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Chernobyl Tour/Pripyat

A day trip into the exclusion zone to see Reactor 4, the Red Forest and the abandoned city of Pripyat. You can only go on an organised tour.

Andriyivskyy Descent

A 720 metre cobbled street connecting the Upper Town to Podil, lined with churches, museums and souvenir stalls. Free, and best walked downhill.

Friendship Of Nations Arch

A 50 metre titanium arch above the Dnipro with the best viewpoint in central Kyiv. Free, always open, and now joined by the glass-floored pedestrian bridge.

Motherland Monument

A 102 metre stainless steel statue standing over the war museum, visible from most of the left bank. If you're fit enough you can climb up inside her arm to the shield.

Independence Square

Maidan Nezalezhnosti, the centre of Kyiv and the site of four political rallies since 1990. Free, always open, and impossible to miss.

Pirogovo (Pyrohiv) Open-Air Museum

Over 300 traditional buildings brought here from all over Ukraine and rebuilt on a hillside outside the city. Marshrutka 507 goes direct from Teremky.

St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery

Blue walls, golden domes and a view over Podil. Free to walk into, and a two minute walk from the top of the funicular.

Khreshchatyk Street

Kyiv's main street, 1.2km from European Square down to Bessarabska. Closed to traffic at weekends, and one of the 20 most expensive shopping streets in Europe.

Kyiv Fortress

The largest earthwork fortress in Europe, hidden behind the Olympic Stadium. Most people walk past without realising it's there.

National Opera And Ballet Of Ukraine

Ukraine's third oldest opera house, in the centre of the city with over 1,300 seats. Check the programme before you go and book ahead.

Pechersk Lavra

The Monastery of the Caves, a working monastery and UNESCO site above the Dnipro. The Lower Lavra is free, and the caves underneath still hold the mummified monks who dug them.

St. Volodymyr's Cathedral

Seven blue domes and yellow walls, two minutes from Universytet metro. Free to enter, and the murals inside are the reason to go.