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An evening on Podil
Bars of the lower town
Podil’s streets of bars and cafés, below the Andriivskyi Descent.
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- Early evenings
- Address
- Podil, Kyiv
- Nearest metro
- Kontraktova Ploshcha
300 m · 4 min walk
More distances
About An evening on Podil
Podil, the lower town by the river, is where Kyiv goes out: its streets around Kontraktova Square fill with bars and cafés in the early evening. Plan to be back before the night curfew.
Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with An evening on Podil before you go.
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What’s nearby
Distances from An evening on Podil 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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