Kyiv
This Pechersk-based facility is more than a museum, it's a crucible for preserving Ukrainian folk culture in the 21st century. In addition to permanent…
Must-see attractions in Kyiv
Kyiv
This small museum is devoted to Ukrainian hetmans, the military commanders of the Ukrainian Cossack State. Set in a stone house built at the beginning of…
Kyiv
The Dutch funded the launch of this museum inside a 1980s water pump, but it now operates independently. On the obligatory 45-minute tour (in English by…
Kyiv
The Church of Mykola Prytysk survived the 1811 fire that destroyed much of Podil. This Ukrainian Orthodox church is the oldest structure in the district …
Taras Shevchenko Memorial House Museum
Kyiv
A beautifully restored, 19th-century wooden house where the man who dominates the Ukrainian literary pantheon once lived. You can see drawings he made on…
Kyiv
This distinctive neo-Renaissance mansion in Kyiv's wealthy Lypky district, built in 1901, is notable for its lavish interiors. There's a small sculpture…
Kyiv
Bila Tserkva’s wonderful Dendropark Oleksandriya is Ukraine's largest landscaped park. It's much bigger than Uman's more-heralded Sofiyivka Park, but it…
Kyiv
Church lovers will find several attractive and historic specimens in Podil, including this 1863 church near the river, which is dedicated to sailors and…
Museum of Ukrainian Folk Decorative Arts
Kyiv
This excellent museum in the Upper Lavra, just south of the Assumption Cathedral, boasts a vast collection of clothes, carpets, jewellery, ceramics and…
Kyiv
The huge and surprisingly glitzy Tarasa Shevchenka Museum, dedicated to Ukraine's national poet, prides itself on its interactive touchscreens, glass…
Kyiv
This museum is set in the premises of an early-19th-century German pharmacy. There are separate rooms dedicated to alchemy and witchcraft – all quite…
Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral
Kyiv
A beeswax candle's throw from pl Soborny is the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral, which has a much more atmospheric interior than the rather plain 1830s…
Kyiv
At the terminus of vul Tarasa Shevchenka once stood Kyiv's last Lenin statue, famously pulled down and smashed to bits by Euromaidan protesters in late…
Kyiv
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was built by the Soviets on the site of the Tryokhsvyatytelska Church, one of Kyiv's holiest edifices, destroyed by Stalin…
