What to see:

• Svoboda Square is the sixth-largest square in Europe and the eleventh in the world
  
  
• Holy Shroud Cathedral is the oldest extant building in Kharkov.
  
  
• New-Byzantine Basilica of the Annunciation.
  
  
• Dormition cathedral is the Kharkiv highest building.
  
  
• The Mirror Stream is the symbol of the city.
  
  
• Cascade Fountain is the present to the city in honor of its 300-annuversary.
  
  
• Gorky Central Park is the main park of the city; area is more than 130 sq.m.
  
  
• Outdoor installation at the Square of Architects – «seven wonders of Kharkov» – all Kharkiv sights in miniature.
  
  
• Pushkinska Street and Sumska Street are the oldest streets in the city, most part of the noble mansions are situated here.
  
  
• Moscow Avenue, appeared in the XVII century, is the longest street in the city, its length is over 15 km.
  
  
• Lopansky Pier – there are a new suspension bridge and a boat station “Strelka” here
  
  

What to visit:

• Children’s Railway is a narrow-gauge way, 3.6 km long, located between Gorky Central Park and forest park. The point is that the engineers, conductors, pointsmans and other workers are children who want to master a new occupation.
  
  
• Cable railway is a transportation system, 1387 metres long. The way rises up to 8-26 metres above the ground where grand green valleys are viewed.
  
  
• Kharkiv Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, French comedy theatre, modern Actor’s House.
  
  
• Kharkiv Zoo is the oldest zoo in Ukraine, the third in the Russian Empire and the 20th in the world
  Address: 35, Sumska Street, Kharkiv
  
  
• Kharkiv dolphinarium is the largest in the CIS and one of the largest in Europe. It also offers its guests to take part in dolphin therapy – one of the most popular and fast-evolving methods of animal-assisted therapy.
  Tel.: (067) 189-58-98
  E-mail: therapy_nemo@mail.ru
  
  
• Kharkiv circus
  Address: 1, Irina Bugrimova Square, Kharkiv
  Tel.: (057) 7330840
  
  
• Kharkiv planetarium
  Address:15, Kravcov Street, Kharkiv
  Tel. (+3 8-057) 705-00-19, 705-00-20, 705-00-21
  
  
• Botanic garden
  Address: 52, Klochkovsky street, Kharkiv
  
  

What to taste:

The Kharkiv traditional dish is the wheat kutya with uzvar (compote), rice kvass, rassolnik and home-made sweets

What to buy:

• Hand-crafted works made of delftware from Buda village.
  Address : 1, Zheleznodorozhnaya Street, Buda village, Kharkiv region
  
  
• Silver jewellery produced by Kharkiv jewellery factory
  Shop address: 12, Gagarin Square, Kharkiv
  Tel.: 050-303-59-60, 057-731-22-85
  
  
• Gift box with sweets produced by Kharkiv biscuit factory “Biscuit-Chocolate”
  Vedmedik shop: 11/13, Constitution Square, Kharkiv
  Tel.: (057) 731-40-92; +731-10-99.