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Down the Andriivskyi Descent
Hill to river
From St Andrew’s Church down the cobbles to Kontraktova Square.
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- Downhill
- Address
- Podil, Kyiv
- Nearest metro
- Kontraktova Ploshcha
450 m · 6 min walk
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About Down the Andriivskyi Descent
From St Andrew’s Church, follow the cobbled Andriivskyi Descent down to Kontraktova Square and Podil; walk downhill and take the funicular back up from Poshtova Square.
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What’s nearby
Distances from Down the Andriivskyi Descent 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 PloshchaMetro450 m6 min walk
- Poshtova PloshchaMetro650 m8 min walk
Key sights
- St Michael’s800 mWalk 10 minCycle 4 minCar or taxi 10 min
- St Sophia’s Cathedral1.0 kmWalk 13 minCycle 5 minCar or taxi 11 min
- The Golden Gate1.5 kmWalk 18 minCycle 7 minCar or taxi 12 min
- National Opera1.7 kmWalk 21 minCycle 9 minCar or taxi 13 min
- Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra4.2 kmCycle 21 minCar or taxi 21 min
The station and the squares
- Maidan Nezalezhnosti1.4 kmWalk 17 minCycle 7 minCar or taxi 12 min
- Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi station3.2 kmWalk 40 minCycle 16 minCar or taxi 18 min
Location
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