When you are in the Ukraine there are several different sites that you need to see. One of the most beautiful cities in the Ukraine is Kiev (Kyiv) which is the capital of the Ukraine. There is so much to see and do in this beautiful place. Today let’s take a look at one of the beautiful museums.
The National Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life PYROGOVO
This beautiful museum is set on over 150 acres of beautiful countryside. It is located on the outskirts of Kyiv in the southwestern area in the suburbs of a small town named Pyrogove.
This is one of only a few of the largest open air museums in the Ukraine and in the entire world. It was built in the year of 1969. It was build to represent the beautiful landscape and reflect it’s beauty.
When you visit you will see there are well over 150 different buildings and monuments that include spiritual and cultural material.
If you’re interested in visit this fabulous museum, I suggest doing so on one of their four different dates called craft dates that happen between May and November. On these craft days you will see live blacksmiths, pottery makers, weavers, cooper workers and so many more skilled craftsmen who are there to show off their craft.
Sundays are also a great day to visit this amazing museum. On Sunday you will be entertained by local choirs along with folk musicians. These concerts will feature the lovely Ukrainian music and can be seen onstage throughout the day.
The White Elephant, a once famous Polish observatory in the Carpathians, is as close to the stars as it only could be. Just look at the ruins and try to imagine that the complex erected on top of the Chornohora, or the Mount Black, is located more than two kilometres above the sea level! The initial construction, the Marshal Jozef Pilsudski Astronomical and Meteorological Observatory, was established back in 1938, when Western Ukraine was still a part of Poland. No one really knows why it was baptized as the “White Elephant” – could it be due to its unusual L-shape, or because of the grand amount of time, effort, and money its design and construction consumed?
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The city of Lviv is located in the western part of Ukraine, at the shores of the Poltava river, 80 kilometres away from the border of Poland. Currently, its population is about 735,000 people, most of whom are ethnic Ukrainians speaking the Ukrainian language.
Continue reading ‘Quick Facts on the City of Lviv’
Kamyanets-Podilsky is an extremely beautiful ancient town of Ukraine, “a stone flower on the rockâ€, as the famous Ukrainian poet Lesya Ukrayinka described it in the beginning of the 20th century.” Stare Misto”, a majestic stone fortress with numerous fortifications and intricate architectural decorations, which dates back to the beginning of the 12th century, is the heart of this medieval place. The fortress, built on a rocky island near the River Smotrych, is just one jewel of Kamyanets-Podilsky. Among other ancient attractions, there are a two millennia old Roman bridge, a Gothic city hall, and a unique minaret featuring the statue of the Virgin Mary. Besides being a military fortress, ancient Kamyanets-Podilsky was also a stronghold of Christianity. In the 17th century, the town had about 15 different churches of Orthodox, Catholic, and Armenian Christian confessions, many of which still stand and continue to marvel tourists.
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The end of summer is usually the season for big sales, and how appropriate! It’s just the time to get a new wardrobe, and why not do it without breaking the bank? Yet there are also places that always sell clothes at a considerable discount outlet stores. And while regular boutiques are likely to lower prices on their spring and Continue reading ‘Outlet shopping guide’
A Day Without a Mexican
I don’t know if it should be considered a conspiracy or coincidence, but the fact that the two movies showing in English on Ukraine’s wide screens this week both deal with Mexicans is hard to overlook. Continue reading ‘Two Mexico-themed movies to screen in English’
You have to approach a restaurant named “Exotica†with slightly raised eyebrows. Making my way to Pier 6, off Naberezhno-Khreshchatytska, images flashed through my mind of sushi served on the recumbent bodies of naked women or a smoky Kyiv cabaret. Continue reading ‘Culinary adventures at Exotica’
FILM
FRIDAY 25
Premiere: “Lady in the Waterâ€
Indian-born writer and director M. Night Shyamalan, known for his mystical stories with unexpected endings such as “The Sixth Sense†and “The Village,†presents his new film. It stars Bryce Dallas Howard, who skillfully portrayed the blind girl in “The Village†Continue reading ‘DJ Mylo to spin at Yevropeyska Ploshcha – 7 Days in Kyiv’
I heard it quite a few times before and I assume it’s true – one of the things that strike a newcomer to Ukraine as exotic are the outdoor markets. Of course, there are similar things in the West as well – flea markets for instance. However, in the former Soviet countries Continue reading ‘Market guide’
FILMS
“Breakfast on Plutoâ€
“Strange boy†Cillian Murphy stars as the much stranger character Patrik “Kitten†Braden in a movie by Irish director Neil Jordan whose most famous work to day is “Interview with the Vampire. Continue reading ‘Felix Da Housecat back in Kyiv – 7 Days in Kyiv’
