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Things to do in Kiev

Sightseeing

The National Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945

A memorial complex commemorating Ukraine's controversial participation in WWII when its capital population halved under the Nazis. It is one of...

National Chernobyl Museum

This museum is a mixture of artistic representations of the disaster, artefacts from the site itself and model reconstructions commemorating the...


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Shopping

Khreschatyk is truly the Oxford Street of Kiev - you can find anything here from mobile phones and cheap clothes to fine porcelain and expensive watches. But there are a number of malls in the...

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Events

April
01
April Fools' Day

This is a national holiday with a big street parade.

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May
09
Victory Day

Every 9 May, thousands pay respects at Kiev's eternal flame and the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

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