Kharkiv (
Харків) is the second largest city in
Ukraine situated some 20 km north-east of
Vysokiy and 540 km from
Kiev, 100 km south-west of Ukraine -
Russia border. According to the latest census, the population of Kharkiv is about 1,430,900 people, making it the second largest city in Ukraine. Many people visit Kharkiv each year to take a look at its famous aquaria and fountains.
The closest airport Osnova International Airport (IATA: HRK) is about 10 km away.
Things to do in Kharkiv
Харьковский дельфинарий (Українська: Харківський дельфінарій) is a tourist attraction, one of the Aquaria in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It is located: 580 km from Dnipropetrovs'k, 750 km from Donetsk, 840 km from Voronezh.
Zerkalʹnaya struya (русский. Зеркальная струя) or Dzerkalʹnyi struminʹ (українська. Дзеркальний струмінь) is a fountain in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Ейфелева вежа (Харків) is a tourist attraction, one of the Towers in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It is located: 580 km from Dnipropetrovs'k, 740 km from Donetsk, 830 km from Voronezh.
Maxim Gorky Central Park for Culture and Recreation (українська. Парк культури і відпочинку «Максим Горький») is a Kharkiv city park consisting of over 130 hectares of land. It is bounded in the southern corner by Vesnina Street in the east - Sumy Street to the north - the so-called elite private settlement construction, and in the west - Dynamo street corner and Novgorod.
The Annunciation Cathedral is the main Orthodox church of Kharkiv, Ukraine. The pentacupolar Neo-Byzantine structure with a distinctive 80-meter-tall bell tower was completed on October 2, 1888, from designs by a local architect, Mikhail Lovtsov. The church was consecrated in 1901, and the earlier Annunciation church was then pulled down.
Freedom Square (українська. Площа Свободи, Plóshcha Svobodý; русский. Площадь Свободы, Plóshchad' Svobódy) in Kharkiv is the 8th largest city-centre square in Europe.
The Kharkiv Ukrainian Drama Theatre also known as the Taras Shevchenko Kharkiv Academic Ukrainian Drama Theatre is a national theater founded in 1935 out of remnants of the suppressed Berezil Theater, which was founded by Les Kurbas in 1922. Kharkiv Ukrainian Drama Theatre has two stages: Main Stage (900 seats) and Small Stage " Berezil" (115 seats).
Покровский собор (Харьков) (Українська: Покровський собор (Харків)) is a tourist attraction, one of the Eastern Orthodox cathedrals in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It is located: 580 km from Dnipropetrovs'k, 750 km from Donetsk, 840 km from Voronezh.
If you have seen everything in Kharkiv already, take a look on the outskirts of the town. If you're visiting the area, you may want to check out something from the following list:
Be sure to check out photos of the area taken by other travellers.