Different Kyiv

The alternative guide “Different Kyiv” isn’t just a collection of routes and popular places. It’s a guide into the context of the city and a manual on cultural and everyday orientation. This guidebook will leave you with memories other than the glow of golden domes. It’s a book for those who are interested not just in a city’s glossy cover, but its substance.   The authors explored what makes the city live, what makes it special and unique: key areas of everyday life in all its variety, aspects of daily life that can be exciting and interesting.      Anyone can become a city researcher. All you have to do is walk as much as possible and see everything with your own eyes. The absence of photos was a principled position of the editors. Illustrated maps by artist Anna Zvyagintseva will help you navigate your way around. The guide includes 8 routes – 8 engaging stories that lead the reader through the city’s streets, introduce him to specific places related to the topics explored: On and off the beaten path (Tetyana Kremen) Football Kyiv (Artem Frankov) Modern urban mythology (Alevtina Kakhidze) Kyiv and ethnic groups (Stanislav Tsalyk) Wedding Kyiv (Anna Khvyl) Kyiv by bike (Ityna Bondarenko) Soviet Kyiv (Oleksiy Radynski) Bygone Khreshchatyk (Serhiy Mashkin) The guidebook also has a section with Advice on the specifics of life in Kyiv and a handy list of addresses and contacts (Directory).