Park Natalka
Riverside park with running track, sports grounds and the concrete relic of a prewar river tunnel.
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This guide to Park Natalka in Kyiv's Obolon district starts with a strange piece of concrete on the Dnipro shore and the secret engineering project of nineteen thirty-nine that left it there. It follows the ordinary Kyivans who later turned the riverbank into a place for holidays, shows and festivals. Stand near the water's edge, where the old structure still sits among the modern park.
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