Podil
Podil or Podol, also known in English as the Lower City, is a historic neighborhood in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
Podil or Podol, also known in English as the Lower City, is a historic neighborhood in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is located on a floodplain terrace over the Dnieper between the Kyiv Hills and the lower stream of Pochaina River. Podil is one of the oldest neighborhoods of Kyiv, and the birthplace of the city's trade, commerce and industry. After the Mongol invasion of Rus' and destruction of Kyiv, it served as a city center until the 19th century. Here the city administration (magistrate) and the main university were located, and later the city's port and shipyard were established here.
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Worth seeing in and around Podil
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Poltava Art Museum
The Poltava Art Museum is a public art gallery in Poltava, Ukraine which contains many works of native and foreign art and a rich ethnographic collection.
3.2 km · art museum in Poltava, Ukraine · Wikipedia - 02Oleksiy Butovskyi Vorskla Stadium
Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Poltava, Ukraine. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home of FC Vorskla Poltava.
3.4 km · sports stadium in Poltava, Ukraine · Wikipedia - 03Poltava Zemstvo building
Poltava Governorate Zemstvo Building is a former administrative building and an architectural monument in Poltava, Ukraine. It was built in 1903–1908 according to the design of the architect Vasyl Krychevsky, using original designs by Y. Shirshov and M. Nikolaev.
3.3 km · building in Poltava, Ukraine · Wikipedia - 04Poltava University of Economics and Trade
The Poltava University of Economics and Trade is one of the biggest universities in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
3.8 km · public university in Poltava, Ukraine · Wikipedia - 05National University «Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic»
The National University "Poltava Polytechnic" is a Ukrainian public university in Poltava.
3.7 km · public university in Poltava, Ukraine · Wikipedia - 06Lokomotiv Stadium
Lokomotyv Stadium is a football-only stadium in Poltava, Ukraine, in Podil neighborhood of the city. It is used for football matches, and is the home of FC Poltava.
2.7 km · stadium in Poltava · Wikipedia - 07Marusia Churai Memorial
Marusia Churai Memorial is a standing figure of Marusia Churai sculpted by Dmytro Korshunov and Valeriy Holub in Poltava, Ukraine. It is located in the Regional Musical-Dramatic Theatre Nikolai Gogol on Nebesnoyi Sotni Street, the centre of Poltava.
3.4 km · monument in Poltava, Ukraine · Wikipedia - 08Dynamo Stadium
Dynamo Stadium is a football stadium in Poltava, Ukraine. The stadium was built in 1938 and opened on 30 July 1938.
3.8 km · stadium in Poltava, Ukraine · Wikipedia
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Getting to Podil
- Stations
- Poltava-Pivdenna, 2.5 km
- Moscow → Podil713 km · quickest by road, 22h 44m · ₽4,340–5,800
- Chişinău → Podil513 km · quickest by road, 15h 40m · $60–85
- Iaşi → Podil583 km · quickest by road, 16h 9m · lei180–240
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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 Podil
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 Podil. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get in(Don't confuse them with "marshrutka" which is city transportation, never mind localscan call both a marshrutka).
- Get inYou can find these minibuses standing at railway stations or (even better) reserve places by phone (see advertisements at bus/train station), optionally a day or a few in advance.
- Get inBe sure to find your minibus in at least 10-15 minutes before departure, because your reservation may be cancelled.
- Get aroundIn trolleys, buses and marshrutkas you pay a single fixed price for each trip at each vehicle, no matter how far away you go (within city limits).
- Get aroundPoltava has a convenient public transport system: 9 trolleybus routes 14 bus routes 34 marshrutka routes Single ride tickets in trolleybuses cost 10 грн, in buses — 12 грн, in marshrutkas — 10-12 грн.
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Next door to Podil
- Poltavacapital city of Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine3.5 km