One day in Kyiv, Ukraine

A day through Kyiv’s best-known sights that lie close together: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Saint Sophia Cathedral, Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, Maidan Nezalezhnosti, House with Chimaeras and Mariinskyi Palace. 6 stops, about 3.9 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivLandmark · On the map
  2. Saint Sophia CathedralCathedral · 1.2 km on from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv · On the map
  3. Saint Michael's Golden-Domed MonasteryTemple or shrine · 0.7 km on from Saint Sophia Cathedral · On the map
  4. Maidan NezalezhnostiSquare · 0.6 km on from Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery · On the map
  5. House with ChimaerasLandmark · 0.7 km on from Maidan Nezalezhnosti · On the map
  6. Mariinskyi PalacePalace · 0.7 km on from House with Chimaeras · On the map

6 stops, 6 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 18 min of walking.

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Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.

Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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