The Waste Museum in Kiev

Located on the outskirts of Kiev, the Waste Museum is seldom included in tours of Ukraine’s capital city, nor is it often found on most tourism guides, but it is a fascinating place to visit nonetheless. As is the case with the majority of museums, the Waste Museum focuses on history, but in a most unusual way considering that all the exhibits have been rescued from the garbage dump.

The Black House

The Market Square in central Lviv buzzes with activity day and night and is popular with both locals and tourists visiting this lovely city in Ukraine. The rectangular-shaped square boasts the majestic town hall which was built in 1835, complete with a 65-meter tower, and around the square there are forty-four tenement houses representing a wide variety of architectural styles ranging from Renaissance to Modernism. One of the most extraordinary, and famous, of these tenement houses is known simply as the Black House.

Besarabsky Market : The Heart of Daily Life in Kiev

It is early morning in Kiev, Ukraine. The crisp morning air that surrounds the people walking towards the Besarabsky Square, makes them look like human trains, as their breath leaves puffs of “smoke” trailing behind their quickened pace. A few greetings are exchanged as friends and locals who have been working alongside each other for years all head in the same direction. They have so much to do before the day is much older. Unpack their stock, clean their stores and get ready for the doors of the Besarabsky Market to open at eight o’clock sharp.

Balaklava : A City of Secrets

The city of Balaklava is located in Crimea, Ukraine, and was once a small fishing village, near Sevastopol. It went from being a quaint inconspicuous village, to an ideal tactical location during the war and the Soviet period, to an independent city, that officially became part of the Sevastopol district in 1957. The quiet bay with its treacherous rocks are not the only attractions in Balaklava, as it is what is hidden under the rocks that makes visiting Balaklava a very fascinating and historically interesting destination.

Ukraine to Join Poland in Hosting Euro 2012

The 2012 UEFA European Football Championships is to be hosted jointly by Poland and Ukraine in the summer of 2012. This will be the 14th UEFA-sanctioned European Championship, which sees qualifying national football teams battling it out on the playing fields in a series of elimination matches until the final deciding match.

Ukraine’s Olympic Success Continues

The Ukrainian team arrived at the Beijing Olympics this year with their hearts set on gold and they’ve certainly achieved their goal. The national team now has five gold medals in total, as well as four silver and eight bronze medals. The various athletes are still doing incredibly well and will likely see a few more medals added to their stockpile before they head back to Ukraine after the Olympics.