Today it is not necessary to have seven spades in the forehead and to develop space rockets to get to Dnepropetrovsk . However, a couple of decades ago it was an indispensable point for getting a "Dnepropetrovsk visa" . In the times of the USSR it was a closed city, however a year "Soviets" are falling apart, the city opens its doors to tourists, and once the super-secret plant "Yuzhmash" turns to the forest - that is, to computer development - forward . While its director, Leonid Kuchma, hurries to Kiev to become President .

Today Dnepropetrovsk (and in the imperial times Ekaterinoslav) is one of the most developed cities in Ukraine, not counting Kiev. He attracts oligarchs, beautiful women, hunters to oligarchs, tourists. And yet, Dnepropetrovsk is an industrial center of Ukraine, do not expect to see a lot of sights here, but the landscapes of the real working city, whose inhabitants were "restricted to travel abroad" until 1990, please.

Climate

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Weather forecast in Dnepropetrovsk for 10 days

How to get here

Dnepropetrovsk International Airport is 15 km southeast of the city center and accepts Dniproavia flights from Kiev, Odessa, Simferopol and other cities from all over Europe. You can get to the airport by bus number 60 or 109 with train. station, tram No. 1 from the city center, a taxi (50-60 hryvnia)

In Dnepropetrovsk there is the biggest bus station in the country (Kurchatov Street, 10), which is a 10-minute walk from the railway. station. Here flights from Donetsk (40 UAH, 4, 5 hours, departure hourly) and Zaporozhye (20 UAH, 1, 5 hours, every 15 minutes), and also a lot from Poltava, Kharkov, Odessa and Simferopol come here. Autolux and Gunsel send nightly comfortable buses to Kiev (7-8 hours, 80 hryvnia).

From the central railway station. (85 hryvnia, 6 hours) to Kiev, as well as trains to Odessa (90 hryvnia, 11, 5 hours), Simferopol (50 hryvnia, 7 hours) and other large cities. Up to Kharkov (25 hryvnia, 4, 5 hours) and Donetsk (30 hryvnia, 4, 5 hours) and can be reached by train. And to Zaporozhye, even on a minibus.

Cuisine and restaurants

In Dnepropetrovsk there is no shortage of cafes and restaurants. The best reputable institution is the "Reporter" on Karl Marx Ave., it is also worthwhile to look into "Master Schmidt" with live music. Night life of the city would be incomplete without the clubs "Labyrinth" and "Berlin."

Entertainment, ex ursii and Dnipropetrovsk attractions

One of the main attractions of the city is the monastic island that geographically belongs to the Central Park of Culture and Rest named after Taras Shevchenko. There is also a monument to Taras Grigorievich and the Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas (1999). In addition, the longest embankment in Europe stretches along the right bank of the Dnieper for more than 23 km.

On Zhovtnevaya Square are charming Scythian "women" - the largest collection in Ukraine, and at the Opera and Ballet Theater on Serova Street - Tsvetnaya fountain. It is also worth visiting the Bogoroditskaya fortress and the remains of its ramparts on the bank of Samara in the village of Shevchenko. On the October Square there is a diorama "Battle for the Dnieper" (1975, the viewing angle is 230 degrees). In the city there are several charming churches: Bryanskaya (1913-1915), Mykolayiv (1807), Transfiguration Cathedral (1830-1835), which was founded by Catherine II herself.

There is also Potyomkin's palace in Dnepropetrovsk (1786) , and a cheerful circus, and its own synagogue with the romantic name "Golden Rose", and even the charming fountain "Swan". The child prefers to spend free time at the children's railway in the park. Globes Photos of Dnepropetrovsk (18)