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Kryvyy Rih
City in Ukraine

Kryvyy Rih

Kryvyi Rih is a city in central Ukraine.

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It hosts the administration of Kryvyi Rih Raion and its subordinate Kryvyi Rih urban hromada in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The city is part of the Kryvyi Rih Metropolitan Region. Its population is estimated at 603,904, making it the seventh-most populous city in Ukraine and the second largest by area. Kryvyi Rih is claimed to be the longest city in Europe.

Get in

Getting to Kryvyy Rih

Due to the Russia-Ukraine war, Ukraine's airspace is closed to civil aviation. Because the city is so elongated, there are several railway stations serving different parts. Most, but not all, long-distance trains serve the main railway station.

  1. 01
    Kryvyi Rih Main
  2. 02
    Kryvyi Rih-West
  3. 03
    Rokuvata
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See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Heroiv Park

    Don't miss the chance to see statuary intrigues of the Ukrainian and Soviet past along with a flower clock and Chernobyl memorial.

  2. 02
    Jubilee Park

    A big open space with a monument to fallen soldiers and a Russian Orthodox church.

  3. 03
    Square 60th Anniversary of Victory

    Pedestal with an eternal flame marking mass grave of Soviet soldiers.

  4. 04
    Fedor Mershavtsev Park

    Park designed in Stalinist Empire style with central fountain and white colonnade, and a boat pavilion from which you can take rides under the Lovers Bridge on the Saksagan River.

  5. 05
    Haharina Park

    Another park by the river, this one with a sundial and a Yuri Gagarin children's park.

  6. 06
    White Stones Waterfall

    Interesting vantage point from which you can see a cascade and dam on the Inhulets River along with a high railroad bridge.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Multiplex Victory Plaza

    Movie theater, bumper cars, games, pizza.

  2. 02
    Multiplex Union

    Skiing, Ice Rock cafe, bowling and cinema.

  3. 03
    Olimp Kino

    24 Meleshkina St.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    McDonald's
  2. 02
    McDonald's

    37 Lermontov St.

  3. 03
    NY Street Pizza

    54 Karla Marksa St.

  4. 04
    NY Street Pizza

    24 Meleshkina St.

  5. 05
    Silpo

    30 Dimitrova street (Metro (Budynok Rad), trolleybus, bus, taxi).

How locals move

Getting around Kryvyy Rih the local way

  • Get aroundKryvyi Rih has a convenient public transport system: 12 bus routes 55 marshrutka routes 18 tram routes 24 trolleybus routes Single ride tickets in marshrutkas cost 15 грн.

From Wikivoyage: Kryvyi Rih, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2025-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Александр Водолазский (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.