Hotels Restaurants Cafés Nightlife Sightseeing Events Maps KYIV Spring 2012 The First Ever ARSENALE 2012 The First Kyiv Biennale of contemporary art In Your Hands Updated , the only comprehensive guide to all Kyiv eateries, clubs, sights and much more № 48 www.inyourpocket.com CONTENTS The In Your Pocket app. with added GPS. Europe’s best city guides. The best places to eat, drink, see, sleep and experience could be metres away ESSENTIAL CITY GUIDES CONTENTS 3 Sport & Leisure 40 ESSENTIAL CITY GUIDES Places to keep your fit Mail & Phones Contents Express mail & Ukrainian city codes 41 The Basics 5 Getting around Arriving in Kyiv, customs, visas Car rental 42 Public transport 44 Culture & Events 8 Kyiv rich culture celebrations Shopping 45 Where to find wide range of goods Where to stay 13 A fine selection of places to spend the night Lifestyle directory 46 Clinics, Dry cleaners, International schools Restaurants 21 Cafés 29 Business directory 48 Banks, accountants and lawyers Nightlife 30 Kyiv nightlife scene Adult entertainment 49 Sightseeing Maps & Index Essential Kyiv 33 Street register 50 Museums 36 City maps 51 Kyivo-Pechers’ka Lavra 39 Index 55 kyiv.inyourpocket.com Spring 2012 4 FOREWORD ARRIVING IN KYIV Kyiv residents couldn’t be happier that spring has finally arrived. This past winter has been one of the The World of In Your Pocket harshest in recent memory and saw the capital literally trapped beneath snow, ice, and extremely freezing Northern Estonia temperatures for nearly two months. With that in mind, Ireland if a burly Ukrainian sits next to you on a park bench Russia Ireland Latvia and takes off his shirt, don’t be alarmed…he just needs to soak in some rays to get over the cabin fever. Lithuania The main theme of this Spring in Kyiv is of course the upcoming Euro2012 Championship. Thought Belarus Netherlands pessimists predicted total failure of Ukraine as Poland a co-host country, almost everything has been Germany done to ensure the football extravaganza happens Ukraine Czech without much of a glitch. The Olympic Stadium was Republic finished almost in time and has already hosted some matches. A completely newly built Terminal Austria D at Boryspil International will be open soon, and a Switzerland Slovenia Romania great number of newly built hotels and hostels have Croatia opened their doors to welcome football funs. Italy Bosnia Serbia For those who haven’t checked the match schedule Bulgaria nor have any clue about this great event in Ukraine, Montenegro Kosovo we want to inform you that Kyiv hosts 3 group FYR Macedonia stage matches on the 11th, 15th and 19th of June. Albania The semi-final is on 24th of June, and the finale on Greece the 1st of July. March, April and May are chock-full of holidays, and It was a busy 2011 for In Your Pocket, with new Ukrainians always find a way to put their busy lives guides published in Bulgaria (Veliko Turnovo), on hold and celebrate full tilt. Locals add their own Netherlands (Tilburg, Utrecht, Amsterdam and unique twists to April Fools’Day (1stApril). Easter Sittard-Geleen), in Austria (Vienna), in Croatia this year falls on the 15th of April. International (Šibenik), in Switzerland (Zurich), Slovenia (Po- Workers Day is celebrated on the 1st & 2nd of savje) and in Belarus (Minsk); 2012 promises to May. Victory Day is on the 9th of May. These deliver many more new Pockets, including our first latter two holidays see the city centre packed with guides in Italy (Cagliari) and Belgium (Ghent). crowds, parades and concerts. The cherry on top is The number of cities we cover has now climbed Kyiv Day! Scheduled this year on 27th May, this is past 75, and the number of In Your Pocket guides one of the rockin’est celebrations of the year. published each year is approaching an amazing You couldn’t have chosen a better time to visit five million. To keep up to date, like In Your Po- Ukraine’s capital. 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Julia Kaniuka, +380 67 672 44 97 We have made every effort to ensure Maps the accuracy of the information at the Odesa time of going to press and assume no © DNVP “Kartographiya”, 2012 Liubov Rogatinska, +380 95 683 82 57 responsibility for changes and errors. © Kyiv In Your Pocket, 2012 Kyiv In Your Pocket kyiv.inyourpocket.com ARRIVING IN KYIV 5 By Bus All international buses arrive at Kyiv’s central bus station (центральний автовокзал). The station is still waiting for its European renovations and sits like a hideous centrepiece on Kyiv’s most unsightly square, Moskovs’ka ploscha. A currency exchange office (обмін валют) is next to the main exit, and just outside is an ATM (банкомат) that dispenses Ukrainian hryvnia. If you need to stash your bags, a left-luggage office is available (open 06:00 - 11:00, 11:30 - 17:00, 17:30 - 22:00). Getting to town Taxis are always on hand and can take you to the city centre for approximately 50Hr. A newly constructed Demiivs’ka metro station (blue line) is right near the bus sta- tion. Just go round McDonalds’ building, pass a subway and the metro entrance is on your right hand. By Plane Boryspil State International Airport (Аеропорт Бориспiль) is where almost all international flights land and depart. The smaller Kyiv Zhulyani Airport (Аеропорт Київ Жуляни) is only 8km from centre and handles mostly domestic travel and Wiz- zAir flights from Europe. Located 34km east of Kyiv, Boryspil is a small but modern facility. Ticketing agents, and passport and customs officials speak some English, so don’t worry if you haven’t yet mastered Ukrainian or Russian. International passengers now arrive and depart at two Terminals - B and constructed in 2010 Terminal F. Customs controls have been greatly relaxed in recent years, but it still makes sense to travel light and pass through the green express line when arriving. If you need to connect to a local flight, a free shuttle bus circulates between terminals F and A/B every 20 min. Feel like stretching your legs? Walk time to Terminal A, located 400 meters straight and to the right from Terminal F, is about 15 min. At Terminal A and B you’ll find currency exchange offices (обмін валют), information, car rental offices, cafés, public telephones (see Mail & Phones), etc. Tourist Information Getting to town At the exit of the terminals you’re sure to be approached by cabbies. The 30-45 minute ride to centre Tourist Info Centre B-4, Khreschatyk will set you back about 200-250Hr. Buses headed to Kyiv 19A, tel. (+380) 44 278 80 04. This info leave from terminal B roughly every 30 minutes. The charge centre is operated by a group of young people is around 25Hr and the bus will drop you off about an hour who devoted to their beloved city and will do later at the Central Train Station or you can take off at the first their best to help you. Tourist info centre also runs a free stop near the Kharkivska metro station (green line). walking city tour, which starts everyday at 12:00 and 16:00 from Maidan Nezalezhnosti.QOpen 10:00 - 19:00. By Train Ornament Tourist Information Centre B-4, The refurbished Central Railway Station (центральний Volodymyrs‘ka 7, office 1, tel. (+380) 44 278 77 38, вокзал) has now been joined by a futuristic-looking South- [email protected], www.ornament.ua. Ornament of- ern Railway Station (південний вокзал), with the platforms fers tourist information about Kyiv and Ukraine, sightseeing located between the two. A new waiting lounge up the stairs tours, accomodation, train and air tickets and souvenirs. to the left from the central main hall boasts comfy couches QOpen 10:00 - 19:00. Sat, Sun 11:00 - 15:00. for a 5Hr admission fee. Currency exchange (обмін валют) points and ATMs (банкомат) are in the main halls of each station. Telephone calls can be made by paying money Taxis at a window on the 2nd floor near the central station’s escalators and then proceeding to the appropriate booth. In Ukraine every car is a potential taxi - just hold your Coin-operated pay telephones are scattered throughout arm out on any street if you don’t believe us.