Climbing SPACE — Local services in Kyiv

I have experience climbing in various bouldering gyms in the Netherlands and Ukraine, and unfortunately, this one is by far the worst. The organization of space could be better: the floor mats are unified in one leaving no space for rest without constant anxiety of someone falling on you and vice versa. I had to constantly watch out. Plus, no bouldering etiquette whatsoever: people climb overlapping routes and the ones which are too close to one another. In case someone falls sideways on someone, we all know what can happen. It must be explained the first time someone enters the gym and reminded by the crew to...

Before 3 PM the access is really tricky to find as the main entrance is closed until then and you need to follow the signs on the street to find the entrance and walk through an industrial area. Without speaking Russian or Ukrainian it was almost impossible to get through.

Still, after I got there, the atmosphere was great and I had a lot of space for myself and very friendly and helpful staff which even offered to be my climbing partner as I was alone and there were not many other visitors.

So I'd definitely go there again and...

Really cool spot for boldering and climbing. What I like first of all: very friendly smiling helpful staff, clean comfy changing rooms, nice music, attentive professional instructors (special thumbs up for Max & Dasha), refreshment of some boldering routes once in a week, big chill out area for visitors/ guests. Also, Space give an option for training of kids of age starting from 5. I brought my little godsdaughter and she was endlessly happy with trainer and acitivity. I love to come here and motivate many of my friends to do...