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Kyiv
Capital and largest city of Ukraine

Kyiv

Kyiv, also spelt Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine.

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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.

Get in

Getting to Kyiv

The closest operating airports are in Moldova and Poland. From the airport, take a train or a bus to Kyiv, that will bring you into Ukraine across the border. Chisinau Airport KIV IATA is a 20-hour-long direct train from central train station to Kyiv. Warsaw Airport WAW IATA is a 17-hour train trip to Lviv. Jasionka International Airport RZE IATA is a 14-hour train trip to Lviv.

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    Kyiv Central Railway Station
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    Central Bus
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    Kyiv Bus Station
  4. 04
    Polissia Bus Station
Do

Things to do

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    Attend Ukrainian Orthodox

    Even if you'd never do so at home: Orthodox services are strangely moving even to unbelievers.

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    Go kayaking in-between the islands of Dnipro

    There are several places in Kyiv to rent SUP board or kayak for an hour or two.

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    Palace of Sports

    The hall hosts ice hockey, basketball and boxing competitions.

Eat

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.

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    Celentano
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    Korchma Budmo
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    Mister Snack
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    Potato House
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    Potato House
How locals move

Getting around Kyiv the local way

Share-taxi routes mapped nearby
  • МТ465 Маршрутне таксі 465: Дитяча поліклініка - Залізничний вокзал Південний"" · ТОВ Ярославь-Авто""
  • 512 Автобус 512: супермаркет Ашан" - кінотеатр "Братислава"" · А-400
  • MT421 Маршрутка№421 вул. Симиренка - ст.м.Почайна
  • MT421 MT421 ст.м.Почайна - вул. Симиренка
  • MT187 MT187 вул. Тулузи - ст.м. Нивки
  • MT461 MT461 ст.м. Святошин - ст.м. Виставковий Центр
  • MT461 MT461 ст.м. Виставковий Центр - ст.м. Святошин
  • мт659 Маршрутка №569 Лук'янівська площа=>Ремонтно-будівельний завод
  • МТ181 Маршрутка 181: Площа Тараса Шевченка - З/Д Вокзал Центральний
  • МТ182 Маршрутка 182: проспект Свободи - Ст.м.Нивки
  • МТ181 Маршрутка 181: Залізничний Вокзал - Площа Тараса Шевченка
  • 177 Маршрутка №177: вул. Митрополита Андрія Шептицького - Бориспільська

OpenStreetMap contributors.

  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Kyiv, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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