Oh I love this place. It's like everything in there. A park to stroll, a route to jog, a place to eat and drink (though the prices can be a tiny bit too high). It holds the nostalgic atmosphere but the place is renovating rn, there is probably a bunch of new stuff appearing on the territory. As far as I am concerned, there are places to play paintball, a concert hall, bike rentals, horses, a grooming salon, etc. The place also hosts various festivals, such as Atlas weekend every summer, Kyiv tattoo collection, and themed events like wine festival, honey festival, and so on. I wouldn't recommend going there on a sunny weekend or at least hoping to rent a bike because there are families and companies of people wanting to spend the free days there so all the bikes around the area (seriously, even like in the neighborhood park) are rented and the line is too long. So it's better to go biking there on weekdays. But the place is huge and even when there is crowd, it doesn't...
Read moreA nice place to relax or ride a bike especially on weekdays, on weekends and on holidays it is too crowded. Pompous old buildings, partly rebuilt, are sometimes ridiculously mixed with places for entertainment. There is a mini zoo, a few different playgrounds, rental bikes, mini cars, gyro boards and sort of things, but everything is paid. A wide variety of places to have a meal: from Prague - one of the most expensive restaurants in Kyiv, to stalls with street food. There is a large but rather...
Read moreThis is a large territory with twenty+ used to be beautiful historical buildings of Soviet Era Ukraine. Each one had to present achievements of Ukrainian people in selected area or industry. Many, if not most, of these buildings are not functioning now. Monument to former #10 World industrial country (#6 in Europe) now is really Monument to Lost Prosperity and Dignity...
Today territory is full of entertainment and street food kiosks. Not bad, but...
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