The weather is improving, there is warmer on the streets and the mood is getting better and better every day. And of course, everyone wants to take off warm clothes and change shopping centers to outdoor leisure. The city wakes up, and in this regard, we have picked up 4 interesting events in April in Kyiv.
All-Ukrainian Pysanka Festival
VIII All-Ukrainian Pysanka festival will be held in the historical center of Kyiv, on the space between St. Sophia Cathedral and St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery. The event was created to support and popularize Ukrainian folk traditions, to promote the development of folk art and the history of the Ukrainian people on the example of the phenomenon of Pysanka. This year at the festival there will be new art objects for painting – Easter bunnies. Already well-known giant mega-pysankas will be made in the traditional style with using of ornaments and patterns, characteristic of different regions of Ukraine.
Where: Sofieska square
When: April 5 -22
How much: free entry
Exhibition of Tulips “Around the World” 2018
The flowers of tens of thousands of tulips will delight our eyes during few spring weeks. The exhibition will have around 13 million different varieties of flowers. Flowers will be both domestic production, and imported. Guests of the exhibition of tulips will also be able to visit:
- Children’s amusement park;
- Fair of handmade;
- The first in the city center is a rope park.
Where: Spivoche pole
When: April 20 – May 27
How much: 50 UAH (children – 25 UAH, exemption ticket – free of charge)
Easter in the “Kievan Rus Park”
April 7, 8 and 9 in the “Kievan Rus Park” residents and guests of the capital will be able to celebrate Easter. All visitors can consecrate dishes at the Vasyliska church, and also near the church before the beginning of the program the priest will sanctify the dishes and drinks of all guests. The celebration program also includes:
- visiting unique museums;
- master classes on various subjects;
- riding on horseback or in a phaeton;
- archery;
- coinage for happiness, buy unusual souvenirs and much more. Moreover, you will have an opportunity to stay overnight in the “Park Kievan Rus”.
Where: Kopachov, “The Kievan Rus Park”
When: April 7-9
How much: 50-150 UAH.
Travel Festival “With a backpack”
IZONE will host the festival “With a backpack” from April 21 to 22. This is the largest travel event, where the speakers will be experienced and famous travelers of Ukraine. At the festival you will meet about 40 travel experts, and you will learn how to save on trips, how to organize an independent holiday, etc. Among the speakers – well-known blogger Orest Zub, leading “1 + 1” and the first Ukrainian, who conquered 7 peaks on 7 continents of the world, Tatyana Yalovchak.
Where: IZONE, 8, Naberezhno-Lugova st.
When: April 21-22
How much: 100-200 UAH.
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