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Kharkiv
City in Ukraine

Kharkiv

Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest city in Ukraine.

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Located in the northeast of the country, it is the largest city of the historic region of Sloboda Ukraine. Kharkiv is the administrative center of Kharkiv Oblast and Kharkiv Raion. Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, it had an estimated population of 1,421,125.

Get in

Getting to Kharkiv

Due to the Russia-Ukraine war, Ukraine's airspace is closed to civil aviation.

  1. 01
    Central

    'Kharkiv-Passazhyrskyi' (The metro station Pivdenny Vokzal (метро Південний вокзал) links to the railway station.

  2. 02
    Railway advance booking tickets Cash
  3. 03
    Train
  4. 04
    Kharkiv-Balashovsky
Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Shevchenko City
  2. 02
    Nemo
  3. 03
    Maxim Gorky Central Park
  4. 04
    Philharmonic
Eat

Where to eat

Sweet World (Sladkiy mir) Confectionery Cafe (Кафе-кондитерская "Сладкий мир"), Kooperativnaya str., 6,.

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    Familia

    14-A Skrypnika (In the heart of old Kharkiv), toll-free: +38 095 455 93 96, post@familia-ua.com.

  2. 02
    Puzata Khata

    It is very popular with locals for low prices and quick service.

How locals move

Getting around Kharkiv the local way

Share-taxi routes mapped nearby
  • 278е Маршрутка 278е: Майдан Привокзальний - Астрономічна вулиця

OpenStreetMap contributors.

  • Get aroundSingle ride tickets in marshrutkas cost 10-20 грн.

From Wikivoyage: Kharkiv, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-07.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.