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Kiev, Ukraine Opens Up

John Kernick Kiev: A City in Transition

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In the wake of the Orange Revolution, Ukraine’s capital is embracing Western ways—and investment dollars. The overall restructuring of life here has led many people to believe that Kiev—and all of Ukraine, with its 47 million citizens—is on the verge of breaking out of its dull, post-Soviet mold and becoming something altogether new and uplifting, part of the so-called "new Europe."

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3 Hotels 6 Restaurants 14 Activities

Destinations: Kiev

Themes: Arts + Culture · Food + Drink · Shopping

Inspired by: Kiev: A City in Transition — by Brett Forrest, Published Dec. 2007

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Hotels (3)

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    Radisson SAS Kiev

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    Premier Palace Hotel

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    Hyatt Regency, Kiev

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    Wolkonsky Patisserie & Café

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    For French pastries and desserts, there is the Wolkonsky Patisserie & Café, in the Premier Palace Hotel. More
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    Kazbek

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    For top-shelf Georgian, Kazbek is the place to go More
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    Ikra

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    Ikra, on Saksa_ganskogo, has excellent seafood, along with an oyster bar and a fine slogan: if it's fresher, it swims. More
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    Babuin

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    For a quiet few hours, decompress at Babuin, a bookstore, café, and bar on Bogdana Khmelnytskogo. More
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    Khutorok

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    Kiev's most authentic Ukrainian dining experience is situated in a wooden houseboat docked on the Dnieper. The waitresses wear traditional Ukrainia... More
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    Decadence House

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    Among the many new clubs, bars, and restaurants in Kiev, none is hotter than Decadence House. The café and club is black inside, an Art Deco chambe... More
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    Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian National Opera House

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

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    The name, appropriately, means "shot glass" in Russian. More
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    RA Gallery

    Kiev | Europe | Ukraine

    For Ukrainian art, visit the RA Gallery, on Bogdana Khmelnytskogo. More
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    Pinchuk Art Centre

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

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    Pechersk Lavra Monastery

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    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... More
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    Passage Complex

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

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

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    For Ukrainian art, visit the Kollekstia Museum, on Pankivskaya. More
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    Bessarabsky Market

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    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, ... More
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    Barski

    Kiev | Europe | Ukraine

    For dancing along with your drinking, Barski has a terrace that affords great views of central Kiev. More
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