, Kyiv, Ukraine

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Check out the iconic Ukrainian pop music video of early ‘00s by Iryna Bilyk for Love. Poison. The video was shot at Kyiv Sea in winter.

Naberezhna St, Vyshhorod, Kyivska oblast, Ukraine

Admission free

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Like a large mirror, RoLit, reflects all the many tragedies of twentieth century Ukrainian literature. Writers loyal to the regime lived side by side those their contemporaries who were being closely monitored by the KGB. The inhabitants suffered through three waves of Stalinist repression; many writers being shipped off from the complex to prisons and concentration camps for committing ‘ideological errors’. Such was the state of paranoid amongst the residents, some slept partially clothed with packed suitcases by their sides, in case they heard the muffled steps of KGB officers creeping towards their rooms in the early hours of the morning.

Although the rooms by contemporary standards are small, at the time of construction they were considered luxurious, fitted as they were with telephones and sought-after amenities. A rooftop café was envisaged in the original plan but never built due to a lack of funds. Instead, time-starved writers could dine at a canteen next to the house, which served meals that would have been difficult to cook in their tiny kitchens.

SEEKYIV says:

“Nowadays, it’s a regular residential house. Pay attention to the commemorative plaques on the facade”

68, Bohdana Khmelnytskoho St, Kyiv, Ukraine

Admission free

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Through a series of large-scale public campaigns, the velodrome was eventually saved by a group of activists, cyclists, and architects, who mobilised a series of clean-ups, lectures, and film screenings to help fund its reconstruction. Nowadays, an enormous mural of a cyclist by the Canadian artist Emmanuel Jarus looms over the area, which has regained its position as a popular collective cycling space and local hangout.

We recommend you to visit a great food spot near Kyiv Velodrome, where you can try Vietnamese pho at Tin Tin, pizza at Pie Spot, mexican tacos at Chica Poblana.

Photos: 1 – Kyiv Velodrome in 2021; 2 – Pie Spot pizza; 3 – Save Kyiv Velodrome protests, 2014; 4 – Track Cycling Training by Avanhard sports society, 1960s

SEEKYIV says:

“A small hint from us: if you climb on the third floor of the building that borders the velodrome, you’ll get a nice panoramic view from another perspective”

15, Vyacheslava Lypynskoho, Kyiv, Ukraine

Admission free


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11, Peremohy Ave, Kyiv, Ukraine

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