Modern Kyiv – Kiev in 24 hours
from Gerhard Bartosch – www.ukraina.at
(with friendly help from Queo -  team Kiev Mykola Komarevskyy, Rotary / Rotaract Präsident 
Denys Oleksyuk and Vladimir Slynko CarteBlanche Ukraine) 

Kiev is the capital and with round 3 million inhabitants and 3.143/km² the largest city of ukraine. Kiev is realy an cosmopolitan city with hospitably peoples. Kiev is every time a good place for business, sightseeing and meetingpoint. If you want to meet peoples ? Go to the independence place (picture1 + picture2) and main (shopping) road Kreschatik (picture) in kiev. On the Indepenende (place) square you have the chance on independence day (24. August) to see song contest winner mrs. Ruslana (picture) in concert with 130.000 peoples. (picture1 + picture2)

Kiev has so many interesting places, here there are a small choice of fine and interesting places:

3 top hotels in Kiev:

Premier Palace
*****
Address: 5-7/29 T. Shevchenka Blvd. / Pushkinska Str., Kyiv 01004, Ukraine.
Reception: +380 (44) 244 1202, 244 1203, 244 1204
http://www.premier-palace.com/
The only 5* hotel in the city. It's considered to be one of the architectural landmarks of city centre. The last renovation of the hotel in 1997-1998 introduced changes both to its exterior and interior; big halls, a fitness centre with sauna as well as other facilities. Spacious rooms have been equipped with modern home comforts: bathroom, electronic lock, lighting and personal safe, modern plumbing and heated floors, hermetically sealed windows and doors, individually controlled heating and air conditioning systems, satellite and interactive TV, a mini-bar, and access to the Internet.

President-Hotel Kyivskiy
****
http://ukrhotel.com/
http://all-hotels.com.ua/hotel.php?hotel=15&lang=1
Location: city centre, within walking distance to business and entertainment area. Top of a hill site exposes a fascinating panoramic view of the city and the central stadium arena. Banquet halls of different capacities and conference room seating up to 100 PAX, day-time bar and night strip-bar, swimming pool, fully equipped fitness centre, Turkish bath and sauna, casino, an underground garage are at the disposal of the guests.

Dniprovskiy Hotel “Captain Club”
****
Address: Kyiv, River station, moorage 2
http://www.dniprovskiy.kiev.ua/about/
Kiev's Hotel on water "Captain Club" is anchored at the shore of the Dniper River. The ancient River imparts a charm of calmness, quietness and smoothness to the hotel's atmosphere. Short unhurried walk, and you are at Kiev's heart.


3 top Restaurants in Kiev:

Lipskiy Osobnyak
Adress: vul. Lipskaya, 15
kind: very good but expensive restaurant
Homepage: http://www.kartamir.com.ua/en/lipski.htm

Concord
Adress: vul. Pushkinska, 42/4 on 8th floor
Lva Tolstogo Square
kind: very good but expensive restaurant (VIP Restaurant)
Homepage: Link http://www.carteblanche.com.ua/en/rest/concord/

Knyazhiy Dvor
(insider tip)
Adress: Kyiv Oblast, Brovarskiy rayon, s. Knyazhychy, vul. Stogniya, 39
Phone: (044) 531-46-26
kind: paradise place where you can enjoy fishing, swim in the swimming pool, play billiards or mini-golf, take sauna.
Homeapge: http://www.kdvir.com or http://www.nc.kiev.ua/ru/catalogues/ukraine/kiev/dvor/  
18 km far from center of kiev. Here you can meet celebrated ukrainian peoples from culture, politic and culture.

3 top bar / coffee´s in Kiev
all of them are very known and popular

Art Club "44"
Adress: vul. Khreshchatyk, 44
is a very popular club in Kyiv
The club has live music and stuff
Homepage:Link http://www.eric.com.ua/en/index.php?option=content&task=section&id=3&Itemid=32

Decadence House
Adress: vul. Shota Rustavely, 16
Homepage: Link http://www.carteblanche.com.ua/en/rest/decadence/

Baboon
Adress: vul. B. Khmelnytskogo, 39.
Homepage: www.baboon.kiev.ua

3 top shops in Kiew:

Grand Gallery
Address : Khreschatyk 27
Tel : +380-44-235-1318 
Thi Univermag Ukrainas upscale emporium, centrally located on Kreshchatyk, is a sort of Bergdorf-Goodman for Kyiv: the upscale clothing institution that's the last word when you need something fast.

Globus
Address : Maidan Nezalezhnosti (underground)
Tel : +380-44-238-5937
Website : www.globus.com.ua
The Globus shopping center is one of the best places to go clothes shopping in the Ukrainian capital. The best clothing stores located in the Globus are Trespass, Chevignon, Espirit, Motor Jeans, Polo Garage, Cacharel, Collin’s, Tommy Hilfiger. Moreover, there are several shoe stores, lingerie and accessory stores.
picture: http://www.ukraina.at/bilder/ukrainesommer2004/sehenswuerdigkeitenkiew/F1080003.jpg

Univermag Ukraina
Address: Ploscha Peremohy, 3
Ukraine’s best-known retail complex.

3 top museum / gallery´s:

St. Sofia Cathedral
Address: vul. Volodymyrska 24
Phone: +380-44-228-6706
It is a national reserve of Ukraine. The cathedral is more than 1,000 years old and is in the list of UNESCO’s historical heritages.
Picture: http://www.ukraina.at/bilder/ukrainesommer2004/sehenswuerdigkeitenkiew/_F1050001.html

Museum of Historical Jewelry of Ukraine
Address: vul. Yanvarskogo Povstannya, 21, Kyiv
Phone: +380-44-290-1396
Museum has exhibitions of jewelry of Scythians who lived on the territory of Ukraine more than 2,500 years ago.

National Arts Museum of Ukraine
Address: vul. Hrushevskogo, 6, Kyiv
Phone: +380-44-228-6482
Picture: http://www.antiq.com.ua/museum/kiev/nhmu.htm
oder: http://www.podrobnosti.ua/culture/traditions/2005/03/31/200745.html

3 different top important things in Kyiv:

Kyivo-Pecherska Lavra
five different art museum in Kyiv-pecherska Lavra
Lavra is world cultural heritage (World Heritage Site)
Very interesting: MicroArt Museum (Pictures)

Hymera house
vul. Bankova, 10 - Hymera house
picture: http://www.ukraina.at/neues/kiew24stunden/denis24stndenkiev/himera.jpg

Maryinskiy Palace (near Werchowna Rada - Ukrainisches Parlament)
picture: 
http://www.ukraina.at/neues/kiew24stunden/denis24stndenkiev/mar1.jpg (outside)
http://www.ukraina.at/neues/kiew24stunden/denis24stndenkiev/mar2.jpg (inside)


The unofficial top 10 sightseeing in Kiev from Gerhard Bartosch:

1) Kyivo-Pecherska Lavra
Lavra is world cultural heritage (World Heritage Site)
Picture: http://www.ukraina.at/neues/ukrainekiewdiaschau/bild17.jpg

2) Independence Square - (Maidan Nezaleznosty) 
The place of "orange revolution"
Picture: http://www.ukraina.at/neues/ukrainekiewdiaschau/bild22.jpg

3) St Sophia's Cathedral 
Picture: http://www.ukraina.at/bilder/ukrainesommer2004/sehenswuerdigkeitenkiew/_F1050001.html

4) open-air museum pirogova
Pictures: http://www.ukraina.at/bilder/ukrainesommer2004/freilichtmuseumkiew/

5) Saint Michael’s Monastery 
Picture: http://www.ukraina.at/neues/ukrainekiewdiaschau/bild1.jpg

6) Raduga 
(arch (arc) friendship of the peoples) with a fine look to the Dnepr river
Picture: http://www.ukraina.at/neues/ukrainekiewdiaschau/bild6.jpg

7) Rodina Mat
(and interesting museum)
Picture: http://www.ukraina.at/neues/ukrainekiewdiaschau/bild13.jpg

8) Saint Vladimir’s Cathedral (Wladimirskij Sobor)
Picture: http://www.ukraina.at/neues/ukrainekiewdiaschau/bild10.jpg

9) Kiev metro 
Homepage: http://www.metro.kiev.ua/
Map: http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/kie/kyiv-map.gif

10) Botanic garden of Kiev
Picture: http://www.ukraina.at/bilder/ukrainesommer2004/botanischergartenkiew/

Important sightseeing too:

Andreevsky Spusk (Descent)
(Street of culture and meetingpoint)
Pictures:  http://www.ukraina.at/bilder/ukrainesommer2004/botanischergartenkiew/

The golden Gate 
Picture: http://www.ukraina.at/neues/ukrainekiewdiaschau/bild5.jpg

Building Werchowna Rada
Picture: http://www.ukraina.at/neues/ukrainekiewdiaschau/bild23.jpg

and much more ....

more information about Kiev and Ukraine:

Artikel - Die Szene in Kiew (de)
http://www.ukraina.at/neues/szenekiev/

Ukraina.at – Brauchbare Informationen über die Ukraine:
http://www.ukraina.at (de)

Sightseeing in Kiev: (any pictures)
http://www.ukraina.at/neues/ukrainekiewdiaschau


Wikipedia Kiev:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiev (en)
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiew (de)

Wikipedia Ukraine:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine (de)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine (en)




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