Olympic Stadium

Kyiv


Kyiv's main football arena was completely rebuilt for the Euro 2012 football (soccer) tournament. Today it's the home stadium for Dynamo Kyiv and hosts most of Ukraine's international matches, as well as the occasional big-name concert. Out front is a shop selling good-quality Dynamo swag, and a one-room Klitschko Museum (free admission) dedicated to accomplishments of Ukraine's famous boxing brothers.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Kyiv attractions

1. PinchukArtCentre

0.59 MILES

The rotating exhibits at this world-class gallery feature elite names in the world of European contemporary art and design, all financed by billionaire…

2. Former Lenin Statue

0.62 MILES

At the terminus of vul Tarasa Shevchenka once stood Kyiv's last Lenin statue, famously pulled down and smashed to bits by Euromaidan protesters in late…

3. Khanenko Museum of Arts

0.63 MILES

This museum's 'Western Art' wing houses Kyiv's most impressive collection of European paintings, with Bosch, Velázquez and Rubens among the many masters…

4. Kyiv National Museum of Russian Art

0.67 MILES

With 2000 paintings, only a fraction of which are on display at any one time, this museum, set in an impressive tsar-era mansion, has the largest…

5. Chocolate House

0.79 MILES

This distinctive neo-Renaissance mansion in Kyiv's wealthy Lypky district, built in 1901, is notable for its lavish interiors. There's a small sculpture…

7. House of Chimeras

0.85 MILES

Many of the 'chimeras' that adorn the awning of Kyiv's weirdest building are depictions of architect Władysław Horodecki's hunting trophies – antelope,…

8. Khreshchatyk

0.9 MILES

Kyiv's main drag is named after a river, which these days runs underneath, enclosed in an underground pipe. Getting gussied up and strolling Khreshchatyk…