Things to do this weekend

Sokyryntsi and Hustynia. The 60-room Galagan Palace and a monastery painted by Shevchenko in one day from Kyiv

Next: Nov 14 at 07:00

Princely Chernihiv. The 11th-century Transfiguration Cathedral, the Boldyni Hills and the Anthony Caves in one day from Kyiv

Next: Nov 14 at 07:30

Pyrohiv. Autumn in an open-air village: windmills, wooden churches and houses from all over Ukraine on the hills of Kyiv

Next: Nov 14 at 11:00

Uman and Sofiyivka. Golden autumn in an 18th-century masterpiece park: the Island of Love, waterfalls and the underground River Acheron

Next: Nov 15 at 06:30

Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. Prypiat, the Chornobyl NPP and the Duga radar in one day from Kyiv

Next: Nov 15 at 07:00

Kachanivka. The palace and park where the series “The Serf” was filmed, 185 km from Kyiv

Next: Nov 15 at 07:00

Kaniv. Taras Hill above the Dnipro in golden autumn: the Shevchenko Museum, Taras’s Svitlytsia and the Dormition Cathedral in one day from Kyiv

Next: Nov 15 at 08:00

“Human Body” interactive space. Over 5000 m² and 19 zones on how a human works: giant organs, VR and medical simulators

Kuboid. A museum where math isn’t studied but explored hands-on

Water Museum. An 1876 water tower and an underground reservoir where water becomes an interactive show

VDNH Greenhouse. A tropical plant collection over 70 years old under one glass dome

Ancient Kyiv at Kyivan Rus Park. A life-size reconstruction of the fortified center of the ancient city in the 5th–13th centuries

Fomin Botanical Garden. Kyiv’s oldest garden: a 30-meter climatron, a 200-year-old palm and over 9,000 plant species

Kyiv Pechersk Lavra National Reserve. A cave monastery founded in 1051 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Pyrohiv Open-Air Museum. 133 hectares, seven historical and ethnographic regions and more than 300 authentic buildings from all over Ukraine

Shumiland VDNH. A dino park, a fairy-tale forest and a mirror maze in one park

Kyiv Zoo. 34 hectares of wildlife a step away from the metro

St. Cyril’s Church Museum. 12th-century frescoes and early works by Mikhail Vrubel in one church

Lemur Zoo at Retroville. Over 20 species of tame animals you can pet, feed and hold

Mamaieva Sloboda. An 18th-century open-air Cossack village in the middle of Kyiv

Yasnohorodka Family Eco Park. Ukraine’s largest ostrich farm, 30 minutes from Kyiv

Mezhyhiria Landmark Park. 140 hectares of a former residence with peacocks, vintage cars and the Kyiv Sea embankment

Miniland. Ukraine’s largest model railway – 300+ buildings and moving trains at 1:87 scale

Chocolate House. A 1901 palazzo-style mansion with authentic state rooms and a permanent Ivan Marchuk exhibition

Experimentarium. A science and technology museum with hundreds of interactive exhibits and a mirror maze

Jellyfish Museum. The atmosphere of the ocean in the city center

National Museum of Natural History. Four worlds of nature under one roof

MAN Science Museum. The first state museum where NOT touching is forbidden: 120+ interactive exhibits in 8 zones at VDNH