Observation and viewing platforms in Kyiv

Observation deck on the glass bridge


The glass bridge, which connected Khreshchaty Park and Vladimirskaya Hill, has 3 zigzags and moving along it, you can see a new panorama on each segment: monument to Vladimir the Great, arch of friendship of peoples, monument to Magdeburg Law, European Square, Podol and northern areas of Kiev, Left Bank microdistricts and Troyeshchyna, Dnieper, other capital bridges (Podolsko-Voskresensky, Paton, Parkovy), Trukhanov Island and Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra.

Where is the glass bridge?


Observation deck on Castle Hill


From Castle Hill there is a view of Podol, Church of the Exaltation of the Cross, Andreevsky Spusk and St. Andrew’s Church, Richard’s castle, Vozdvizhenka, Podolsk bridge crossing and Trukhanov Island.

Where is the observation deck on Castle Hill?


Observation point on Mount Shchekavitsa


The viewing angle from this site reaches 270 degrees. From here you can see Obolon, Podol, Podolsky bridge crossing and Trukhanov Island.

Where is the observation deck on Mount Shchekavitsa?


Observation deck at Vladimirskaya Gorka


From here you can see Trukhanov Island, Park Bridge, Hydropark, Rusanovka and left bank Kyiv in general. The panorama can be viewed from several points: from the upper and lower terraces, as well as near the monument to Vladimir the Great.

Where is the observation deck on Vladimirskaya Gorka?


Observation deck in Mariinsky Park


From here you can see Trukhanov Island, Hydropark, Rusanovka and left-bank Kyiv as a whole. On the observation deck there is a sculpture Director-Observer with a built-in telescope.

Where is the observation deck in Mariinsky Park?


Observation deck in Khreshchaty Park


From the observation deck near Peoples’ Friendship Arch to Khreshchaty Park offers a good view of Podol, River Station, St. Church Nicholas on the water, Obolon, Podolsky bridge crossing, Trukhanov Island, Hydropark, Rusanovka and the left bank part of Kyiv.

Where is the observation deck in Khreshchaty Park?


Observation deck in Park of Eternal Glory


There are 2 observation platforms in the Park of Eternal Glory: near the memorial to the victims of the Holodomor and near the monument to the Unknown Soldier. From here you can see metro bridge, Trukhanov Island, Hydropark, Rusanovka and left bank Kyiv.

Where is the observation deck in the Park of Eternal Glory?


Observation point on Mount Uzdykhalnitsa


To the left of Richard’s Castle, which is located on Andreevsky Spusk, there is an observation deck from which you can see Vozdvizhenka, Podol and Castle Hill, as well as Trukhanov Island and the left bank of Kyiv.

Where is the observation deck on Mount Uzdykhalnitsa?


Observation platform near Monument to Leonid Bykov


From a small area near the monument you can see the Park of Eternal Glory, the memorial to the victims of the Holodomor, Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra, Trukhanov Island, Hydropark, Rusanovka and left bank Kyiv.

Where is the observation deck near the monument to Leonid Bykov?


Observation platforms on the Singing Field and in the Pechersky Landscape Park


Singing field and Pechersky landscape park are essentially a single complex with Museum of the Great Patriotic War. On the Singing Field from the observation deck you will see Paton Bridge, Hydropark, Rusanovka, Bereznyaki and left-bank Kiev, and from the observation deck in Pechersk Landscape Park (to be precise, it is located above the entrance to the Motherland statue) – to all of the above also Darnitsky Bridge, Southern Bridge, Kiev Pechersk Lavra and Kharkov Massif.

Where are the observation platforms on the Singing Field and in the Pechersk Landscape Park?


Observation platform near the Museum of History of Ukraine


To the left of the Museum of History of Ukraine there is a stone stele “Center of Rus'”, which is located on the observation deck from where you can see the Castle mountain, Vozdvizhenka, Andreevsky descent, Podol and Obolon.

Where is the observation deck near the Museum of History of Ukraine?


We do not fully consider paid viewing platforms, but we will list the best of them:
– bell tower in Mikhailovsky Monastery,
– bell tower in St. Sophia Cathedral,
– bell tower in Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra,
– observation deck St. Andrew’s Church,
Grishko Botanical Garden,
Motherland statue (2 platforms at an altitude of 36.6 meters and 91 meters).