The size of the city is nice and people are warm and welcoming but don’t necessarily expect that they will be able to have long and advanced conversations with you in English. The Carpathian mountains are just a stone’s throw away and through the city runs the charismatic Latorica River where people fish swim and even some wash clothes in. It also had some of the picturesque elements that many tourists will enjoy such as beautiful old buildings and even a big castle on the top of a hill.
I really liked that the city felt both really authentic and real but at the same time. Click to read more about her adventures in Ukraine. One of the bartenders finally delivered a Negroni I enjoyed – turns out all it needed was a little bubbly prosecco.Īmy Butler, USA: Amy Butler is an American English teacher currently living in Kyiv, Ukraine. Kharkiv is also a happening university city, with a strongly-caffeinated coffee scene.Īnd for a different kind of buzz, Kharkiv’s cocktail game is one of the best in the country.
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The city has spruced it up in its transformation to a leisure attraction, though you still have to leap on and off as the cars swing around each end at full speed. One of Kharkiv’s main attractions is Gorky Park, complete with leafy canopy trees and a small amusement park.īut the greatest pride is the old Soviet commuter cable car. In fact, the Soviet architecture here isn’t afraid of a little flair – including the Soviet hammer and sickles that still adorn a few buildings.
Many people are quick to write off Kharkiv as ‘too Soviet,’ but the city has never struck me as gray or depressing. For more travel inspiration, check out his blog Concrete and Kitsch.ĭespite being the second biggest city in Ukraine and a former capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Kharkiv is often overlooked by locals and tourists alike. Nick Myers, USA: He works a corporate job in market research by day and spends the rest of the time daydreaming about his next adventure. I’m no coffee expert like Megan, but one of our favorite things in the city where the trucks parked everywhere pouring fresh shots of coffee for around 50 cents a cup! Top off your day by riding the impossibly long cable car over Gorky Park, but maybe skip the food court at the amusement park adjacent to it. Another highlight was the city’s metro stations, each with captivating futuristic designs (or what futuristic was back in the mid-1970s, when it was first opened). Despite all this, the city feels optimistic, and there is a wealth of things to do.Įxploring the UNESCO-shortlisted Derzhprom building was a thrill, as it is such a foundational piece of the Soviet architecture vernacular. More recently, it’s noted as the closest major city to the ongoing war in the Donbas. Kharkiv has been incredibly important in Ukrainian history – particularly under Soviet rule when it was an industrial and academic powerhouse. We were in Ukraine in May and Kharkiv was an unexpected highlight.
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