The section «Parks» on our website is intended for people who are looking for places to relax and walk in Kyiv. We talk about the most beautiful and well-groomed parks in the city, their history, features and attractions. We give tips on how to spend time in the parks, talk about picnic spots, sports fields, attractions and much more. Our section will help you choose a place for a walk, depending on your preferences and mood. We offer information about popular parks such as Mariinsky Park, Goloseevsky Park and many others. You will also find information about little-known but no less interesting parks that you can visit in Kyiv. If you want to spend time in nature, visit interesting places and enjoy the fresh air, then our section «Parks» will become an indispensable assistant for you.
Solomensky Landscape Park (Solomensky Forest Park) was founded in 1986 and has an area of 30 hectares. Most of the park’s territory is located within the Kuchmin Yar tract – a natural basin at the bottom of which the Mokraya River flows. When creating the park, significant earthworks were carried out – the slopes were … Read more
Ostrovsky Park was created in 1961 and has an area of 4 hectares. The park is dominated by deciduous trees – maples, lindens, poplars. The number of bushes is relatively small. The park has a modern children’s play complex. In 1971, a monument to Nikolai Ostrovsky was erected in the park. In 2007, the park … Read more
In May 2017, the mayor of Kyiv Vitaliy Klitschko opened the second stage of the reconstructed Natalka park on Obolonskaya embankment and noted that this modern The park is the “gold” standard for all green areas of the capital. The Natalka tract between the Obolonskaya embankment and the Northern Bridge was abandoned for a long … Read more
In April 2013, a square named after Heydar Aliyev was opened near the Azerbaijani Embassy in Kyiv, in honor of the 90th anniversary of the birth of the former President of Azerbaijan. On the territory of the park of 0.5 hectares, an architectural structure was placed – a fortress wall, like in Baku, with the … Read more
This is a joint project of MAUP, the Lviv Academy of Arts and the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, created in 2003. Here the Trypillian totem “turbyk-on-wheels”, models of dwellings, a model of a temple, female figurines of Trypillian people (in increased proportions), a ritual vessel “binoculars” and samples of hand-drawn ceramics are … Read more
Kristerova Gorka is a botanical natural monument of local importance, which was officially created on January 30, 2001 and has an area of 4.5 hectares. This status was granted to the park for the purpose of preserving, protecting and using the most valuable examples of park construction for aesthetic, educational, environmental, scientific and recreational purposes. … Read more