Best Things to Do in Dnipro

10/03/2023

Lazar Globa Park

The oldest park in the city is next to Dmytro Jawornyzkyj Avenue, and is a place of relaxation and fun for Dnipro’s residents.

Complementing the lawns and long, leafy walkways, there’s another small amusement park here.

The showpiece is the Ferris wheel, granting a complete view of the city and the Dnieper.

When it’s warm you can hire a pedalo for the park’s pond and the striking concrete “Summer Theatre” lays on entertainment for kids.

Also see if you can find the Little Prince Fountain, inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s character and installed in 2002.

10/03/2023

Dnipro Quay

At 23 kilometres and encompassing the entirety of the city’s waterfront, Dnipro Quay is said to be the longest quay in Europe.

For Dnipro’s citizens and tourists it’s somewhere to meet up and go for walks by the Dnieper.

The riverside was enhanced in the second half of the 20th century when the quay was paved and trees were planted to provide a buffer from the road.

Before that it had been a bit of a post-industrial wasteland, but those times will feel very distant when you’re sipping a coffee at a cafe table or taking pics of the public art and monuments here.

The most beloved is the White Swan Fountain, just off the right bank and with moving jets that create the impression of a swan opening its wings.

10/03/2023

10/03/2023

Classic Garden Cucumber Tomato Salad ✨
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08/03/2023

Taras Shevchenko Park

The park at the upper end of Monastyrsky Island merits another entry because of how much is squeezed into such a small space.

One of the first things you’ll see is a Ferris wheel and a kitsch Soviet-style amusement park aimed at the smallest members of the family.

Turn left after the bridge and you’ll be at a statue of Taras Shevchenko.

This 19th-century poet is considered a Ukrainian Shakespeare for his lasting impact on the Ukrainian language.

And lastly, on the city side of the park is a dramatic man-made waterfall, built under the cross.

According to legend St Andrew stopped at this very place during his voyage along the Dnieper in the 1st century.

08/03/2023

Arugula, Avocado, Tomato and Cucumber Salad ❤
Full Recipe: https://momsdish.com/arugula-avocado-tomato-and-cucumber-salad

06/03/2023

Monastyrsky Island

The city’s own river island has been occupied for at least 2,000 years and was a staging post for early Christians and medieval merchants.

You can get to it on foot via an elegant metal arch footbridge, or on a panoramic cableway.

If you do walk, keep your eyes peeled for the soviet stars on the bridge’s panels as you cross.

Stepping onto the island you’ll be in the Taras Shevchenko Park, which we’ll talk about next.

On the far side of the island there’s a beach stretching for more than a kilometre down to the southern tip and packed with sunbathers in summer.

You’ll come across a couple of bars here, while on the near side is a freshwater aquarium and a centre renting out rowboats and kayaks.

04/03/2023

Menorah Center

The largest Jewish cultural centre in Europe opened in Dnipro in 2012 and it’s a dazzling complex, made up of hotels, banquet halls, an art gallery, kosher shops and restaurants, a synagogue and museum.

The project was jointly led by the presidents of the Dnipro United Jewish Community and Jewish Community of Ukraine, while the Sephardic Grand Rabbi and the Israel Minister for Information and Diaspora were in attendance when it opened.

On an everyday visit the main destination will be the Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine Museum.

The largest museum of its kind in the former Soviet Union, it retraces the events of the 1930s and 40s and studies their repercussions using cutting-edge multimedia displays.