Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelt Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine.
Kyiv, also spelt Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both banks of the Dnieper River. As of January 2022, the population of Kyiv was 2,952,301, making it the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyiv is an important industrial, scientific, educational, and cultural center. It is home to high-tech industries, higher education institutions, and historical landmarks. The city has an extensive public transport system, which includes the Kyiv Metro.
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Things to do
- 01Attend Ukrainian Orthodox
Even if you'd never do so at home: Orthodox services are strangely moving even to unbelievers.
- 02Go kayaking in-between the islands of Dnipro
There are several places in Kyiv to rent SUP board or kayak for an hour or two.
- 03Palace of Sports
The hall hosts ice hockey, basketball and boxing competitions.
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Where to eat
Enjoy the Ukrainian cuisine. Grab a Ukrainian meal with borshch, varenyky, kholodets, holubtsi or mlyntsi. In general, it is very cheap to dine in Kyiv by Western European or US standards. So long as you stay away from the places that totally pander to tourists or to the Porsche Cayenne-driving "elite", the food is great and cheap. Baked goods are cheap and great too. Even the ice-cream on the street is great.
- 01Celentano
- 02Korchma Budmo
- 03Mister Snack
- 04Potato House
- 05Potato House
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Getting to Kyiv
- Brest → Kyiv508 km · quickest by road, 12h 39m · $50–70
- Chişinău → Kyiv402 km · quickest by road, 10h 59m · $42–55
- Minsk → Kyiv433 km · quickest by road, 17h 40m · $80–110
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Kyiv
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kyiv. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundAll 4 are supported across the municipal transport network, including the funicular.
- Get aroundYou can also travel on so-called route taxis or minivans called marshrutky (маршрутки).
- Get aroundMarshrutka routes can be hard to figure out, but they have a list of stops on the window and a Metro logo for the metro stops.
- Get aroundYou can hail a marshrutka at the assigned bus stops.
- Get aroundKyiv Tsyfrovyi card / QR code cannot be used in marshrutkas.
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If you know how people move in Kyiv – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Kyiv
Kyiv is 6 km from Dniprovskyi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.