'The Pumpkin' is a fun, cheap, friendly Ukrainian cafe-bar-pub way off the tourist trail offering several types of beer, a simple menu of steaks, banosh, river fish, varenyky and deruny (potato pancakes) amid garish decor.
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
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Don't leave town until you've seen this amazing 42-hectare cemetery, only a short ride on tram 7 from the centre. This is the Père Lachaise of Eastern…
National Museum and Memorial to the Victims of Occupation
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This infamous building on vul Bryullova was used as a prison by the Poles, Nazis and communists in turn, but the small and very moving exhibition over two…
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Lviv was declared a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1998, and this old market square lies at its heart. The square was progressively rebuilt after a major…
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Revamped in 2017, the museum belonging to Lviv's brewery is an impressive, modern experience, a world away for the rickety post-Soviet repositories of the…
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Around a 2km walk from pl Rynok, visiting the High Castle (Vysoky Zamok) on Castle Hill (Zamkova Hora) is a quintessential Lviv experience. There’s little…
Lviv History Museum – Rynok 24
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This branch of the Lviv History Museum expounds on the city's very early days starting with early cultures that inhabited Galicia and ending with the…
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The city fathers have occupied this location since the 14th century, but the present-day Italianate look dates to 1835. In a sign of openness and…
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This fascinating pharmacy museum is located inside a still-functioning chemist's shop dating from 1735. Buy a ticket from the pharmacist and head down…
Nearby Lviv attractions
1. Bernardine Church and Monastery
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Lviv's most stunning baroque interior belongs to the 17th-century now Greek Catholic Church of St Andrew, part of the Bernadine Monastery. Populated with…
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The statue of Poland's national poet caps the southern end of pr Svobody.
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The late-16th-century Golden Rose Synagogue stood at the heart of the inner district before the Nazis blew it up in 1943. A piece of wasteland for decades…
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For the uninitiated, salo is the cured pig fat (lard) that Ukrainians love to slip down with vodka and use an an ingredient in national dishes. This …
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With various chunks dating from between 1370 and 1480, this working cathedral is one of Lviv’s most impressive churches. The exterior is most definitely…
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The blackened facade of the burial chapel (1615), belonging to Hungarian merchant Georgi Boyim and his family, is covered in magnificent if somewhat…
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The town's former arsenal (1554–56) is now a museum where you can check out suits of armour and various cannons and weapons.
8. Lviv Art Gallery (Pototsky Palace)
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Lviv's main art repository has two wings – one in the lavish Pototsky Palace (Палац Потоцьких), the other around the corner on vul Stefanyka. This one…