2008, 2012
The city of Chernivtsi is often called "a small Vienna" or "a mini Paris". In general, this city can be compared with any ancient town in Europe. Just visit it for a weekend to relax and walk along the ancient streets.
In our ranking of the best tourist cities in Ukraine, Chernivtsi occupy an honorable 5th place.
The most interesting place in Chernivtsi is the former residence of the Orthodox Metropolitan Bishops of Bukovyna and Dalmatia. Now this architectural complex hosts the Chernivtsi National University. It's really a beautiful place.
We recommend taking a guided tour ($3-4) to see the interior of the University. You can ask a guard at the entrance about the tour.
Chernivtsi National University ©Yuriy Buriak
Marble Hall ©Yuriy Buriak
During the Soviet era, the Department of Computer Engineering was located in the Church of Three Saints and the seminary building, and a huge computer was installed in the church. The University management tried hard to preserve the church interior, so everything valuable was disguised by a cloth.
Church of Three Saints and seminary building ©Yuriy Buriak
University roof ©Yuriy Buriak
Church of Three Saints ©Yuriy Buriak
Seminary building ©Yuriy Buriak
Lights at the University ©Yuriy Buriak
Church of Three Saints and seminary building ©Yuriy Buriak
Blue Hall ©Yuriy Buriak
Red Hall ©Yuriy Buriak
Chernivtsi National University ©Yuriy Buriak
Inside the University ©Yuriy Buriak
University park ©Yuriy Buriak
Inside the University ©Yuriy Buriak
University park ©Yuriy Buriak
Inside the University ©Yuriy Buriak
University park ©Yuriy Buriak
Chernivtsi National University ©Yuriy Buriak
Chernivtsi National University ©Yuriy Buriak
The downtown is very nice, and the pedestrian Kobylyanska Street is one of the most beautiful streets in Ukraine. At night the city is colored with lights, so we recommend taking a night walk through the Theatre Square and along the Kobylyanska Street.
Pedestrian street of Olga Kobylyanska ©Yuriy Buriak
City Hall ©Yuriy Buriak
City Hall ©Yuriy Buriak
Pedestrian street of Olga Kobylyanska ©Yuriy Buriak
Monument to the first tram of Chernivtsi ©Yuriy Buriak
There's a lot of cats in Chernivtsi. ©Yuriy Buriak
Sculpture in front of the City Hall ©Yuriy Buriak
Regional archives (formerly "The Heart of Jesus" Church) ©Yuriy Buriak
House with an owl on the Horkoho Street ©Yuriy Buriak
Teatralna (Theatre) Square ©Yuriy Buriak
Teatralna (Theatre) Square ©Yuriy Buriak
We also visited the skansen (open sky museum of local lore). It is small, but nice and well maintained.
Local skansen ©Yuriy Buriak
Local skansen ©Yuriy Buriak
Local skansen ©Yuriy Buriak
2015
This time we walked not only in the center, but also visited two big parks. Large Central Park of Taras Shevchenko
Central Park of Taras Shevchenko ©Yuriy Buriak
and interesting October park.
The October park ©Yuriy Buriak
The October park ©Yuriy Buriak
In the old town we finally paid attention to the most interesting building in Chernivtsi - house-ship, built in the late 19th century.
Ship-house in Chernivtsi ©Yuriy Buriak
Visited few patio.
Old patio in Chernivtsi ©Yuriy Buriak
Old patio in Chernivtsi ©Yuriy Buriak
Noticed decorations on the roofs
Chernivtsi ©Yuriy Buriak
Chernivtsi ©Yuriy Buriak
Beautiful signs appeared in the center
Chernivtsi ©Yuriy Buriak
And hedgehog-assistant, which tells you some info.
Hedgehog Assistant ©Yuriy Buriak
For example, this QR-code told us about the German House.
German House ©Yuriy Buriak
We had lunch at the Vienna Cafe (O. Kobylyanska str., 49), which is included in the TOP100 restaurants in Ukraine.
Vienna Cafe ©Yuriy Buriak
Map of Chernivtsi ©@
Getting there: We recommend taking a night train from Kyiv. It's too difficult to go by car. There are two ways to get there by car: either via Zhytomyr, Khmelnytsky, Kamianets-Podilskyi or via Uman, Vinnytsia, Bar, Kamianets-Podilskyi. Roads in Khmelnytsky, Vinnytsia and Chernivtsi regions are bad, so the entire journey will take at least 7-8 hours.
