Your Guide to
Travel, Entertainment, Business and Expat Life in Lviv, Lwow, Lvov, Lemberg, Ukraine.


SKA stadium

SKA (Спортивний комплекс СКА): The Only Cycle Race Track In Lviv

Amusements and Recreation, Parks and Outdoor Activities, Sports and Fitness

SKA is the multi-functional sport complex with no analogues elsewhere in Ukraine. The complex comprises a stadium, outdoor swimming pool, indoor cycle race track and offers shooting guns and horseback riding facilities.

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Vezha Vedmezha resort

Vezha Vedmezha (Вежа Ведмежа): All-Inclusive Carpathians

Amusements and Recreation, Resorts Outside Lviv

Vezha Vedmezha is an upscale hotel and entertainment complex located in the Carpathian Mountains not far from the Slavs’ke ski area. The hotel is one of the most well-known ski and spa-resorts in the Ukrainian Carpathians,with year-round options for active leisure, including hiking, mountain skiing and horseback riding. Vezha Vedmezha is located 130km from Lviv in Volosyanka village

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Entrance to "Park Kultury"

Bohdan Khmelnytskyi Culture Park (Львівський Центральний Парк Культури та відпочинку ім. Богдана Хмельницького)

Parks and Outdoor Activities

Bohdan Khmelnytskyi Culture Park (called “Park Kultury” by locals) was established in the 1950′s and still retains a Soviet-style vibe. The park is frequently a venue for live concerts and major events. Bohdan Khmelnytskyi Culture Park is located near Lviv’s center about a 15-minute taxi ride away.

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Horse jumping at Lviv Hippodrome

Lviv Hippodrome (Львівський Іподром): Ukraine’s Premier Horse Track

Amusements and Recreation, Parks and Outdoor Activities

The Lviv Hippodrome is one of the premier horse track facilities in Ukraine and all of the former Soviet Union. The hippodrome’s grounds are often a venue for live music events. The Lviv Hippodrome and the Viktoria Equestrian Club are both located about a 20-minute from Lviv’s city center, not far from the King Cross Leopolis Shopping Center.

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MI 100 Strip Club strippers

MI100 (MI100 or Місто): Bowling, Strip Bar, Live Music

Amusements and Recreation, Nightclubs and Discos, Restaurants, Strip Bars

MI100 (known by locals as Misto) is a multipurpose entertainment center with a bowling alley and Lviv’s largest strip bar “The Plush Rhino.” The complex is located outside Lviv’s center and also includes a restaurant with a disco and live music, a karaoke lounge, sport pub, billiards hall and a poker club. Misto is mostly a locals hangout, but the Plush Rhino can be a good spot for your guy’s night out.

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Eurosport fitness center

Eurosport (Євроспорт): Swim and Play Tennis Downtown

Spas and Massage, Sports and Fitness

Eurosport is the only large fitness center that’s within walking distance from Lviv’s center. It has one of the deepest swimming pools in town and also has tennis courts. In addition to fitness areas there’s a spa-salon that offers massage, solarium, skin treatments and other services.

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Arena Lviv inside

Arena Lviv Stadium

EURO 2012

Arena Lviv is a brand-new football stadium that will be the official venue for Euro 2012 Championship games in Lviv.
The stadium will host three Group B matches with the following schedule:
June 9: Germany – Portugal
June 13: Denmark – Portugal
June 17: Denmark – Germany

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Ivan Franko Park (Парк імені Івана Франка): Ukraine’s Oldest City Park

Parks and Outdoor Activities, Sights and Monuments

Ivan Franko Park used to be called Park Kostyushka and many Lvivites still call it by its former name. The park covers an area of 15 hectares and is regarded as Ukraine’s oldest city park, dating back to the 16th century. Ivan Franko Park enjoys nice location in Lviv’s center on Universytetska Street, in front of Ivan Franko National University. It’s easy walking distance from Prospect Svobody and most downtown tourist sights.

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Swans at Stryiskyi Park

Stryiskyi Park (Стрийський Парк): Lviv’s Favorite Park

Parks and Outdoor Activities, Sights and Monuments

Stryiskyi Park is one of Lviv’s oldest and most beloved parks. It was initially founded as the site of the Agricultural Exhibition Fairground back in 1887. The park covers 58 hectares and features over 200 species of trees and plants, several beautiful buildings, a lovely swan pond and countless walking trails. Stryiskyi Park is located outside Lviv’s center on Stryis’ka Street.

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Rixos Prykarpattya Hotel

Rixos-Prykarpattya (Відпочинковий Комплекс Ріксос-Прикарпаття): Upscale Truskavets Getaway

Amusements and Recreation, Resorts Outside Lviv, Spas and Massage, Sports and Fitness

Rixos-Prykarpattya is an upscale diagnostic center and rehabilitation resort with a full range of recreation and entertainment options, including a medical center, hotel, spa with mini aquapark, tennis courts and more. Rixos-Prykarpattya’s top notch accommodations and entertainment complex make it a popular venue for weekend getaways, conferences and other corporate events.

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