Activities in Kiev

The market is set on a downward-spiraling street of the same name, which since ancient times has formed a direct route between Kiev's aristocratic upp

Have a drink on the frist floor of Arena City, which brews its own beer.Upstairs, the club's dance floor is packed with Kiev's elite party-goers. The

For a stiff drink, your best bet is the Balcony Bar at the new Hyatt Regency, on Tarasova, which looks upon the gold-leafed St. Sophia Cathedral and S

To see how locals shop, there is Bessarabsky Market, in the city's center. Here, women in head scarves sell fruit, vegetables, caviar, fish, meat, sau

For Ukrainian art, visit the Kollekstia Museum, on Pankivskaya.

Maidan Nezalezhnosti, or Independence Square, is the heart of the city, a great open space of granite government buildings and mercantile centers, wit

In Kiev's center, on Khreshchatik, the Marki bazaar carries high-end Russian and Ukrainian fashion designers such as Alena Akhmadulina, NB Poustovit,

Along a hilltop overlooking the Dnieper River in Kiev stands the Mother Homeland, a titanium statue of massive proportions. With her right hand she ra

In Kiev's center, on Khreshchatik, the Passage complex carries high-end Russian and Ukrainian fashion designers such as Alena Akhmadulina, NB Poustovi

The monastery began in a cave in 1051, with monks living in a series of underground compartments. Over the centuries, it expanded across many acres wi

Viktor Pinchuk, a steel billionaire and Ukraine's second-richest citizen, recently opened the Pinchuk Art Centre, on Krasnoarmeyskaya, a contemporary

The bar, located on Parkovka, resembles a Grecian-style theater.

For Ukrainian art, visit the RA Gallery, on Bogdana Khmelnytskogo.

Standards such as Swan Lake and La Bohème are performed with regularity at the Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian National Opera House, a grand structure on V

The bar, on European Square, is a loud, carnivorous club.