Khreshchatyy Park
Hillside park above the Dnieper with shaded paths, a water-tower museum and sweeping river views.
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This guide to Khreshchatyy Park in Kyiv goes back to the years when the slope belonged to the city's merchants and their club house, today's Philharmonic. It follows the gate fees, the domed summer restaurant, the buffet and the nightly orchestras, and asks what exactly Kyivans were paying for. Actors, officials, policemen and ticketless boys all turn up along the way. Best heard at the railings with the river in front of you.
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