Editors' pick
Golden Gate in Kyiv: History of the Ancient City EntranceKyiv's Golden Gate, a mighty 11th-century defensive tower crowned by the Church of the Annunciation: its ruins, rediscovery, 1982 reconstruction and museum. Editors' pick
National Opera of UkraineUkraine's leading opera stage, housed in Viktor Schröter's building of 1901 — a theatre that has survived a fire, the shooting of Stolypin, the First Universal and two world wars.
House with CatsA green Gothic Revival apartment house on Hoholivska Street, built in 1909 by engineer Volodymyr Bezsmertnyi, with cats by the window, owls, masks and a devil under the roof.
Baron's CastlePidhorskyi's house on Yaroslaviv Val, a red neo-Gothic 'castle' with a spired tower and winged figures over the gate, built in 1896–1898 by engineer Mykola Dobachevskyi.
Central Post OfficeA post-war “palace of the post” with a colonnaded portico at the corner of Khreshchatyk and Maidan Nezalezhnosti: Ukraine’s main post office and a witness to the 1989 tragedy and every Kyiv revolution.
Hedgehog in the Fog Monument in KyivA wooden Hedgehog in the Fog studded with 5,000 screws sits near the Golden Gate in Kyiv. Learn the story of this beloved monument and why its sign says Horse.
Kyiv TV Tower: Interesting FactsKyiv's 385-meter TV Tower is a freestanding steel lattice giant taller than the Eiffel Tower yet three times lighter. Key facts about its design and construction.