Osokorky
Shallow single-vault metro station whose ceiling carries eight murals by international street artists.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Osokorky metro station in Kyiv goes back to the autumn of 2018, when eight street artists from Ukraine and abroad took over its arched ceiling in the small hours while the trains slept. It follows the painters, the people and animals they chose to put overhead, and the one theme they were all handed. Best heard standing on the platform with your head tilted back.
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