Only 1 month left till New Year and stores are already selling bright Christmas decorations, holiday lights and figurines of Santa Claus. As long as people are set to the holiday atmosphere, we decided to compile a list of things that need to do until 2016.
Kiev
Bustle of the city can make you forget about the upcoming celebration and we advise you not to let it doing this. To remind yourself about holidays and vacations, do some useful things such as buying gifts to and friends and family. Go to shopping and make a list — this might help you to immerse your head in the New Year atmosphere. Between this you can make the New Year’s menu, just look for recipes of the wonderful mayonnaise salads, sausage trees and exquisite stuffed eggs.
In Kiev, in December there will be a few different options for pre-Christmas shopping. For example, Platforma Village at “Platforma” art-factory, UaMadeFest in Gallery “Lavra” and Vsi.Svoi in D12. These locations will have a big range of Christmas gifts for children and adults. There you can choose nice trinkets, clothes and decorations for home.
Platforma Vilage
- What to do? – Buy presents
- Where? – Platforma art-factory
- How much? – from 200 UAH till infinity
UaMadeFest
- What to do? – Buy everything you will see
- Where? – Lavra gallery
- How much? – from 200 UAH till infinity
Vsi.Svoi.
- What to do? – Count how many friends do you have and buy present to each
- Where? – D12
- How much? – from 200 UAH till infinity
Don’t forget to see your friends before the holidays, because after you might not see them for a long time – long winter vacations are coming. And the best way to do this is to go to some new places of the capital, especially if you are tired of the old ones. A new «Par Bar» has recently opened on Shota Rustaveli Str and it serves an extensive cocktail menu and a wide selection of hookahs. You can also have a nice dinner at Georgian restaurant “Gogi» on Lva Tolstogo Str. The visit of this place will be especially useful for those who are tired of eating burgers and sushi. And the brand new bar «Jekyll & Hyde», who had not even opened yet, but it works in a test mode. We know only that it has stylish interior and familiar to the capital European cuisine. It is located on Bolshaya Zhitomirskaya.
Par Bar
- What to do? – Smoke hookah and drink coctails
- Where? – 10 Shota Rustaveli Str
- How much? – 300-400 UAH
Gogi
- What to do? – Get lost in the choice of dishes
- Where? – 13 Lva Tolstogo Str
- How much? – 200-300 UAH
Jekyll&Hyde
- What to do? – Eat and take pictures
- Where? – 27 Bolshaya Zhitomirskaya Str
- How much? – 200-300 UAH
Before the New Year you can go to some interesting events in Kiev. For example, to sing favorite songs at the “5`nizza” concert in the Palace of Sports (05.12), enjoy a delicious wine and at the Festival of young wine in the D12 (5-6.12), hang out with the rhythms of hip hop at the Hip Hop Christmas Party at the art factory “Platforma” (19.12). And have another walk in the beloved city, to sketch a plan for 2016, and celebrate it in hope that it will give you something incredible.
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Odessa
Searching for the New Year mood in Odessa may have sense in the factory of sparkling wines. There you can buy drinks in the store at the factory, and then go walk to the beach through the Zdorovya highway. Beautiful winter sea and a bottle of champagne will certainly awake a sense of romance and holiday in you. You should create some simple ritual of farewell to the sea in 2015. Write it a note, or throw a few coins, because it will take a lot of time before you will be able to plunge to it again.
Shopping for the New Year’s table is better on Privoz market and the local flavor will help to transform shopping into a kind of quest with a lot of obstacles like crowds of people, who also want to serve the table with gefilte fish.
There is a variety of fine restaurants, where you should have a dinner before New Year. Spend a few nights with friends in the traditional places – “Steak House”, “Zlachnoe” and “Basilica”. Anyway, almost every second visitor of the city is going there.
The most pleasant in winter and autumn visits to Odessa – is that the weather there is always in a few degrees higher than in the capital and the western part of the country. Take advantage of this opportunity to dress warmly and go for a long walk through the streets of the city. The atmosphere of the city and the general anticipation of a holiday will set you on the right way, we can guarantee it.
Steakhouse. Meat and wine
- What to do? – Select the level of roasting
- Where? – 20 Deribasovskaya Str
- How much? – 400-600 UAH
Zlachnoe
- What to do? – Taste liqueurs
- Where? – 22 Deribasovskaya Str
- How much? – 200-300 UAH
Basilica
- What to do? – Hug with pillows
- Where? – 2 Gavannaya Str
- How much? – 100-200 UAH
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Lviv
It seems that Lviv is simply created for winter holidays. With the advent of the Catholic Christmas the city looks like a typical European fair. Therefore, before 2016 canenjoy the beauty – go to the Rynok Square and Svobody Avenue, look at the Lviv Opera House, because we know that you have not been there for a long time – you was too busy in bars and restaurants. But don’t forget about them because there is nothing nicer than to order a dinner in a good location.
We would recommend to check places like “Atlyas”, “Kumpel” and “Darwin”. Just try not to spend all your money that you saved for gifts and New Year’s table.
The traditional event “Night Lviv” will be held for three days — 4,5 and 6 December. As part of this action you will to be able to visit museums, churches and theater event at night. Also, the city offers a lot of thematic tours and other activities.
Atlyas
- What to do? – Eat breakfest and look at the center of the city through the window
- Where? – 45 Rynok Square
- How much? – 200-300 UAH
Darvin
- What to do? – Feel yourself aristocratic
- Where? – 4 Shevska Str
- How much? – 300-400 UAH
Kumpel
- What to do? – Drink kraft beer
- Where? – 26 Chernovola Str
- How much? – 150-200 UAH
Do not forget to grab a great company to the city and to book an apartment there.