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Kontraktova Square
The heart of Podil
The merchants’ square of the lower town, beside the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
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- Podil cafés
- Address
- Podil, Kyiv
- Nearest metro
- Kontraktova Ploshcha
300 m · 4 min walk
More distances
About Kontraktova Square
Kontraktova Square is the centre of Podil, the old merchants’ town by the river, beside the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy; the bars and cafés of the lower town are all around.
Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with Kontraktova Square before you go.
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Hotels nearby
The closest hotels in our guide to Kontraktova Square, as the crow flies.
- Fairmont Grand Hotel Kyiv600 m8 min walk
- InterContinental Kyiv900 m11 min walk
- Hyatt Regency Kyiv1.2 km15 min walk
What’s nearby
Distances from Kontraktova Square are approximate, measured in a straight line (as the crow flies). Times are approximate too: walking at about 80 metres a minute, cycling at about 12 km/h and driving at typical city-traffic speeds. Traffic and routes vary.
Nearest metro stations
- Kontraktova PloshchaMetro300 m4 min walk
- Poshtova PloshchaMetro750 m9 min walk
Key sights
- St Michael’s950 mWalk 12 minCycle 5 minCar or taxi 11 min
- St Sophia’s Cathedral1.3 kmWalk 16 minCycle 6 minCar or taxi 12 min
- The Golden Gate1.7 kmWalk 21 minCycle 9 minCar or taxi 13 min
- National Opera2.0 kmWalk 24 minCycle 10 minCar or taxi 14 min
- Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra4.4 kmCycle 22 minCar or taxi 21 min
The station and the squares
- Maidan Nezalezhnosti1.6 kmWalk 20 minCycle 8 minCar or taxi 13 min
- Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi station3.4 kmWalk 42 minCycle 17 minCar or taxi 18 min
Location
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