National Museum of Literature of Ukraine
Kyiv
A must for aficionados of Ukrainian literature, this museum is housed in the former main building of the Pavlo Galagan Collegium, built in 1871. It…
Must-see attractions in Ukraine
Kyiv
This Pechersk-based facility is more than a museum, it's a crucible for preserving Ukrainian folk culture in the 21st century. In addition to permanent…
Lviv
Attached to the Dominican Cathedral to the left of the entrance is the Museum of Religious History which was actually dedicated to atheism in Soviet times…
Kyiv
This small museum is devoted to Ukrainian hetmans, the military commanders of the Ukrainian Cossack State. Set in a stone house built at the beginning of…
Kyiv
The Dutch funded the launch of this museum inside a 1980s water pump, but it now operates independently. On the obligatory 45-minute tour (in English by…
Kyiv
The Church of Mykola Prytysk survived the 1811 fire that destroyed much of Podil. This Ukrainian Orthodox church is the oldest structure in the district …
Taras Shevchenko Memorial House Museum
Kyiv
A beautifully restored, 19th-century wooden house where the man who dominates the Ukrainian literary pantheon once lived. You can see drawings he made on…
Kyiv
This distinctive neo-Renaissance mansion in Kyiv's wealthy Lypky district, built in 1901, is notable for its lavish interiors. There's a small sculpture…
Kyiv
Bila Tserkva’s wonderful Dendropark Oleksandriya is Ukraine's largest landscaped park. It's much bigger than Uman's more-heralded Sofiyivka Park, but it…
Kyiv
Church lovers will find several attractive and historic specimens in Podil, including this 1863 church near the river, which is dedicated to sailors and…
Museum of Ukrainian Folk Decorative Arts
Kyiv
This excellent museum in the Upper Lavra, just south of the Assumption Cathedral, boasts a vast collection of clothes, carpets, jewellery, ceramics and…
Lviv
This grand, hilltop church is the work of 17th-century Italian architects. It was once the church of a fortified monastery which held out against the…
Lviv
This seldom-visited church was founded by the German community in the 13th century as a Catholic cathedral but was given a neo-Romanesque makeover in the…
Kyiv
The huge and surprisingly glitzy Tarasa Shevchenka Museum, dedicated to Ukraine's national poet, prides itself on its interactive touchscreens, glass…
Kyiv
This museum is set in the premises of an early-19th-century German pharmacy. There are separate rooms dedicated to alchemy and witchcraft – all quite…
Lviv
The town's former arsenal (1554–56) is now a museum where you can check out suits of armour and various cannons and weapons.
Western Ukraine
In the 18th century the nuns at this working convent (no access inside) were so strict about their 'no-male-on-the-premises' rule that they didn't allow…
Lviv
About 500m north of the Theatre of Opera and Ballet on pr Chornovola is the Holocaust memorial, a vaguely cubist statue of a tormented figure looking…
Lviv
For the uninitiated, salo is the cured pig fat (lard) that Ukrainians love to slip down with vodka and use an an ingredient in national dishes. This …
Sts Peter's and Paul's Cathedral
Western Ukraine
The Jesuit complex on vul Kafedralna was designed in the early to mid-17th century by Italian architect Giacomo Briano. The stately, newly renovated…
Western Ukraine
When the Poles regained control of Kremenets, they sealed their victory by building another of the town's main sights, the Jesuit Collegium (1731–43), on…
Birthplace of Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch
Lviv
Opposite the Pototsky Palace is the supposed birthplace of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, the world’s original ‘masochist’. The author of Venus in Furs came…
Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral
Kyiv
A beeswax candle's throw from pl Soborny is the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral, which has a much more atmospheric interior than the rather plain 1830s…
Lviv
In the outer district, you’ll find the Jewish Hospital one of Lviv’s architectural highlights. From afar this Moorish, dome-topped building looks like a…
Lviv Art Gallery – 19th-20th Century Collection
Lviv
This branch of the Lviv Art Gallery contains 19th- and early-20th-century art (plus some 21st-century pieces); this includes a superb collection of Polish…
Western Ukraine
Displaying over 100 painted icons, this museum provides an overview of the celebrated Volyn school of icon painting from the 16th to the 18th century. The…
Western Ukraine
The obscure Regional Museum is worth a spin for its back-to-the-1980s exhibition and light-switch monitors. Highlights include some interesting Cossack…
Western Ukraine
Apart from the castle, Dubno's only other attraction is the recently renovated Church of St Nicholas (1630), whose telltale plain interior suggests it was…
Lviv
The Yanivske Cemetery, northwest of the city centre, has a large Jewish section accessible from vul Yeroshenka (a side street off vul Tarasa Shevchenka).
Lviv
Around a kilometre's walk west of the Yanivske cemetery are a plaque and a billboard marking the spot of the Janowska concentration camp, now a prison.
Beis Aharon V’Yisrael Synagogue
Lviv
Lviv’s only functioning synagogue is the attractive Beis Aharon V’Yisrael Synagogue, built in 1924.
Lviv
The statue of Poland's national poet caps the southern end of pr Svobody.
Kyiv
At the terminus of vul Tarasa Shevchenka once stood Kyiv's last Lenin statue, famously pulled down and smashed to bits by Euromaidan protesters in late…
Kyiv
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was built by the Soviets on the site of the Tryokhsvyatytelska Church, one of Kyiv's holiest edifices, destroyed by Stalin…
Lviv
This 13th-century church was given a neo-Renaissance revamp in 1889 and has an unusual red-brick facade. Currently, it houses the Museum of the Oldest…
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