# 130, January 2020

№130/January 2020

LUXU RIOUS LEOPOLIS Begin 2020 in style with the best of Ukraine's cultural capital

Vol. 14, No. 130, January 2020 On the cover: Mariya Rahmanina and Vitaliy Vavryniv special for “Kameya” jewelry brand Photo: Jaroslav Monchak

THE 2020 CRYSTAL BALL:

LVIV TO BECOME A WORLD GIANT IN 2020 AS WE LOOK BACK ON THE YEAR THAT WAS 2019, LET’S ALSO TAKE A LOOK FORWARD TO 2020 TO SEE JUST WHY LVIV WILL MAKE ITSELF KNOWN IN THE WORLD OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND CONTINUE TO SHOW WHY THE CITY REMAINS THE ‘SOUL OF UKRAINE’.

UKRAINIAN POLITICS CONTINUE TO DOMINATE WORLD HEADLINES

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ast year was one to remember in the Ukrainian political scene. Not only did the country elect itself a comedian as President and his very young, very green party to parliament, but one of the first calls the new President made to US counterpart Donald Trump played a massive role in American politics, eventually leading to the latter’s impeachment. It all had to do with former US vice-president Joe Biden’s son’s role in Ukraine and whether or not President Zelenskyy would do Trump a “favour”. With the US moving into an election year, expect that Ukraine remains a buzz word on the international scene. Lviv, too, continues to see its fair share of political intrigue. Lviv region governor Markiyan Malskyy was dismissed last week just six months into the gig, while Lviv mayor Andriy Sadovyy continues to fight abuse-of-office charges.

LVIV CEMENTS ITSELF AS ‘SILICON VALLEY: EAST’ Lviv’s place as one of the IT leaders in Eastern Europe has been known for years, but expect the city to really cement its reputation in 2020. Long before the city doubled-down on in its reputation by attracting some of the world’s top IT companies, including Samsung, Microsoft, and Oracle, the city boasted top IT innovators like PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and What’s App founder Jan Doum. With the $160-million-dollar Lviv IT City (part of the innovative Lviv IT Cluster) well on its way and world-class events like Lviv IT Arena already establishing a stellar reputation, it’s really no surprise that the city has earned its long sought-after

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nickname. Expect more of the same in 2020, as more world-class companies begin to call the Western Ukrainian capital home.

LEOPOLITANS EMERGE AS WORLD-BEATERS AT THE 2020 OLYMPICS Lviv made a splash in the sports world in 2019 by announcing its intention to bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics.

At the same time, our summer athletes continue to show why they are poised to shine in Tokyo, Japan this summer.

While there are always surprises – favourites falling at unexpected times, unsung heroes coming up with the performance of a lifetime – a few Leopolitans must like their chances heading into 2020. Keep your eyes on sharpshooter Pavlo Korostylov, the karate team led by Leopolitans Stanislav Horuna and Kateryna Kryva, the women’s wrestling team led by Yuliya Tkach, rhythmic gymnast Khrystyna Pohranychna, and star cyclist Olena Starikova.

Also, keep reading Lviv Today as Ukraine’s only Olympicaccredited, English-language magazine. Maybe the star performances will help Lviv in its dream to build a multipurpose, Olympic-class arena in the city!

LVIV FLEXES ITS WORLD-CLASS TOURISM MUSCLE Lviv continues to reap the benefits from the last time it held a world-class sporting event as the city’s renovated airport continues to set passenger records. With new airlines and new routes announced monthly, Lviv’s D. Halytskyy International Airport smashed passenger records in 2019 as more than 2.5 million people visited the Western Ukrainian capital by air. Compare this

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to 2011, the year before the renovation was completed, when less than 300,000 passengers flew into the city. With record demand – both for international and domestic routes – word on the street is that the city will re-open the old airport next door to accommodate the traffic. It’s no surprise either, as …

LVIV CONTINUES TO DEFINE WHAT ‘SOUL OF UKRAINE’ REALLY MEANS It’s no surprise that Lviv is known as the ‘Soul of Ukraine’; it’s not only a historical badge the city wears proudly, but it’s also a responsibility that Leopolitans take seriously. It’s one of the reasons why the city hosts some of Ukraine’s most cutting-edge and avant-garde events.

From the incredible International Ukrainian Dance & Culture Festival and chic Ballet Fest choreography festival, to the popular Ukrainian Song Project and glamorous Lviv Fashion Weeks, to a Ukrainian holiday experience that is simply second-to-none, Lviv continues to be home to the most truly Ukrainian experiences. Be sure to check out our Top 20 in 2020 list this month for the can’t-miss events on this year’s calendar – and be sure to keep reading Lviv Today so you don’t miss out on why this world-class city continues to define what the ‘Soul of Ukraine’ really means.

Lee Reaney, Editor of Lviv Today magazine

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LVIV TO CELEBRATE CHINESE NEW YEAR 24–26 January, at Rynok square and at Malevich Night Club (2 Chornovola Ave.) On weekend of January 24th–26th, the International cultural organization “Lanhua Cultural-Research Centre of Ukraine and China” will present Leopolitans and gusts of the city with annual “Chinese New Year Festival” which will feature traditional and contemporary

Chinese cultural activities, dancing, singing, arts, crafts and much more. As highlight of the celebration will come the carnival parade of traditional Chinese dragons through the city centre. This year’s festival will offer a rich and colorful entertainment program

for children and grown ups. The “Chinese New Year Festival” is a great opportunity to get Leopolitans and guests of the city acquainted with Chinese cultural heritage. For more information visit https://www.facebook.com/lan.hua.7583

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ЛЬВІВ СВЯТКУЄ КИТАЙСЬКИЙ НОВИЙ РІК 24–26 січня, на площі Ринок та у нічному клубі "Малевич" (просп. Чорновола, 2) Міжнародна громадська організація “Ланьхва. Культурно-дослідницький центр України та Китаю" у вихідні 24–26 січня представить львів’янам та гостям міста давні і сучасні традиції святкування китайського Нового року, танці, пісні,

декоративно-прикладне мистецтво, і багато іншого. Родзинкою святкування стане парад традиційних китайських драконів у центрі міста. На цьогорічному фестивалі буде представлена багата і барвиста розважальна програма для дітей та дорослих.

Святкування китайського Нового року є прекрасною можливістю для львів’ян та гостей міста ближче познайомитися з культурною спадщиною Китаю. Для отримання додаткової інформації слідкуйте за подією на https://www.facebook.com/lan.hua.7583

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THE STUNNING PIANISM OF VADYM KHOLODENKO 16 February at 19:00 at the Lviv Organ & Chamber Music Hall (8 S. Bandery St.) Leopolitan music lovers and guests of the city will have the fantastic opportunity to enjoy a concert by the wonderful Vadym Kholodenko – one of the most musically dynamic and technically-gifted pianists of our times. Born in Kyiv, Kholodenko is the first musician in his family.

He studied at Kyiv’s M. Lysenko Special Music School before appearing in the USA, China, Hungary, and Croatia at the tender age of 13. He then studied at the Moscow state Conservatoire before winning the 2013 Cliburn Competition, where he captivated audiences and critics alike. The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra was so impressed that they immediately appointed him their first Artist in Partnership. He has also won the prestigious Diaspason d’Or de l’annee, First Prize at the Schubert Piano Competition in Dortmund, and First Prize at the Sendai Piano Competition. This season he has performed in New York, Bilbao, Lucerne, and Paris. Don’t miss wonderful chance to enjoy compositions by W.A. Mozart, F. Schubert, A. Scriabin and K. Saariaho performed by musician of special talent and skill. Tickets range in price from 80–200 UAH. For more information, please visit gastroli.ua.

SHLOMO MINTZ & LEGENDARY SYMPHONIES OF THE UNIVERSE 8 February at the Lviv National Philharmonic Theatre (7 Tchaikovsky St.) The Lviv National Philharmonic Theatre will play host to Shlomo Mintz’s amazing Symphonies of the Universe II concert alongside the Kyiv Virtuosi Orchestra on 8 February. An Israeli virtuoso, violinist, and conductor, Mintz is considered one of the foremost violinists of our time. He is esteemed for his impeccable musicianship, stylistic versatility, and commanding technique.

On stage from an early age, Mintz has performed with many of the world’s top artists and orchestras, including in Berlin, Vienna, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and the New York Philharmonic. He has also collected some of the most prestigious prizes in the world, including the Premio Internazionale Accademia Musicale Chigiana, the Diapason D’Or, the Grand Prix du Disque, and the Edison Award. Leopolitan music lovers and guests of the city are sure to be enthralled by classical music masterpieces from the likes of Verdi, Camille Saint-Saens, and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Tickets cost 170–590 UAH. For more detailed information and ticket booking, please visit concert.ua.

ШЛОМО МІНЦ ТА СИМФОНІЇ ВСЕСВІТУ 8 лютого у Львівській філармонії (вул. Чайковського, 7) Цього вечора у львівський філармонії разом із оркестром "Віртуози Києва" виступить ізраїльський віртуоз, скрипаль та диригент Шломо Мінц, який вважається одним із найвидатніших скрипалів сучасності. Його шанують за бездоганну музичність, стилістичну універсальність та неперевершену техніку. З раннього віку Ш. Мінц виступав з багатьма провідними артистами та оркестрами світу на сценах концертних залів Берліна, Відня, Чикаго, Лос-Анджелеса, Філадельфії та Нью-Йорка. Він також отримав декілька найпрестижніших нагород у світі, серед яких Premio Internazionale Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Diapason D'Or, Grand Prix du Disque та Edison Award. Львівські любителі музики та гості міста матимуть нагоду зустрітись із шедеврами класичної музики Дж. Верді, К. Сен-Санса, Ф. Мендельсона Бартольді та Олексія Шора. Квитки коштують 170–590 грн. Отримати детальну інформацію та замовити квитки можна тут: concert.ua.

ФЕНОМЕНАЛЬНИЙ ВАДИМ ХОЛОДЕНКО ІЗ СОЛЬНИМ КОНЦЕРТОМ 16 лютого о 19:00 у Будинку органної та камерної музики (вул. Степана Бандери, 8) У Львівському Будинку органної та камерної музики 16 лютого виступатиме феноменальний піаніст, лауреат престижних міжнародних конкурсів, зірка світових сцен – Вадим Холоденко. Вихованець Київської спеціальної музичної школи ім. М.Лисенка, вдосконалював свою майстерність у Москві. Вперше почав концертувати в країнах США, Китаї та країнах Європи у віці 13 років. Переможець численних міжнародних конкурсів, лауреат Золотої медалі та всіх спеціальних призів конкурсу ім.Вана Клайберна (США). Грав у найкращих залах Європи Америки, Азії, Океанії. Його гастрольний графік розписаний на рік наперед. Минулого року піаніст виступив окрім Нью-Йорку у Більбао, Люцерні, Парижі. Критики називають його "одним з найбільш музично динамічних і технічно обдарованих молодих піаністів" нашого часу. Не пропустіть чудову нагоду послухати прекрасні композиції В.А. Моцарта, Ф. Шуберта, О. Скрябіна та К. Сааріаго у виконанні музиканта особливого обдарування та майстерності. Квитки коштують 80–200 грн. Отримати більш детальну інформацію та замовити квитки можна тут: gastroli.ua.

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ENCHANTING JAZZ KOLO – ALEGRIA 28 January at 19:00 at the Lviv Philharmonic Theatre (7 Tchaikovsky St.) The Lviv Philharmonic Theatre will host a unique concert on 28 January as part of the Jazz Kolo festival. Jazz Kolo emerged in 2007 as a series of jazz concerts to support music improvisation in Ukraine. Featuring some of Ukraine’s finest musicians, it has already hosted over 70 concerts, released 15 DVDs and 16 CDs of original jazz music, compiled a 5-CD anthology of Ukrainian instrumental music, created over 140 TV programs about Ukrainian jazz, and brought together a large audience of intellectual music supporters. It’s turned Jazz Kolo into quite the reputable brand – and it keeps growing!

Leopolitan music lovers and guests of the city will be delighted with an enchanting music performance by the likes of Leo Minax (Spain) on vocals and guitar, Stin Rasmussen (Denmark) on piano, Jonas Johansen (Denmark) on drums, and Ukraine’sown Igor Zakus on bass. The quartet will perform a selection of original compositions with Brazilian and Scandinavian motifs. Tickets range in price from 100 – 600 UAH.For more information and tickets, please visit philharmonia.lviv.ua.

ДЖАЗ КОЛО – ALEGRIA 28 січня о 19:00 у львівській філармонії (вул. Чайковського, 7) У львівській філармонії 28 січня відбудеться унікальний концерт в рамках фестивалю "Джаз Коло", який бере свій початок ще у 2007 році як серія джазових концертів на підтримку музичної імпровізації в Україні. За участю деяких найкращих музикантів України, вже відбулось понад 70 концертів, видано 15 DVD та 16 компакт-дисків оригінальної джазової музики, складено антологію української інструментальної музики з 5 компакт-дисків, створено понад 140 телевізійних програм про український джаз та зібрано велику аудиторію прихильників інтелектуальної музики. Це надало фестивалю достатнього авторитету, який постійно зростає. Львівські любителі музики та гості міста матимуть нагоду послухати феєричні музичні виступи, зокрема, вокаліста й гітариста Лео Мінакса (Іспанія), піаніста Стіна Расмуссена (Данія), ударника Йонаса Йохансена (Данія) та відомого українського бас-гітариста Ігора Закуса. Квартет виконає добірку оригінальних композицій з бразильськими та скандинавськими мотивами. За це задоволення доведеться викласти від 100 до 600 грн. Отримати додаткову інформацію та замовити квитки можна тут: philharmonia.lviv.ua.

FRENCH CINEMA NIGHTS 2020 From February 6th at PlanetaKino and Multiplex cinemas Lviv’s love affair with all things French is set to continue this February as Arthouse Traffic and the French Institute in Ukraine bring “Evenings of French Cinema 2020” back to our fine city. Get set for the biggest and best in French cinema from 2019, including: romance drama “Portrait de la jeune fille en feu” by Céline Sciamma, comedy drama “Hors norms” by Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano; fantasy “Zombie Child” by Bertrand Bonello; comedy “Notre Dame” by Valérie Donzelli and romantic comedy “Chambre 212” by Christophe Honoré. Don’t worry if you don’t speak much French – all films will be shown with Ukrainian subtitles. So if you can’t make it to Paris this year, make sure you’re in town so you don’t miss out on the enjoyment! For more information, please visit: www.facebook.com/ArthouseTraffic/

ВЕЧОРИ ФРАНЦУЗЬКОГО КІНО 2020 З 6 лютого у кінотеатрах мережі Планета Кіно та Multiplex За підтримки Французького інституту в Україні та проекту Arthouse Traffic в лютому у Львові пройдуть "Вечори французького кіно 2020". У програмі – найкращі фільми 2019 року, серед яких, зокрема: історична мелодрама “Портрет дівчини у вогні" Селін Сьямма, трагікомедія "Особливі" Олів’є Накаша та Еріка Толедано, фентезі “Крихітка зомбі” Бертрана Бонелло, романтичні комедії "Нотр-Дам" Валері Донзелл та “Однієї чарівної ночі” Крістофа Оноре. Французьку мову знати не обов’язково – всі фільми матимуть українські субтитри. Тож, якщо ви не збираєтесь до столиці Франції в цьому році, то можете комфортно поринути в ї ї атмосферу, не виїжджаючи за межі західної столиці України! Додаткова інформація на www.facebook.com/ArthouseTraffic/ LVIV TODAY | January 2020

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DRUHA RIKA UNPLUGGED 10 February at 19:00 at Lviv’s Opera & Ballet Theatre (28 Svobody Ave.) Druha Rika – one of Ukraine’s most popular rock bands – is set to perform a special acoustic concert at Lviv’s beautiful Opera & Ballet Theatre on 10 February. Since forming in 1996, the band has released five studio and two compilation albums. Just like the British group they are often compared to – Depeche Mode – the band has changed its sound and style with the times. Gone is the stylish and energetic melodrama of frontman Valery Harchyshyn from the earlier albums (don’t worry – he’s still with the group!).

It’s been replaced with a clear, accurate, even poignant sound on their last album, ‘Supernation’. Ukraine is changing and her voices are changing with her.

In Lviv, the band will be accompanied by a chamber orchestra and will perform hits from their latest disc, ‘Pyramid’, as well as their greatest hits. One of Ukraine’s most popular, experienced and unique musical experiences, Druha Rika is a perfect combination of quality music and unforgettable fun that you don’t want to miss! Tickets are going for 290–1450 UAH. For more information, or to book your tickets today, please visit concert.ua.

АКУСТИЧНИЙ КОНЦЕРТ "ДРУГОЇ РІКИ" 10 лютого о 19:00 у Львівському театрі опери та балету (пр. Свободи 28) "Друга Ріка" – один з найпопулярніших рок-гуртів України – виступить 10 лютого на сцені львівського театру опери та балету в спеціальному акустичному концерті. З моменту свого створення 1996 року гурт випустив п'ять студійних та два збірні альбоми. "Друга Ріка", подібно до британського гурту Depeche Mode, з часом змінювала своє звучання та стиль. Тепер вже немає стильної та енергійної мелодрами фронтмена Валерія Харчишина з попередніх альбомів (не хвилюйтесь – він все ще з гуртом!). На зміну прийшов чіткий, точний, рівномірний звук останнього альбому "Supernation". Україна змінюється, і її голоси змінюються разом з нею. У Львові гурт виступить у супроводі камерного оркестру і виконає хіти з останнього диску "Піраміда", а також свої найбільші хіти. Сьогодні "Друга Ріка" – один з найпопулярніших, найдосвідченіших та унікальних музичних гуртів України – ідеальне поєднання якісної музики та незабутньої забави, яку не хочеться пропускати! Квитки вам обійдуться по 290–1450 грн. Для отримання додаткової інформації або замовлення квитків відвідайте visit concert.ua.

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LEGENDARY BG & AQUARIUM PRESENTS ‘GRASS DOORS’ 11 February at 19:00 at the Malevich Concert Arena (2 Chornovola Ave.)

ЛЕГЕНДАРНИЙ БОРИС ГРЕБЕНЩИКОВ З ПРОГРАМОЮ "ДВЕРІ ТРАВИ" 11 лютого о 19:00 на концертній арені Малевича (просп. Чорновола, 2)

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Lviv’s Malevich Concert Arena hotspot will be hopping on 11 February when one of Russia’s true rock pioneers, Boris Grebenshikov (aka BG), brings his Aquarium band to the Western Ukrainian capital. Born in St. Petersburg in 1943, Grebenshikov is known as the founding father of Russian rock. Starting in the ‘70s with a Grateful Dead-like cult underground following, his prolific career has seen him dubbed alternatively as Russia’s Jim Morrison, Bob Dylan, and David Bowie. Aquarium was immensely popular throughout the Soviet Union, but were limited to playing at underground clubs and private gatherings as the group was prevented from recording in professional studios. Building a significant following in the communist Cold War era, BG and Aquarium’s spirited blend of folk, rock, and jazz has lost none of its impact, while Grebenshikov’s poignantly honest lyrics still swing with the full force of the times they

were written. BG has recorded 31 albums, another 12 “unofficial ones”, and nearly as many live records. Almost a half century of touring has turned Aquarium into a single organism, immersing audiences in the magical atmosphere of the ‘golden age’ of pop music. New listeners will be amazed at the stylistic diversity and harmonious combination of seemingly impossible elements. Despite playing over 10,000 concerts, the band never performs the same set list twice. Concertgoers may hear an unknown song from the late ‘70s alongside a generational anthem or a tune just written yesterday. Any Aquarium concert is a fascinating journey to the “reverse side of reality” and Leopolitan music lovers and guests of the city will be delighted with the group’s ‘Grass Doors’ programme featuring legendary and completely new tracks. Tickets start at 490 UAH. For more information and ticket booking, please visit concert.ua.

У нічному клубі "Малевич" 11 лютого виступить один із справжніх рок-піонерів СРСР, легендарний Борис Гребенщиков (він же БГ) разом зі своїм гуртом "Акваріум". Народжений в Ленінграді 1943 року, Б. Гребенщиков відомий як батько-засновник російського року. Дехто називав його навіть російським Джимом Моррісоном, Бобом Диланом чи Девідом Боуї. "Акваріум" був надзвичайно популярний у всьому Радянському Союзі, але, в основному, обмежувався грою в підпільних клубах та на приватних вечірках, оскільки їм було заборонено записуватись у професійних студіях. Число їх прихильників зростало в епоху "будівництва комунізму" та холодної війни; їх музика була сумішшю фольку, року та джазу. З тих часів "Акваріум" не втратив свого впливу, а поезія Гребенщикова не втратила своєї гостроти й актуальності. БГ записав 31 альбом, ще 12 "неофіційних"

та майже стільки ж живих записів. Майже півстоліття гастролей перетворило "Акваріум" в єдиний організм, занурюючи аудиторію в чарівну атмосферу "золотого віку" поп-музики. Нові слухачі будуть вражені стилістичною різноманітністю та гармонійним поєднанням, здавалося б, неможливих елементів. Гурт вже дав у багатьох містах понад 10 000 концертів, але ніколи не виконує один і той же репертуар. На цих концертах можна почути маловідому пісню з кінця 70-х поряд із гімном покоління чи мелодії, написані щойно вчора. Будьякий концерт "Акваріума" – це захоплююча подорож на "зворотній бік реальності", а львівські любителі музики та гості міста будуть в захваті від програми "Двері Трави", до якої увійшли легендарні та абсолютно нові пісні. Найдешевші квитки – від 490 грн. Додаткова інформація і замовлення квитків на koncert.ua.

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LEMBERG CUP DOG SHOWS 25–26 January from 8:00 at SKA Cycling Track (39A Kleparivska St.) You don’t have to be the owner of a purebred show dog to enjoy dog shows. These events are fun for any pet lover to see the unusual breeds up close. How often do you encounter a dog with floor-length dreadlocks or pups who are completely bald save for a sprout of perfectly coiffed hair around the face? Leopolitan animal lovers and guests of the city are invited to the world-class Olga Nizova Memorial and Lemberg Cup dog competitions at SKA Cycling Track on 25–26 January. The family-friendly event will feature plenty of spectacular breeds on display, including the Central Asian Shepherd Dog, French Bulldog, American Akita, Jack Russel Terrier, and Cane Corso Italiano. The pups are judged on their physical attributes, gait (walk), and attitude by an international jury. If you’re in the market for a purebred dog, a dog show is a great place to speak with breeders. They can advise you on whether that type of dog is appropriate for your lifestyle and can also recommend top groomers and veterinarians. For more information, please visit ksulviv.org or facebook.com/ksulviv.

STUDY ABROAD EXHIBITION 15 February from 10:00–17:00 at the Grand Hotel (13 Svobody Ave.) Lviv’s Grand Hotel will host the Study Abroad Exhibition, where potential students and their parents can meet representatives from some of the leading colleges and universities in Canada, the USA, the UK, and across Europe, on 15 February. Western Ukrainian students and seekers of higher education will not only have the chance to learn about higher education options, but also have excellent networking opportunities and meetings with representatives from universities, language schools, private colleges, and summer schools, who will speak about enrolment and admission procedures, duration of programs, grant and scholarship opportunities, and will be able to answer any of your questions. Open from 10.00 to 17.00, the event is free, but prior online registration is required. For more information, please visit studentstudy.com.ua or call (098) 112-1515.

WINTER ENDURO CHALLENGE 2020 22 February from 9:00 at Vynnyky forest Struggling for motivation? Then the Winter Enduro Challenge 2020 challenge is the event to get you out on your motorbike this winter. While it’s tempting to use the off-season for a spot of sofa-lounging and chilling, it’s also a great time to lay the groundwork for some serious gains for next year! Who doesn’t love a slippery, muddy race for ratcheting up some killer motorbike handling skills, getting a fitness boost, and enjoying some cold-weather camaraderie? So, if you want to test your winter mettle, sign up for Lviv’s Winter Enduro Challenge 2020. And remember … there’s no such thing as bad weather! For more information, please visit facebook.com/ 444EnduroSchool.

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КУБОК ЛЕМБЕРГА 25–26 січня з 8:00 на велотреку СКА (вул. Клепарівська, 39А) Вам зовсім не потрібно бути власником пса рідкісної породи, щоб відвідувати виставку собак. Сюди приходять усі любителі домашніх тварин, які прагнуть побачити наших найкращих чотириногих друзів. Лише тут можна побачити останні новинки собачої моди, послухати найновіші плітки собачого бомонду та просто почухати за вухом песика, що вам сподобався (звісно, якщо дозволить господар). Усіх собаколюбів Львова, львівської області та гостей міста організатори запрошують 25–26 січня на велотрек СКА на меморіал Ольги Низової та кубок Лемберга. Тут має бути цікаво всім – і дорослим, і дітям, і навіть собакам. На численних рингах буде представлено велику кількість порід, зокрема, середньоазіатську вівчарку, французького бульдога, американського акіту, джек рассел тер’єра та кане корсо італіано. Собак традиційно оцінюватиме міжнародне журі за екстер’єром, ходою та слухняністю. Якщо ви маєте на думці завести собі собаку (собачку) як компаньйона, приятеля чи помічника – це саме те місце, де можна серйозно поговорити з професіоналами. Вони можуть порадити, яка порода підходить саме для вашого способу життя, а також можуть порекомендувати ветеринарів, грумерів, тренерів чи дієтологів. Для отримання додаткової інформації відвідайте ksulviv.org або facebook.com/ksulviv.

STUDY ABROAD EXHIBITION 15 лютого, 10:00–17:00 у "Гранд отелі" (пр. Свободи 13) У львівському "Гранд-отелі" 15 лютого відбудеться виставка "Навчання за кордоном", де потенційні студенти та їхні батьки можуть зустріти представників деяких провідних коледжів та університетів Канади, США, Великобританії та Європи. Західноукраїнські студенти та шукачі вищої освіти матимуть не лише можливість дізнатись про варіанти вищої освіти, але й матимуть чудову нагоду зустрітись з представниками університетів, мовних шкіл, приватних коледжів та літніх шкіл, які розкажуть про умови зарахування та процедури прийому, тривалість програм, можливості отримання грантів та стипендій, і зможуть відповісти на будь-які ваші запитання. Виставка працює з 10:00 до 17:00, вхід безкоштовний, але необхідна попередня онлайн-реєстрація. Додаткова інформація на: studentsstudy.com.ua або зателефонуйте за номером (098) 112-1515.

WINTER ENDURO CHALLENGE 2020 22 лютого з 9:00 у Винниківському лісі Траса довжиною 7 км, яку треба пройти 10 разів за приблизно 2 години – так виглядають змагання на мотоциклах Winter Enduro Challenge 2020, які пройдуть у Винниківському лісі 22 лютого. Ревіння моторів, болото з-під коліс навсібіч – хіба це не романтика для справжніх чоловіків? Саме тут можна випробувати себе і свого "залізного коня" на витривалість (саме так перекладається enduro). Щоб не сидіти на канапі перед телевізором, варто бодай же подивитись, як гасають зимовим лісом відчайдухи на мотоциках, як горять завзятістю їх очі, як вітають переможців їх друзі та кохані. Змагання відбудуться за будь-якої погоди! Для отримання додаткової інформації відвідайте facebook.com/events/444EnduroSchool.

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Lviv Academic Theatre named after Les Kurbas

Lviv City Organ Spiritual and Theatre ChamberVoskresinnia Music Hall

Address: L Kurbasa St., 3 Ticket office: 12:00–19:00 (on days of perfomances) Tеl.: (032) 272-49-14; 272-48-24 www.kurbas.lviv.ua All performances start at 19:00

Address: 8, Gen. S. Bandery Grygorenka St. Sq., 5 Tеl. www.facebook.com/LvivOrgan (032) 261-63-10

PEER GYNT. MUSIC OF SCANDINAVIA

CROSS-ROADS

BY IVAN FRANKO

January 18, Saturday

MARKO THE CURSED OR ORIENTAL LEGEND

BY VASYL STUS

January 19, Sunday

THE BUCHENWALD CABARET – PREMIERE!

BY KLIM

January 22, Wednesday

THE BUCHENWALD CABARET – PREMIERE!

BY KLIM

January 24, Friday

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GRACE-GIVEN ERODIY

BY HRYHORII SKOVORODA

March 25, Saturday

“ GAMES FOR FAUST” BASED ON F. DOSTOEVSKY’S CRIME AND PUNISHMENT January 26, Sunday

THUS SPOKE ZARATHUSTRA KLIM’S DRAMA BASED ON FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE’S WORK

January 29, Wednesday

FOREST SONG

BY LESIA UKRAINKA

Dramatic poem January 31, Friday

AMNESIA OR PARTNERS IN CRIME

BY ERICEMMANUEL SCHMITT February 01, Saturday

“ ECSTASY FORMULA” BASED ON POETRY

BY B.I. ANTONYCH Poetic installation February 02, Sunday

CHOPIN ON XIX CENTURY PIANO

Dmytro Mykytyn – piano Beginning: 17.00 January 18, Saturday

Serhiy Kovalyovpiano Beginning: 19.00 January 22, Wednesday

MUSIC OF BACH

FOUR SEASONS

BY VIVALDI

Olena Matselyukh – organ Beginning: 19.00 January 18, Saturday

PHILIP GLASS. A JOURNEY WITHIN

Olena Matselyukh – organ Beginning: 14.00 January 19, Sunday

ORGAN TOCCATAS

Olena Matselyukh – organ Beginning: 19.00 January 19, Sunday

Nadiya Velychko – organ Liliya Hratylo — violin Beginning: 19.00 January 23, Thursday

CELLO & GUITAR

Modest Mentsinskyi — cello Stanislav Synytsya — guitar Beginning: 17.00 January 25, Saturday

VIVALDI ON ORGAN

Nadiya Velychko – organ

Beginning: 19.00 January 25, Saturday

MUSIC OF STRAUSS

Nadiya Velychko – organ Beginning: 19.00 January 26, Sunday

MUSIC OF ANGELS. ARVO PÄRT

Nadiya Velychko – organ Beginning: 19.00 January 30, Thursday

FOUR SEASONS. VIVALDI & BEAUTY

Nadiya Velychko – organ Liliya Hratylo — violin Beginning: 19.00 January 31, Friday

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Lviv National Opera and Ballet Theatre Address: 28, Svobody avn., Lviv Ticket office: 11:00–19:00 (Monday day off) Tel.: (032) 242-11-63, 272-88-60, 274-20-80

National Academic Ukrainian drama theatre named after Mariya Zankovetska Address: 1, L. Ukrainka St., Lviv Ticket office: 11:00–14:00 11.00–14.00,and and15:00–18:00 15.00–18.00 Tel: 235-55-83, 235-58-04 | www.zankovetska.com.ua 235-58-04 www.zankovetska.com.ua

THE NUTCRACKER

BY P. TCHAIKOVSKY

Ballet in 2 acts Duration: 12.00–14.00 January 18, Saturday

“ GOD WITH US, UNDERSTAND, ALL YE NATIONS”

Christmas performance with the assistance of choir and symphony orchestra of the Lviv National Opera Duration: 12.00–13.30 January 19, Sunday

THE NUTCRACKER

BY P. TCHAIKOVSKY

Ballet in 2 acts Duration: 18.00–20.00 January 19, Sunday

THE NUTCRACKER

BY P. TCHAIKOVSKY

Ballet in 2 acts Duration: 18.00–20.00 January 23, Thursday

FRIGHTFUL COURTYARD

BY S. MONIUSZKO

Ballet in 3 acts Duration: 18.00-20.30 January 24, Friday

DON QUIXOTE

BY L. MINKUS

Ballet in 3 acts Duration: 18.00-20.30 January 25, Saturday

CINDERELLA

BY A. SPADAVEKKIA

Musical fairy tale in 2 acts Duration: 12.00–14.00 January 26, Sunday

DON GIOVANNI

BY W. A. MOZART

Opera in 2 acts Duration:18.00–21.00 January 26, Sunday

DON GIOVANNI

BY W. A. MOZART

Opera in 2 acts Duration:18.00–21.00 January 30, Thursday

DON GIOVANNI

BY W. A. MOZART

Opera in 2 acts Duration: 18.00–21.00 January 31, Friday

THE SWAN LAKE

BY P. TCHAIKOVSKY Ballet in 3 acts Duration: 18.00-20.30 February 01, Saturday

CINDERELLA

BY A. SPADAVEKKIA

Musical fairy tale in 2 acts Duration: 12.00–14.00 February 02, Sunday

THE STOLEN HAPPINESS

BY Y. MEITUS

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Opera in 3 acts February 02, Sunday

THE SWAN LAKE

BY P. TCHAIKOVSKY

LONELY HEARTS CLUB BASED ON THE PLAY THE CEMETERY CLUB BY IVAN MENCHELL

Ballet in 3 acts Duration: 18.00–20.30 February 05, Wednesday

Duration: 2 hours Beginning: 18.00 January 17, Friday

NATALKA POLTVKA

BY M. LYSENKO

CHRISTMAS NIGHT

BY M. STARYTSKY

Operetta in 3 acts Duration: 18.00–21.00 February 06, Thursday

RIGOLETTO

BY G. VERDI

Opera in 3 acts Duration: 18.00–19.30 February 07, Friday

SNOW WHITE AND SEVEN DWARFS

BY B. PAVLOVSKYY

Ballet in 2 acts Duration: 12.00–14.00 February 09, Sunday

THE STOLEN HAPPINESS

BY Y. MEITUS

Opera in 3 acts February 09, Sunday

DON QUIXOTE

BY L. MINKUS

Ballet in 3 acts Duration: 18.00–20.30 February 13, Thursday

THE LAST BUCKWHEAT SEEDER

BY O. OGORODNIK

Tragic comedy in 2 acts Duration: 3 hours Beginning: 18.00 January 23, Thursday

THE LIFE OF THE INSECTS – PREMIERE!

BY KAREL AND JOSEF ČAPEK

Musical comedy in 2 acts Duration: 3 hours Beginning: 18.00 January 19, Sunday

Comedy in 3 acts Duration: 2 hours Beginning: 18.00 January 24, Friday

FREDERICK OR THE CRIME BOULEVARD

BY ERIC-EMMANUEL SCHMITT

MARIA ZANKOVETSKA

BY IVAN RYABOKLYACH

Duration: 2 hours Beginning: 18.00 January 21, Tuesday

Duration: 3 hours Beginning: 18.00 January 25, Saturday

STOLEN FORTUNE

BY I. FRANKO

PETER PAN: THE NEW STORY – PREMIERE!

BY J. M. BARRIE

Drama in 2 acts Duration: 3 hours Beginning: 18.00 January 22, Wednesday

PETER PAN: THE NEW STORY – PREMIERE!

BY J. M. BARRIE

Musical show Duration: 1 h 40 min Beginning: 12.00 January 23, Thursday

Musical show Duration: 1 h 40 min Beginning: 12.00 January 26, Saturday

FREDERICK OR THE CRIME BOULEVARD

BY ERIC-EMMANUEL SCHMITT

Duration: 2 hours Beginning: 18.00 January 26, Sunday

MAGIC FLOWER

BY N. BOIMUK

Performance for children Duration: 2 hours Beginning: 12.00 January 29, Wednesday

KHANUMA

BY AVKSENTY TSAGARELI

Romantic comedy in 2 acts Duration: 2 hours Beginning: 11.00 January 29, Wednesday

THE CYLINDER

BY EDUARDO DE FILIPPO

Comedy Duration: 2 h.30 min.

Beginning: 18.00 January 30, Thursday

POLLYANNA

BY ELEANOR H. PORTER

Duration: 3 hours Beginning: 13.00 January 31, Friday

THE LIFE OF THE INSECTS – PREMIERE!

BY KAREL AND JOSEF ČAPEK

Comedy in 3 acts Duration: 2 hours Beginning: 18.00 January 31, Friday

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Lviv National Philharmonic.

Lyudkevych Concert Hall Address: 7, Chaykovskogo St., Lviv Preliminary ticket booking is available in the ticket office.

Ticket office: 11:00–14:00, and 15:00–19:00 Tel: 235-89-46, 272-58-64 | www.philharmonia.lviv.ua

TENORS BEL’CANTO – CHRISTMAS

Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Volodymyr Kozlovsky, conductor (UkraineGermany) Beginning: 19.00 January 19, Sunday

TANGO

Kateryna Poteriaieva, violin (Ukraine) Yevhenii Kruk, violin (Ukraine) Roman Yusypey, bayan (Ukraine – Germany) “INSO-Lviv” Symphony Orchestra Raymond Janssen, conductor (the Netherlands) «Barrio de Pallermo» Tango School Beginning: 19.00 January 22, Wednesday

MozArt BirthDay. THREE MOZARTS

Hanna Ivanishko, soprano (Mariupol) Lviv Virtuosos Chamber Orchestra Serhiy Burko, conductor Beginning: 19.00 January 23, Thursday

MozArt BirthDay. SINFONIA CONCERTANTE

Sanghee Sania Cheong, violin (KR)

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Serhiy Havryliuk, viola Oksana Lytvynenko, cello Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra Taras Krysa, conductor Beginning: 19.00 January 24, Friday

MozArt BirthDay. OperaMozartGala

Alina Druhak – soprano Dmutro Voronow Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra Marharyta Hrynevetska, conductor (Odesa) Beginning: 19.00 January 25, Saturday

MozArt BirthDay. MOZART KIDS EXPRESS

Anastasia Kornutiak, soprano Mykola Kornutiak, baritone Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra Serhiy Khorovets, conductor Beginning: 11.30 January 26, Sunday

MozArt BirthDay. BRILLIANTMOZART

Lidiya Futorska, violin Lviv Virtuosos Chamber Orchestra Norbert Twórczyński,

conductor (Poland) Beginning: 18.00 January 26, Sunday

JAZZ KOLO. ALEGRIA

Igor Zakus, bass player Leo Minax, guitar (BR) Steen Rasmussen, piano (DK) Jonas Johansen, drummer (DK) Beginning: 19.00 January 28, Tuesday

MAINSTREAM ХХ

Volodymyr Snitsarenko, trumpet (Kyiv) Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra Myron Yusypovych, conductor Beginning: 19.00 January 31, Friday

FAMILY CONCERTS. MUSICAL JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD Beginning: 11.30 February 02, Sunday

JaZZ & LoVE & FiRE

Ostap Popovych, trumpet Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Volodymyr Syvokhip, conductor Beginning: 19.00 February 07, Thursday

Lviv Municipal Theater, Art Research and Educational Center Word And Voice Address: 38, Horodotska St, Lviv Tel. (032) 225-77-09 | www.wordvoice.org www.facebook.com/wordandvoice All performances start at 19:00

UKRAINIAN FREE THEATRE UNIVERSITY WORKSHOP OF NATALIA POLOVYNKA

OLHA STRILETSKA – PIANO, SVATLANA POZDNYSHEVA – PIANO

January 21, Tuesday

January 27, Monday

UKRAINIAN FREE THEATRE UNIVERSITY VIDEOPERFORMANCE CHERRY ORCHARD

PERFORMANCE “ WAITING FOR GODOT”

BY SAMUEL BECKETT

Director Valerii Bilchenko January 23, Thursday

PERFORMANCE – PREMIERE! IT'S QUIET WITHOUT WORDS. UKRAINIAN CHANSON

Director Serhiy Kovalevych January 24, Friday

PERFORMANCE – PREMIERE! IT'S QUIET WITHOUT WORDS. UKRAINIAN CHANSON

Director Serhiy Kovalevych January 25, Saturday

PERFORMANCE AFTER CHRISTMAS ANCIENT UKRAINIAN CAROLS

Director Valerii Bilchenko January 31, Friday

PERFORMANCE “ WAITING FOR GODOT”

BY SAMUEL BECKETT Director Valerii Bilchenko February 01, Saturday

PERFORMANCE “ WAITING FOR GODOT”

BY SAMUEL BECKETT

Director Valerii Bilchenko February 02, Sunday

CONCERT LVIV MUSICAL CRAFT

Middle Ages and the Renaissance Music February 02, Thursday

PERFORMANCE WEDDING

(at the Mirror Hall of the Lviv Opera) Beginning: 15.00* January 26, Sunday

Director Natalia Polovynka February 07, Friday

CONCERT LIGHTING

PERFORMANCE FLOWER-BRIDE

Director Serhiy Kovalevych February 08, Saturday

UKRAINIAN FREE THEATRE UNIVERSITY WORKSHOP OF NATALIA POLOVYNKA

February 11, Tuesday

CONCERT LVIV MUSICAL CRAFT

Middle Ages and the Renaissance Music February 13, Thursday

PERFORMANCE – PREMIERE! IT'S QUIET WITHOUT WORDS. UKRAINIAN CHANSON

Director Serhiy Kovalevych February 14, Sunday

PERFORMANCE AFTER CHRISTMAS ANCIENT UKRAINIAN CAROLS

(at Lviv Organ Hall)* January 09, Thursday

PERFORMANCE – PREMIERE! IT'S QUIET WITHOUT WORDS. UKRAINIAN CHANSON

Director Serhiy Kovalevych February 16, Sunday

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КОНЦЕРТИ

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DREZDEN

Club “Picasso” (88, Zelena St.) Beginning: 19:00 Entrance: 200–600 UAH Tickets: 0 800 507 577 January 19, Sunday

Клуб “Picasso” (вул. Зелена, 88) Початок: 19:00 Вартість: 200–600 грн Квитки: 0 800 507 577 19 січня, неділя

TNMK – WARM ACOUSTIC CHRISTMAS VERTEP (NATIVITY SCENE)

ТНМК ПРЕЗЕНТУЄ “ТЕПЛИЙ АКУСТИЧНИЙ РІЗДВЯНИЙ ВЕРТЕП”

LEGENDARY PROJECT “ THE VERY SAME CHRISTMAS JAZZ”

ЛЕГЕНДАРНИЙ ПРОЕКТ “ ТОЙ САМИЙ РІЗДВЯНИЙ JAZZ”

NOTRE DAME DE PARIS LE CONCERT

КОНЦЕРТ-ШОУ NOTRE DAME DE PARIS

Lviv Opera and Ballet Theatre, (28 Svobody ave.)

Beginning: 19:00 Entrance: 240–1290 UAH Tickets: 095 655 99 33 January 22, Wednesday

Lviv Philharmonic theatre, (7 Thaikovskogo St.) Beginning: 19:00 Entrance: 170–470 UAH Tickets: 0 800 507 577 January 30, Thursday

Львівський театр опери та балету (просп. Свободи, 28) Початок: 19:00 Вартість: 240–1290 грн Квитки: 095 655 99 33 22 січня, середа

Львівська філармонія (вул. Чайковського, 7) Початок: 19:00 Вартість: 170–470 грн Квитки: 0 800 507 577 30 січня, четвер

Lviv Opera and Ballet Theatre, (28 Svobody ave.)

Beginning: 16:00 Entrance: 650–1550 UAH Tickets: 050 314 73 64 February 08, Saturday

Львівський театр опери та балету (просп. Свободи, 28) Початок: 16:00 Вартість: 650–1550 грн Квитки: 050 314 73 64 08 лютого, субота

SYMPHONIC QUEEN

BY GOSORCHESTRA

СИМФОНІЧНИЙ QUEEN У ВИКОНАННІ GOSORCHESTRA

Lviv Philharmonic theatre, (7 Thaikovskogo St.) Beginning: 16:00 and 19.00 Entrance: 200–650 UAH Tickets: 0 800 507 577 February 11, Tuesday

Львівська філармонія (вул. Чайковського, 7) Початок: 16.00 та 19:00 Вартість: 200–650 грн Квитки: 0 800 507 577 11 лютого, вівторок

LORDS OF THE SOUND WITH PROGRAM LOVE STORY

КОНЦЕРТ LORDS OF THE SOUND З ПРОГРАМОЮ LOVE STORY

Lviv Opera and Ballet Theatre, (28 Svobody ave.)

Beginning: 17.30 and 20:00 Entrance: 290–1340 UAH Tickets: 095 655 99 33 February 14, Friday LVIV TODAY | January 2020

Львівський театр опери та балету (просп. Свободи, 28) Початок: 17.30 та 20:00 Вартість: 290–1340 грн Квитки: 095 655 99 33 14 лютого, п’ятниця

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LVIV ART IN JANUARY YA GALLERY Till 16.02 – Exhibition "The Chthonic Chronicles"

by Andriy Khir. Artist combines archaic and futuristic elements in graphical paintings, sculptures, video and masks, taking role of researcheranthropologist and making creative notes in his works.

8, Shota Rustaveli St. (entrance from Kostomarov St.) Tel.: 067 547 22 86 Tue. – Sun.: 10:00–19:00.

Closed: Mon.

info.yagallery@gmail.com yagallery.com THE CULTURE AND ART CENTER “DZYGA” 23.01–20.02 – Exhibition "Shtolnia" (Mine gallery)

by Oleksa Furdiiak.

35, Virmenska St. Tel.: 067 672 7464 | Open: 24/7 dzyga_gallery@kryjivka.com.ua www.dzyga.com

“KVARTYRA (APARTMENT) 35” 35, Virmenska St. (“Dzyga”, 2nd floor) SATIRIKON NIGHT ART BAR During January – Exhibition of caricatures

by Anatoliy Vasylenko.

17, B. Lepkoho St. (Bank hotel building) Open each day: 17:00–02:00 ART GALLERY "VELES" During January – Christmas exhibition.

4a, Fredra St. Tel:. 067 37 38 538 Mon. – Fri.: 11:00–20:00 Sat.: 11:00–18:00, Sun.: 11:00–16:00 artsalon.veles@gmail.com J.G. PINZEL MUSEUM OF SCULPTURE Till 01.02 – Exhibition “The Nativity of Christ” by Anna Sokolan.

2, Mytna Square Tue. – Fri.: 11:00–17:00, Sat. – Sun.: 10:00–17:00 | Closed Mon.

Explore the unique and wonderful world of Lviv art every month with our very own Lviv Today gallery gourmet Olha Shchur

LVIV NATIONAL ART ACADEMY GALLERY During January – Art project “Icon transformation” by young artists Olha Yaktrovych and Solomiia Kazanivska, who work in the field of sacral art and restoration.

Exhibition will compare ancient traditional icon-painting with present day sacral art.

38, Kubiyovycha St. Mon. – Fri.: 10:00–17:00 Sat., Sun.: Closed www.lnam.edu.ua MYKHAYLO DZYNDRA MUSEUM OF MODERN SCULPTURE The sculptures by Mykhajlo Dzyndra impress us with their uniqueness. Every sculpture emerges from the mystery of his imagination and is interwoven with his life experience. Every sculpture is most expressive in its countenance, revealing

the variety of human emotions, from amazement to joy and deepest melancholy.

Lviv–Briukhovychi, 16, Muzeina St. Tel.: (032) 234 66 36, +38 097 397 54 80 Tues. – Sun.: 10:30–17:00 CENTRE FOR URBAN HISTORY OF EAST CENTRAL EUROPE 6, Bohomoltsa St. Tel.: (032) 275 17 34, fax: (032) 275 13 09 institute@lvivcenter.org www.lvivcenter.org Wed. – Sun.: 11:00–17:30 THE “GREEN SOFA” GALLERY Till 09.02 – Exhibition “Places”

by Vladyslav Shereshevskyi.

7, Virmenska St. Tel.: (032) 243 70 23 12:00–19:00 | Closed: Mon. www.artgreensofa.com greensofa2006@gmail.com LVIV ART PALACE During January Start of “Nuart” project, initiated by students of the Ukrainian Academy of Printing, Exhibition of works

by Tamara Voloshenko, Exhibition of paintings

by Volodymyr Loboda, Exhibition of creative works Ivan Prosianyk, Exhibition of artistic works

by Oleh Bonkovskyi, Launch of artistic project "Stained Glass Christmas".

17, Kopernyka St. Tel.: (032) 272 89 33 | 11:00–18:00

THE LVIV ART GALLERY (POTOCKI PALACE) Till 26.01 – Exhibition of the highlight of the collections of the Lviv Museum of Fine Arts, painting, entitled Paid Money (also called The Money-lender, also called The Payment of Taxes)

by Georges de La Tour, a French Baroque painter (1593–1652).

15, Kopernyka St. | Tel.: (032) 261 41 45 | Tues. – Fri.: 10:30–17:00 Sat. – Sun.: 10:00–17:00 | Closed: Mon.

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THE LVIV ART GALLERY (POTOTSKI PALACE) Till 19.01 – Winter artistic seasons at Potocki Palace.

Constant exposition of the Western-European art in Ukraine (14–18 centuries). On the 1st floor is presented renewed interior of the 19th century palace.

15, Kopernyka St. Tel.: (032) 261 41 45 Tues. – Fri.: 10:30–17:00 Sat. – Sun.: 10:00–17:00 | Closed: Mon. LVIV TODAY | January 2020

GARY BOWMAN'S ART GALLERY Till 25.01 – Exhibition of graphical works by Halyna Zhehulska.

18, Nalyvayka St. Tel.: +38 095 899 51 74 12:00–19:00 Closed: Mon. www.gbgallery.org.ua GALLERY “ICONART” Till – 02.02 – "Christmas exhibition".

26, Virmenska St. Tel.: (032) 235 52 95 12:00–19:00 Closed: Mon. gallery@iconart.com.ua www.iconart.com.ua

PM GALLERY Till 28.01 – Exhibition of paintings and sculptures "Structures of Hope" by Borys Buriak, Volodymyr Bohuslavskyi, Serhiy Hai, Mykhailo Demtsiu, Mukola Shymchuk and others.

17, Kopernyka St. (underground floor) | Tel.: 067 697 43 50 | Mon. – Fri.: 10:00–19:00 | Sat.: 10:00–17:00 Closed: Sun. | www.facebook.com/galleryPM | www.instagram.com/pm_gallery_pm THE LVIV ART GALLERY Till 13.02 – Exhibition SILENCE featuring creative works dedicated to the theme of silence in various aspects and genres inclusding portraits, landscapes, graphical sketches and much more. Among authors: Kajetan Stefanowicz, Leopold Lewicki, Jacek Malczewski, Olexander Aksinin and others.

Till 19.01 – Exhibition of research project “Ceremonial portrait”

by Ukrainian artists.

Constant exposition of European art of 19–21 centuries.

3, Stefanyka, St. Tel.: (032) 261 44 48 Tues. – Fri.: 10:30–17:00 Sat. – Sun.: 10:00–17:00 Closed: Mon. THE MUSEUM OF ETHNOGRAPHY AND CRAFTS

Till May 2020 – Exhibition "Ceramic code of Ivan Levynskyi (viewed through centuries)".

Major exhibition all set to present ceramic heritage of Ukrainian architect, teacher, businessman and public figure. Over 300 artistic objects displayed in 5 halls will feature whole evolution of artistic peculiarities of trademark style of ceramics by Ivan Levynskyi from 1890-ies till 1914.

15, Svobody ave.

Tel.: (032) 297 0157 mehp@etnolog.lviv.ua 11:00–18:00 | Closed: Mon. LVIV TODAY | January 2020

VERNISAZH Open air market of folk crafts works, souvenirs, gift articles, pictures, ceramics, embroidery works and much more.

Sq. Nyzkyy Zamok 11:00–18:00 Closed: Mon.

THE LVIV NATIONAL MUSEUM Till 23.02 – Exhibition "Kornylo Ustiyanovych. Artist of Ukrainian Renaissance in Galicia” dedicated to this great Ukrainian painter, writer and folklorist.

Constant exposition – “Ukrainian art of XII – beginning of XX centuries” featuring exhibition of icons of ХІІ–XVIII centuries, and Ukrainian paintings XVIII – beginning ХХ centuries.

20, Svobody ave.

Tel.: (032) 235 88 46 10:00–18:00 | Closed: Mon. THE MUSEUM OF IDEAS BERNARDEN GARDEN From 14.01 – Exhibition of paintings “Wise Men Parables”

by Konstantin Skoptsov.

18a, Valova St. | Tel.: (032) 254 61 55, (032) 295 69 68 | 11:00–19:00 idem.org@gmail.com www.idem.org.ua ART CENTRE “SHOS CIKAVE” (SOMETHING INTERESTING) 1, Koliyivshchyna square Tel.: +38 067 676 7513 | 10:30–20:00 www.glass-store13.com somein13@gmail.com THE “RAVLYK” GALLERY 15, Svobody ave.

Tel.: 066 782 87 98 www.ravlyk–art.com.ua salon@ravlyk–art.com.ua

MELANKA ART GALLERY During January– Exhibition “Melody of mountains” featuring paintings by Marta Lukiv-Liubytska.

8, Lesi Ukrainky St. | Tel.: +38 066 972 6487 Facebook: Melanka Art Project | Open: Mon. – Sat.: 12:00–18:00.

Sunday by appointment

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S PHERE IN LVIV

FOR CH RISTMAS HOLIDAY SEASON

The concept of spherical housing dates back to ancient times and takes its lead from Mother Nature, where spheres are associated with eggs, bosoms and other eternal symbols of new life. Civilizations have developed spherical architecture all over the world, with rounded features often dominating skylines and prominent buildings such as palaces, churches and mosques.

A spherical abode recently appeared in Lviv for the 2019–2020 festive season. Anatoli Artemenko spoke to project co-author Oles Dmytryshyn about this original installation.

W H AT IN SP IRED YOU TO CRE ATE TH I S SP H ERICAL M ASTE RPIE CE ?

Co-creator Vasyl and I have been friends for a long time. He is an architect while I am a lawyer, but construction is our vocation. We have a common interest in creating beautiful things, by which I mean engineering, new technologies and creativity. Vasyl

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saw a construction similar to this sphere and shared it with me. I was interested. We started production in early April 2019, and by May the sphere made its debut in front of Lviv Opera House. The sphere is organically suitable for any landscape, regardless of climate or terrain. In addition, the spherical dome construction is very robust and sturdy. The sphere offers the maximum amount of space while requiring a minimum building area.

W H AT DO YO U CA LL YO UR PR O JECT ?

We have named this project SFERA. This is the second time we have presented our SFERA concept in Lviv, together with our partners at "Lvivski Yarmarky" company. We installed the SFERA near Lviv Opera House during the annual Easter Fair, and now on Rynok Square for the festive season. Each time, the installation was supported by Lviv City Administration.

During the Chirstmas holidays, the SFERA served as an impromptu St. Nicholas House and also hosted art exhibits.

W H AT K IND O F R EACT IO N H AV E YO U H A D TO T HE SFE R A INSTA LL AT IO N IN LV IV ?

It is difficult to calculate how many people visited the SPHERE in total, but we have had a very positive reaction from everyone including Lviv residents, foreign tourists, and visitors from other parts of Ukraine. There has been a lot of interest.

W H AT A R E YO UR PL A NS FO R T HE FUT UR E? We plan to organize commercial production of the SFERA. There are ambitious ideas to create business franchises for express cafes and eco-hotels based on our SFERA model. We will use the most innovative materials in production, but the sphere concept guarantees that it will remain a natural environment. The spherical dome construction itself is very strong and practical, of course.

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e look back at the people, places, and the biggest moments of the year, that made 2019 both an exciting and a challenging year in Lviv

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VIP GUEST OF THE YEAR: VIP ГІСТЬ РОКУ: TOM CRUISE Tom Cruise, the legendary American actor, director, and film producer, visited Lviv on 2 October to scout the city as the location for a yet-to-be-named film project. Due to its beauty and its vintage aesthetic, as well as the variety of locations, availability of skilled labour, low costs, and government incentives, Lviv has become a popular place to shoot films and commercials.

Films like ‘House of Flying Daggers’ (2014) and commercials for brands like Apple, Google, Lacoste and, recently, BMW, have all been filmed in the “Paris of Ukraine”, as costs are reportedly up to five times lower than in the EU and USA. Cruise met with Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi and visited several Lviv landmarks while in the city.

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TOM КРУЗ Том Круз, легендарний американський актор, режисер та кінопродюсер, відвідав Львів 2 жовтня, щоб розвідати наше місто як сцену для ще не названого кінопроекту. Наше місто, завдяки привабливості своєї архітектури та історичної аури, наявності кваліфікованої робочої сили тощо, став популярним місцем для зйомок художніх фільмів та рекламних роликів. Такі фільми, як "Будинок літаючих кинджалів" (2014) та рекламні ролики для брендів Apple, Google, Lacoste і останнім часом BMW, були зняті саме у нашому місті та поближніх Карпатах, оскільки, витрати виробників реклами тут в п'ять разів нижчі, ніж у ЄС та США. Перебуваючи в місті Т. Круз також зустрівся з мером Львова А. Садовим та відвідав декілька визначних пам'яток Львова.

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CULTURAL PROJECT OF THE YEAR: WAGNER’S ‘LOHENGRIN’ PREMIERES IN LVIV A three-act romantic opera written and composed by the great Richard Wagner, ‘Lohengrin’ premiered at Lviv’s iconic Opera & Ballet Theatre in early March. While the opera remains a classic, the tale has always contained a hint of subversion. ‘Lohengrin’ is one of the most important works of the romantic age and has been reinterpreted in many ways in theatres around the globe. Performed in Lviv in its original German with Ukrainian subtitles, it’s also been updated to a modern setting. Opera & Ballet Theatre staff, including art director Vasyl Vovkun, conductor Myron Yusypovych, and Austrian costume designer Matthias Engelmann have worked hard to deliver maybe their hippest and most experimental opera yet.

By updating the story and the spectacle, but still keeping its lively, slightly-crazed aesthetic, the creative team has put together an opera that speaks to a broader and younger audience.

КУЛЬТУРНИЙ ПРОЕКТ РОКУ: ПРЕМ'ЄРА "ЛОЕНГРІНА" ВАГНЕРА У ЛЬВОВІ Прем'єра романтичної опери на три дії знаменитого німецького композитора Ріхарда Вагнера "Лоенгрін" відбулась у львівському оперному театрі на початку березня. Цей шедевр оперного мистецтва є одним з найважливіших творів романтичної доби і неодноразово був переосмислений у постановках театрів всього світу. У Львові опера виконувалась німецькою мовою з українськими субтитрами та сучасною сценографією. Колектив театру на чолі з художнім керівником Василем Вовкуном, диригентом Мироном Юсиповичем та австрійським художником-костюмером Маттіасом Енгельманом, наполегливо працювали над тим, щоб поставити, можливо, свою найуспішнішу та найбільш експериментальну виставу. Разом з трупою львівського оперного їм вдалось створити захопююче видовище для широкої сучасної аудиторії.

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STORY OF THE YEAR: LVIV’S HASKA SHYYAN WINS EU PRIZE FOR LITERATURE Leopolitan writer Haska Shyyan was awarded the EU Prize for Literature at a lovely ceremony in Brussels on 2 October, becoming the first Ukrainian to claim the prestigious award. The prize recognizes outstanding new and emerging literary talents across Europe. Shyyan was named one of 14 laureates for her second novel, ‘Beyond the Back’. Set in contemporary Ukraine, the book tells the story of a successful, young woman whose boyfriend is sent to fight in Russia’s undeclared war in Donbas. Besides a cash reward of 5,000 EUR, Shyyan’s novel will be translated into several European languages and will be promoted throughout the EU book market with the support of the EU’s Creative Europe Programme.

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ІСТОРІЯ РОКУ: ЛЬВІВ’ЯНКА ГАСЬКА ШИЯН ОТРИМАЛА ПРЕМІЮ З ЛІТЕРАТУРИ Львівська письменниця Гаська Шиян отримала премію ЄС з літератури на урочистій церемонії в Брюсселі 2 жовтня, і стала першою українкою, яка отримала цю престижну нагороду. Премія присуджується видатним новим літературним талантам по всій Європі. Г. Шиян була названа однією з 14 лауреатів за її другий роман "За спиною", дія якого відбувається в сучасній Україні. Книга розповідає про успішну молоду жінку, хлопець якої вирушив на війну проти російської агресії на Донбасі. Ця премія означає, окрім грошової винагороди у розмірі 5000 євро, що роман Гаськи Шиян буде перекладений кількома європейськими мовами та поширюватиметься на книжковому ринку ЄС за підтримки програми "Творча Європа".

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ХУДОЖНІЙ ПРОЕКТ РОКУ:

'ANGELS' EXHIBITION

ВИСТАВКА "АНГЕЛИ"

The ‘Angels’ exhibition was a landmark event for the Ukrainian and Leopolitan art communities, with the impressive exhibition representing one of the largest art events in the country in 2019. For three months over the summer, Leopolitan aesthetes and guests of the city flocked to 23 different halls at the Lozynsky Palace and Pinsel Museum to enjoy over 400 angelic exhibits from museums and private collections from around the world. Representing the massive angelic transformation throughout history, the exhibition offered a dialogue by uniting three different areas of society – ideas, convictions, and beliefs. The result of three years of work by renowned gallery-owner and musician Leopolitan

Виставка "Ангели" стала знаковою подією для мистецьких спільнот України та Львова 2019 року. Протягом трьох літніх місяців львівські естети та гості міста відвідували 23 зали в палаці Лозинського та музеї Пінзеля, де були виставлені понад 400 експонатів з музеїв та приватних колекцій усього світу. Як результат трирічної роботи львів'янина, музиканта та галериста Павла Гудімова, його Центру мистецтв "Галерея Я", Львівської національної художньої галереї ім. Б. Возницького та понад 40 культурних установ всієї України, на виставці були

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Pavlo Gudimov and his Ya Gallery Art Centre, Lviv’s B. Voznytsky National Art Gallery, and over 40 cultural institutions across Ukraine, the exhibition features outstanding painters and sculptors from several periods, from Durer, Rembrandt, and Primachenko to Chagall, Kabakov, and Yaloza. To help visitors digest the vast amount of visual information, the exhibition was divided into five themed areas – Winged, Stories, Archangels & Hierarchies, Culture, and Angels & People. A remarkable platform of different styles, many pieces were on loan from the Bogdan and Varvara Khanenko Museum of Art, one of Ukraine’s key institutions for collection and preservation of foreign art.

представлені видатні художники та скульптори різних періодів – від Дюрера, Рембрандта та Примаченко до Шагала, Кабакова і Ялоза. Щоб допомогти відвідувачам осягнути величезну кількість візуальної інформації, виставку розбили на п’ять тематичних розділів – Крилаті, Історії, Архангели та Ієрархії, Культура, Ангели і Люди. Це був збір різних стилів, багато творів надав музей мистецтв Богдана та Варвари Ханенко, однієї з ключових установ України, що займається колекціонуванням та збереженням творів зарубіжного мистецтва.

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MOST DYNAMIC HOTSPOT: LEM STATION Late last year an investment agreement was signed with Lem Station to transform the old tram depot at Sakharova and Vitovshoho into an innovative creative centre that will become an intersection for the development of artists, entrepreneurs, scientists, and other representatives of creative industries.

What a difference a year makes! Lem Station is now a vibrant social hub of opportunities for Lviv’s creative industries, offering an inspiring place to imple-

ment ideas, meet new people, and get work done.

By the time the infrastructure is fully developed, the site will feature areas for events, co-working, and workshops, while also offering food courts, open terraces, and a children’s development centre.

At the same time, the original form of the historical architecture is being preserved, so the early 20th Century buildings of the tram depot will be fully restored (in 2 to 5 years). Its inaugural year showed

the site’s huge creative potential, attracting events like the LvivMozArt Music Festival, Art Sale Lviv, the ‘Kit Gavatovycha’ Theatre Festival, the Lviv Art & Wine Festival, and the TLUM & KRAM Flea Market. This bodes well for the site becoming a powerful platform for communication and cooperation; a place where Leopolitans can tap into their immense creativity and free spirits and promote their products on the global market!

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НАЙДИНАМІЧНІША ТОЧКА: LEM STATION Наприкінці минулого року було підписано інвестиційну угоду про перетворення старого трамвайного депо в інноваційний творчий центр "Lem Station", який стане майданчиком для розвитку художників, підприємців, науковців та інших представників творчих галузей. Що тут змінилось за рік? Тепер це яскравий соціальний центр можливостей для творчих людей Львова, який пропонує місце для реалізації ідей, знайомства з новими людьми для

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співпраці. Інфраструктура буде розвиватись з часом, а поки що тут будуть розміщені зони для проведення урочистих заходів, конференцій та семінарів, а також фуд-корти, відкриті тераси та дитячий центр розвитку. Зовнішній вигляд старого трамвайного депо зберігається, а його будівлі початку 20 століття будуть повністю відновлені через 2–5 років. Події першого року існування "Lem Station" продемонстрували величезний творчий потенціал;

тут відбулись, зокрема, фестиваль LvivMozArt, Art Sale Lviv, театральний фестиваль "Кіт Гаватовича", фестиваль Art & Wine, а також блошиний ринок TLUM & KRAM. Це дає надію на розвиток" Lem Station", який зможе стати новою потужною платформою для спілкування та співпраці; місцем, де львів’яни (та й гості міста) зможуть займатись творчістю і з користю проводити свій вільний час та просувати свою продукцію на світовому ринку!

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UKRAINE INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION:

МІЖНАРОДНА П РОМОЦІЯ УКРАЇН И:

OPERA "AIDA" IN LUXOR ОПЕРА "АЇДА" у Луксорі When Verdi’s Opera Aida re-emerged after a 22-year absence at a gala event at the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor, Egypt this year, it was the INSO-Lviv Academic Symphony Orchestra that provided the soundtrack. In fact, Ukraine had a large role in the Michael Sturm (GER) production. Ukraine’s Andriy Maslyakov was the art director, Oksana Lyniv the conductor, and Ukraine’s Dumka National Choir provided the

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sound. With an all-star international cast leading the way, there was an outstanding promotional campaign to market tickets as far away as London, New York, Madrid, Milan, Dubai, and Shanghai. Attended by a distinguished constellation of ambassadors, tourist figures, celebrities, and prominent Arabs, the return of Opera Aida to Luxor was a fantastic way to market this city’s impressive artistic talent.

Коли Опера "Аїда" Дж. Верді в постановці німецького режисера Мікаеля Штурма знову була виконана після 22-річної відсутності на урочистому заході в храмі Хатшепсут у єгипетському Луксорі, цього року музику виконував академічний симфонічний оркестр ІНСО-Львів. Андрій Масляков був художнім керівником, диригувала Оксана Линів, хорові партії виконувала академічна

капела України "Думка". До постановки були залучені найкращі світові актори, була проведена широка рекламна кампанія та продаж квитків у багатьох містах світу, як от Лондон, Нью-Йорк, Мадрид, Мілан, Дубай та Шанхай. На цю виставу "Аїди" до Луксору прибули численні дипломати, лідери туристичного бізнесу, знаменитості та видатні діячі арабського світу.

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LAUNCH OF THE YEAR:

ТРАНСПОРТНА ІННОВАЦІЯ РОКУ:

THE NEW LVIV – BERLIN TRAIN

НОВИЙ ПОЇЗД ЛЬВІВ – БЕРЛІН

Ukraine’s Ukrzaliznytsia and Polish Railways launched a new 18-hour Lviv-Berlin route on 15 December. To ease the time at the border, Germanybound Leopolitans should take the Lviv-Przemysl train (departure at 16:20), where documents will be checked en route. Arriving in the Polish border city at 18:19, passengers can then easily transfer to the Przeymysl-Berlin train, which departs at 19:57 and arrives in Berlin at 9:48 the next morning.

The return route leaves Berlin at 18:43 and arrives in Przemysl at 8:38 the next morning, where passengers will transfer to the Lviv-bound train with a departure at 10:18 and arrival in Lviv at 13:45. This new Berlin route will also be valuable for passengers looking to visit any of the stops along the way, including Krakow, Katowice, Opole, and Wroclaw in Poland or Frankfurt an der Oder in Germany. The new 18-hour overnight route to Germany is the latest in a series of new train routes introduced in recent years to make it easier for Ukrainians to connect to EU destinations in Slovakia, Poland, Austria, and the Czech Republic.

Укрзалізниця спільно з Польською залізницею запустили новий 18-годинний маршрут Львів-Берлін. Для скорочення часу перебування на кордоні, пасажири повинні сісти в поїзд Львів – Перемишль (відправлення о 16:20), а документи перевірятимуться на шляху. Прибувши до Перемишля о 18:19, пасажири можуть легко пересісти на потяг Перемишль-Берлін, який відправляється о 19:57 і прибуває до Берліна о 9:48 наступного ранку. У зворотньому напрямку поїзд відправляється з Берліна о 18:43 і прибуває до Перемишля о 8:38 наступного ранку, де пасажири пересідають на поїзд о 10:18 і прибувають до Львова о 13:45. Цей новий маршрут також буде корисним для пасажирів до будь-якої з проміжних станцій на цьому шляху, включаючи Краків, Катовіце, Ополе та Вроцлав у Польщі а також Франкфурт-на-Одері в Німеччині. Новий 18-годинний нічний потяг до Німеччини – це останній у серії нових маршрутів, запроваджених за останні роки, щоб українцям було легше подорожувати до країн ЄС – Словаччини, Польщі, Австрії та Чехії.

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RECORD OF THE YEAR: LVIV AIRPORT TOPS 2,000,000 PASSENGERS IN RECORD TIME On 22 November, the Lviv International Airport welcomed young Solomon Klassen on a Wizz Air flight from Dortmund. The four-month-old was the two millionth passenger of 2019 – the first time Lviv’s airport has reached that number before December. Before 2017, the last time the airport had over one million passengers was 1991. Air traffic in the city had fallen to an abysmal 297,000 passengers before the airport got a much-needed upgrade ahead of EURO 2012. After becoming just Ukraine’s fourth airport with 1,000,000+ passengers in 2017, the city saw a 47.9% increase last year when over 1.5 million passengers visited. Another 39.3% increase in air traffic this year means the Lviv Airport will set a record for number of visitors in a single year. Even more exciting is the uptick in domestic flights, which jumped 24.3% to nearly 12,500.

The airport’s most popular routes are to Warsaw, Kyiv, and Istanbul.

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2 000 000 ПАСАЖИРІВ ЗА РЕКОРДНИЙ ЧАС У львівському міжнародному аеропорту ім. Д. Галицького 22 листопада урочисто привітали громадянина Німеччини Соломона Классена, що прибув рейсом Wizz Air з Дортмунда. Чотиримісячний пасажир став двомільйонним 2019 року – вперше аеропорт Львова досяг такого показника ще до кінця року. Останнього разу аеропорт прийняв поLVIV TODAY | January 2020

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над мільйон пасажирів ще у 1991 році. Потім пасажиропотік скоротився до 297 000 пасажирів, перш ніж аеропорт отримав таке необхідне оновлення до ЄВРО-2012. Ставши четвертим за оборотом аеропортом в Україні 2017 року він прийняв понад мільйон пасажирів, а вже наступного року пасажиропотік зріс на 47,9%, коли до нашого міста приле-

тіло понад 1,5 мільйона гостей. Зростання пасажиропотоку вже на 39,3% за 10 місяців цього року означає, що львівський аеропорт може встановити новий річний рекорд. Також потік на внутрішніх лінях зріс на 24,3% і становив майже 12 500 пасажирів. Найпопулярніші маршрути до Львова та з нього – до Варшави, Києва і Стамбула.

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MEMORABLE SPORTS EVENT:

WABBA WORLD BODYBUILDING CHAMPIONSHIPS The 2019 World Amateur Bodybuilding Association (WABBA) World Championships took place in Lviv from 14-16 June. Establishing by bodybuilding legend Serge Nubret in 1975 after seeing Arnold Schwarzenegger win the

Mr. Olympia contest made famous in the film ‘Pumping Iron’, WABBA has since become one of the world’s major bodybuilding federations. Lviv won the hosting rights over Athens and Barcelona and welcomed more than

400 of the world’s fittest people from over 50 countries to the Western Ukrainian capital.

Competitions included Mr. Fitness, Mr. Physique, Mr. Model, Athletic Bodybuilding, Miss Wellness, Miss Shape, and Miss Body.

ПАМ'ЯТНА СПОРТИВНА ПОДІЯ: ЧЕМПІОНАТ СВІТУ З КУЛЬТУРИЗМУ WABBA Чемпіонат світу Всесвітньої аматорської асоціації бодібілдингу (WABBA) відбувся у Львові 14–16 червня 2019 року. WABBA, створена легендою бодібілдингу Сержем Нубре у 1975 році після того, як Арнольд Шварценеггер, відомий за фільмом Pumping Iron, виграв конкурс "Містер Олімпія", на сьогодні стала од-

нією з найбільших світових федерацій культуризму. Львів виграв право проведення чемпіонату у Афін та Барселони і приймав понад 400 найсильніших культуристів з понад 50 країн світу. Змагання відбулись в категоріях Mr. Fitness, Mr. Physique, Mr. Model, Athletic Bodybuilding, Miss Wellness, Miss Shape, and Miss Body.

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TEAM OF THE YEAR:

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LVIV’S DYNAMO WATER POLO TEAM

ЛЬВІВСЬКІ ВАТЕРПОЛІСТИ "ДИНАМО"

Lviv’s Dynamo water polo club celebrated its 70th anniversary in style this summer when they met near City Hall dressed only in their usual garb – swimming trunks and caps. Leopolitan sports fans and guests of the city flocked to take selfies with the athletes and talk about the current season. To mark the anniversary, a special event at the Taras Shevchenko monument square saw the world’s largest water polo ball – a recordbreaking 3.5 metres with a weight of over 250 kg – presented. After the ceremony, the team took to the fabled Lviv trams, surprising passengers and handing out special invitations to the Ukrainian Cup final that took place in the city on 22–23 June. It was there that our beloved Dynamo knocked off rivals Kharkiv to capture the team’s eighth title – and fifth in the last six years! The team’s other titles came in 1997, 2001, 2012, and 2014–17. Way to go boys!

Львівський клуб водного поло "Динамо" цього літа відсвяткував своє 70-річчя перед входом до Ратуші, де всі члени команди були одягнені лише у спортивну форму – плавки та шапочки. Львівські любителі спорту і гості міста наввипередки робили собі селфі з широкоплечими спортсменами і обговорювали результати поточного сезону. На відзначення ювілею, на площі перед пам'ятником Тарасу Шевченку було виставлено найбільший у світі м'яч для водного поло – діаметром 3,5 метри і вагою понад 250 кг. Після урочистої церемонії команда проїхалась львівськими трамваями, дивуючи пасажирів і роздаючи спеціальні запрошення на фінал Кубка України, який відбувся у місті 22–23 червня. Саме там наші улюбленці в напруженій боротьбі перемогли суперників з Харкова, щоб здобути свій восьмий чемпіонський титул і п'ятий за останні шість років! Наші динамівці перемагали також у 1997, 2001, 2012 та 2014–17 роках. Бажаємо нашим славним ватерполістам нових успіхів!

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LVIV’S ANIMAL RIGHTS & ANTI-FUR CAMPAIGNS Hundreds of Leopolitans joined an animal rights march and anti-fur protest in the Western Ukrainian capital in 2019, demanding an end to the use of animals in circuses and dolphin shows, medical experiments, perfumes, and fur farms. They also called for the end to the cull of homeless animals and for the rehabilitation of animals that have experienced cruelty. Protesters supported a UAnimals initiative to adopt a law to close all Ukrainian fur farms and skinneries. While much of the world has moved on from fur coats, they remain popu-

lar in many parts of Eastern Europe, including Ukraine. Many animals suffer and die for these fashion trends even though there are plenty of other products that can be worn instead to prevent the unnecessary slaughter of innocent animals. Animal activists in Ukraine have been struggling for this cause for years and have already persuaded 17 of the country’s top fashion designers, including Andre Tan, Elena Reva, Lake, and Bevza, to join the international Fur Free Retailer project to stop using furs to create new clothing lines.

ГРОМАДСЬКА ІНІЦІАТИВА РОКУ: КАМПАНІЇ ЗА ПРАВА ТВАРИН ТА БОРОТЬБУ З ВИКОРИСТАННЯМ ХУТРА Сотні львів’ян приєднались до маршів за права тварин у західноукраїнській столиці 2019 року, вимагаючи припинити використання тварин у цирках та шоу з дельфінами, медичних експериментах, парфумерії та на хутряних фермах. Вони також закликали покінчити з відбракуванням бездомних тварин та почати

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реабілітацією тварин, які зазнали жорстокості. Протестуючі підтримали ініціативу UAnimals прийняти закон про закриття всіх українських хутряних ферм. Такий рух, хоч і не завжди толерантний, має поширення в деяких країнах, хоча натуральне хутро залишається популярним у багатьох інших, включаючи Україну.

Активісти прав тварин в Україні роками борються за свою справу і вже змогли переконати кількох модельєрів, серед яких, зокрема, Андре Тан, Олена Рева, Озеро та Бевза, приєднатись до міжнародного проекту Fur Free Retailer, щоб перестати використовувати хутро для створення нових ліній одягу.

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MODEL OF THE YEAR: KATERINA (KATE) VELCHEVA In the age of social media, landing a coveted runway exclusive is no longer the only way for a new face to distinguish herself during a fashion month. While a prime spot at Prada or Givenchy will always turn heads, modeling can’t simply be reduced to a numbers game. In other words: it isn’t enough to just walk the walk – you have to stand out from the pack.

Katerina started her fashion modeling career three years ago at Lviv leading OK”S Models agency. Her dark skin and oriental features weren’t as popular at the time, but trends have changed and Katerina’s natural beauty and poise have now become a real catch for many brands. For the present day numerous top agencies from USA and UK line up to work with her. Elegant, yet offbeat, Katerina also meets great demand in Europe, Asia and the Near East. She also worked on prestigious international campaigns for Vogue, Otto, and Reserved.

Despite her busy schedule, the 19-year-old Leopolitan is always happy to grace the runway for top Ukrainian brands too. With her unique look, Katerina has nothing but potential to carve out a rock-solid career in fashion, making her an easy choice for Lviv Today’s Model of the Year 2019.

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В наш час соціальних мереж та інтернету не просто добитись популярності, особливо для моделі. Просто пройтись подіумом на показі Prada чи Givenchy – ще не достатньо, щоб виділитись серед інших красунь – треба мати в собі щось особливе. Катерина розпочала свою кар'єру моделі три роки тому у львівському агентстві OK”S Models. Її смаглява шкіра та східні риси обличчя в той час були не надто популярними, але тенденції змінились, і природна краса та привабливість Катерини тепер стали справжньою знахідкою для багатьох брендів. І вже зараз до Каті вишукуються у чергу з бажанням працювати провідні агенції Сполучених Штатів та Великої Британії. Елегантна і неперевершена Катерина нарозхват в Європі, Азії та Близькому Сході. Вона також працювала у престижних міжнародних кампаніях для Vogue, Otto та Reserved. Незважаючи на свій напружений графік, 19-річна львів’янка завжди рада стати окрасою і для провідних українських брендів. Її чарівна зовнішність, її таланти й здібності допомагають робити успішну кар’єру в модній індустрії, і за це Lviv Today вибирає її як Модель року.

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PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR: UKRAINE CRUSHES SERBIA IN VINTAGE LVIV PERFORMANCE Perhaps the Ukrainian national football team should play all of its games in Lviv. Ukraine remain unbeaten in the Western Ukrainian capital, having recorded nine wins and two draws since the city first hosted the team in 2011. The thrilling EURO 2020 qualification victory on 7 June has only enhanced the

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legend of Lviv. Ukraine’s 5-0 demolition over a tough Serb team was memorable in many ways – it featured five international-class goals, outstanding individual performances across the pitch, and levels of tactical dominance that made it arguably the most important performance of coach Andriy Shevchen-

ko’s career. Dynamo Kyiv midfielder Viktor Tsyhankov got the party started with a brace of goals inside two exhilarating first half minutes, while winger Yevhen Konoplyanka matched the feat in the second half on the way to handing Serbia its largest defeat as an independent nation.

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СПОРТИВНА ПЕРЕМОГА РОКУ: БЛИСКУЧА ПЕРЕМОГА УКРАЇНИ НАД СЕРБІЄЮ Можливо, збірній України з футболу таки варто проводити всі свої ігри у Львові. Наша збірна залишається непереможеною в західноукраїнській столиці, зафіксувавши дев'ять перемог та дві нічиї, відколи наше місто вперше приймало команду 2011 року. Захоплююча перемога 7 червня у відLVIV TODAY | January 2020

бірковому матчі Євро-2020 додала легендарної аури "Арені Львів". Блискуча й нелегка перемога з рахунком 5:0 над збірною Сербії запам'яталась багатьом – п'ять забитих голів міжнародного класу, чудові індивідуальні проходи, рівень тактичного домінування на полі, це, мабуть, було най-

важливішим показником у кар'єрі тренера Андрія Шевченка. Півзахисник київського "Динамо" Віктор Циганков забиває два м'ячі за дві хвилини, а вінгер Євген Коноплянка допоміг йому в другому таймі, що й призвело до найбільшої поразки команди Сербії за часів незалежності.

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LVIV RESTAURANT SOPRANO 3 6PO – UKRAINIAN CUISINE RESTAURANT Located in the very heart of ancient Lviv in the age-old mansion, restaurant 36Po showcases the best masterpieces of the New Ukrainian Cuisine. This unique place offers spectacular beer brewed at own mini brewery "Schulz", fragrant coffee from Slayer Espresso golden machine and surprises with Ukraine’s highest aquarium of 6.5 meters with sharks and exotic sea creatures, a glass grand piano that plays music itself and much more!

36, Rynok square, Lviv Cuisine: ModernUkrainian Tel.: 032-236-70-50, 098-336-36-36 Hours: 12:00–00:00 www.facebook.com/36PoLviv www.36Po.com.ua

SVIT KAVY NA RYNKU Much more than your favorite coffee. Old good Svit Kavy in a new form “Svit Kavy na Rynku”. Exclusive varieties of coffee. By the way, named Lviv’s Best Coffeehouse of 2019!

30, Rynok Square, Lviv, Hours: 08:00–23:00 www.facebook.com/SvitKavynaRynku www.svitkavy.com

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Leopolitans and guests of the city now have the wonderful opportunity to discover Lviv’s spectacular beauty from a bird’s eye view thanks to the incredible terrace of the Soprano restaurant. The venue’s trademark is its Spanish Josper grill-oven, which offers the advantage of cooking over a real fire. Soprano offers an impressive cocktail list and each dish will be professionally complimented with the best suited wine.

The restaurant’s spacious hall is the obvious choice for friendly celebrations or corporate parties.

7-th floor of the Taurus City hotel 9, Kn. Sviatoslava St., Lviv Cuisine: European, Hours: Mon. – Fri.: 11:00–23:00, Sat. – Sun.: 12:00–23:00 Tel.: 098-164-43-44, 032-233-24-75

BALLPOINT RESTAURANT AT RAMADA LVIV HOTEL Delicious menu for foodies and connoisseurs of the culinary art. Local cuisine, European cuisine, Fish dishes.

Wedding | Private banquets | Сorporate banquets | Menu A la Carte | Night menu | Billiards, Hookahs 2a, Yavorivska St., Lviv-Zimna Voda the Crossroads of the Gorodotska street and the Ring Road 24/7 service Теl.: 067-320-44-77, 067-320-44-66 www.ramadalviv.com.ua www.facebook.com/RamadaLviv www.facebook.com/BallPointRestaurant

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OM NOM NOM VEGAN CAFÉ

A unique place for those who appreciate quality and taste. Our menu includes not only vegetarian but also vegan and raw dishes. Only here you can try a real veggie – burger, delicious veggie – pizza and nutritious raw rolls with a berry cheesecake for dessert.

Situated in the heart of the city, this venue is a great place to work if you like to be in the thick of things.

OM NOM NOM is where all the trendiest veggies and vegans congregate – thanks to the cool interiors as well as the wonderful food on offer. Excellent choice for nutritionally balanced dishes and good chance to treat bellies right with delicious soul food.

5, Brativ Rohatyntsiv str., Lviv Теl.: 097-773-77-00; Hours: 11:00–22:00 wwww.facebook.com/greenlviv

10, Rymlyanyna str., Lviv 200, Kulparkivs'ka str., Lviv Cuisine: Vegetatian, Healthy Tel:. 063-648-19- 93, Hours: 09:00–22:00 www.facebook.com/omnomnomvegancafe

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HIGHLIGHTS KAFE JERUSALEM Discover the best of traditional Ashkenazi and Sephardic Cuisine, at this cozy venue filled with authentic charm and hospitality. Kosher and Vegetarian options are available on the menu.

39, Mechnykova St., Lviv Cuisine: European, Israeli, Middle Eastern Tel.: (032) 26-00-208 Hours: Mon. – Fri.: 10:30–22:00, Sat. – Sun.: 11:00–22:00 www.facebook.com/kafejerusalem

PARA JANOV & PORT WINE BAR

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The restaurant offers a wide variety of Champagnes, sparkling wines, red, white, rose & sweet wines to choose from in addition to specialty – Jingalov Hats, a uniquely Armenian dish from Artsakh (Karabakh) which is a number of finely diced herbs and greens wrapped in a simple dough. Venue offers an all-day dining experience in a great atmosphere, enjoying simple dishes cooked brilliantly in an extraordinary space in the heart of the city.

Friends and family meet at Vapiano to share their love of life, good conversations, and even better food. The venue offers original pastas, pizzas, salads, and risotto.

Whatever you choose, you’re sure to enjoy a true Italian delight!

12, Lesi Ukrainky str, Lviv Cuisin: European, Caucasian Hours: 11:00–23:00, Теl.: 067 901 1924 www.facebook.com/parajanovportwinebar

12A, Hnatyuka str., Lviv Cuisine: European, Теl.: 067-560-78-83, Hours: Mon – Thurs, Sun: 07:00–23:00, Fri-Sat: 07:00–02:00 www.ua.vapiano.com www.facebook.com/VapianoLviv

GRAND CAFE LEOPOLIS

BUDZZINI – TRATTORIA NAPOLETANA

No other café in Lviv boasts that mix of plush upholstery, savoury meals, exquisite coffee and cake specialties. While Grand Cafe Leopolis is popular with top local officials and business people it does attract a fair amount of travellers, too due to central location. In the summer the outdoor seating with views of Rynok square are priceless. By all means, try one of their cakes, like “Leopolis” to add the most blissful moment to your sightseeing.

The perfect combination of tasty food, conceptual interior with exclusive design, and excellent service. Italian music creates the positive and bright atmosphere, while delicious menu offers traditional flavorsome Italian must-haves. Located in the central part of the city, this venue is not budget breaker, so don’t come alone, bring family and friends – this place is superb choice for the great company!

TRAPEZNA (REFECTORY) OF MUSEUM OF IDEA

8, Doroshenka St., Lviv Cuisine: European, Italian Tel:. 067-471-77-22 Hours: 7/24 www.facebook.com/Budzzini www.instagram.com/budzzini

18A, Valova St., Lviv Cuisine: Traditional monastery food in Galicia Tel.: (032) 254-61-55 Hours: 11:00–23:00 www.facebook.com/Trapeznaidey

1, Rynok sqr., Lviv Cuisine: European, Author’s Tel:. 097-997-55-65 Hours: 08:00–23:00 www.facebook.com/GrandCafeLeopolis

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Located in the basement cellar of former Bernarden monastery venue offers authentic atmosphere of medieval monastery refectory flled with chamber and spiritual music. Club of gastronomic ideas.

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THE IMPRESSIVE EVOLUTION OF LVIV INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT E U R O 2 0 12 U P G R A D E A N D Y E A R S O F R E C O R D G R O W T H H AV E T R A N S F O R M E D LV I V I N T O U K R A I N E ’ S B U S I E S T R E G I O N A L A I R P O R T

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n late autumn 2019, Ukraine's Infrastructure Ministry unveiled plans to transform Lviv International Airport into a regional transport hub. This envisioned expansion will see the addition of bus terminal facilities and a direct rail connection to the city's imposing Habsburg era Central Railway Station, representing the latest stage in Lviv airport’s evolution from end-on-the-line outpost to bustling Central European international gateway.

Ukrainian railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia is already working on preparations for the construction of a rail connection between Lviv International Airport and the city’s main railway station, with Kyiv's Boryspil Express set to serve as a model for the

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initiative. The Boryspil Express has proved hugely popular since its launch in November 2018, carrying around one million passengers during its first year of service. There is every reason to believe a future Lviv Airport Express will enjoy similar success, given the striking growing in passenger volumes the airport has experienced in recent years.

Lviv airport set yet another record on 22 November 2019, reaching the two million passengers landmark for the first time. The airport ended the year with over 2.2 million passengers in total, making Lviv comfortably the busiest regional airport in Ukraine and placing it in third position nationally behind Kyiv’s Sikorsky and Boryspil airports. This

represents an approximately 40% year-on-year increase on the figure for 2018, which was itself 48% up on the previous year. Overall, the number of travelers flying via Lviv has expanded tenfold over the past fifteen years since 2004.

These figures are exceptional, even in the context of the unprecedented current boom throughout Ukraine’s air travel industry. Ukraine’s airports recorded passenger growth of 18.8% during the first ten months of 2019, with 20.475 million people in total flying to and from the country. This growth has been more or less consistent for the past four years, as new airlines enter the Ukrainian market attracted by the country’s expanding LVIV TODAY | January 2020

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economy as well as the game-changing June 2017 advent of visa-free travel to the European Union for Ukrainian passport holders.

Thanks to a range of local factors, Lviv International Airport is currently growing at approximately twice the national rate. Lviv has emerged over the past decade as one of Central Europe’s most dynamic tourism destinations, while the city also serves as a hub for the wave of economic migrants who have moved to Poland and other EU destinations since 2014 in search of higher salaries. These twin trends are evident in the list of the airport’s most popular international destinations, with the growing Ukrainian community in Poland helping to make Warsaw the top route, while Turkish tourists have helped place Istanbul in second position.

All this is a long way away from Lviv International Airport’s former life as a lazy provincial outpost for much of the Soviet and early post-Soviet periods. The airport originally dates back to the interwar years of the early twentieth century when Lviv was part of Poland. Built in the 1920s, the first Lviv airport officially opened in 1929 with flights LVIV TODAY | January 2020

to Warsaw and Krakow. The inaugural international service connected the city with Romanian capital Bucharest, followed by the launch of flights to other regional destinations such as Sofia and Athens before the outbreak of WWII. Following WWII, the Soviet authorities constructed new terminal facilities in the 1950s. This infrastructure remained in use until 2010, when the airport underwent a major upgrade as part of Lviv’s preparations to serve as one of four Ukrainian host cities during the UEFA Euro 2012 European football championship. The USD 200 million redevelopment of Lviv International Airport ahead of Euro 2012 included a major runway extension and the construction of an entirely new terminal complex that quadrupled the airport’s capacity from around 500 passengers per hour to 2000. The new-look Lviv International Airport also underwent a rebranding and took on the name of King Danylo, the medieval ruler credited with founding Lviv in the mid-thirteenth century.

With new state-of-the-art facilities in place, the quaint Soviet-era terminal building was retired from service and remained mothballed for

a number of years. However, with new airlines touching down in Lviv on an almost monthly basis and rapid year-on-year growth in passenger numbers, the 1955 vintage facilities reentered service in summer 2019 to take some of the pressure off the new terminal by handling domestic flights and charter flights.

LVIV INT ERN AT IO N AL A IRPORT ’ S A NN UA L GRO W T H RAT E OF 4 0% IS EXC EPT IO N A L, EVEN IN T HE C O NT EX T O F THE UN PREC EDENT ED B OOM CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE THROUGHOUT UKRAINE’S AIR TRAVEL INDUSTRY

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www.eba.com.ua Volume 10, issue 1 January 2020 EBA Western Ukrainian Office Address: 3 Myhaila Verbytskogo St., office 2, Lviv 79013 Tel.: +38 032 261-40-67 eba.com.ua/lviv, lviv@eba.com.ua

Monthly news and views from the European Business Association’s Western Ukraine office

EBA SPECIAL UNITED BY VALUES. 15-TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBR ATION OF EBA WESTERN UKR AINE OFFICE Together with the office’s executive team, partners and members of the Regional Coordination Council 2019, the idea of EBA Western Ukrainian Office 15th Anniversary celebration – “United by Values” – was successfully implemented.

Many people from different spheres and generations worked hard to make these 15 years successful. To mark this historic milestone, we decided to celebrate the anniversary with a series of meetings to recall how everything started, what unites us and what the business community should expect soon.

“The main idea of the 15th-anniversary celebration was not accidentally chosen, because, at a time when everything is changing fast and business has to overcome new challenges every day, these are the values that we rely on while making important decisions. Values mean a lot to the EBA. They bring companies together for over 20 years in Ukraine and 15 years in Western Ukrainian Office. Further uniting of business based on the values of the Association – transparency, rule of law, partnerships, culture and respect, security and care, passion for innovation – in my opinion, will make it possible to achieve our goal – make Ukraine a better place for doing business,” – said Maryana Lutsyshyn, Head of the Association's Western Ukrainian Office.

EBA SPECIAL On November 29, the event “United by Values. Past. Friends Party” took place. Leaders who have worked for the Association for 15 years and started the path of the organization have been invited to the event. The friendly atmosphere, meeting of peers who were brought together by good memories, pleasant gathering of colleagues, guests from abroad who helped to build the organization, once again reminded of the EBA mission – to make Ukraine the best place for doing business and our strength – cooperation, interaction, and partnership.

On December 6, we organized the business conference “United by values. Future” and the grand reception “United by Values. Present”.

At the conference together with the guests – Jana Herceg, Head of the Trade and Economic Sector of EU Delegation to Ukraine, Svitlana Mykhailovska, EBA Deputy Director, Advocacy, and Yaroslav Lyubinets, Chairman of SoftServe Board of Directors we talked about the future of the EU, the Association and business community. The event was moderated by Anton Podilchak, Head of the Regional Coordination Council of the EBA Western Ukrainian Office. We also discussed the impact of artificial intelligence on the daily lives of each of us and our business, as well as fundamental changes in the country, such as the fight against corruption and the role of each of us in the development of the state.

In addition to the Association's participants, Markiyan Malskyy, Head of Lviv Regional State Administration, Denys Shmygal, Head of Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration, Andriy Sadoviy, Mayor of Lviv, and Vasyl Kresyak, Acting Head of the Main Department of State Tax Service in Lviv region, also attended the grand reception. We hope that constructive dialogue and our cooperation with them will only intensify next year.

At the end of the evening, traditionally, the results of the elections to the Regional Coordination Council for 2020 were announced: • • • • •

Igor Savka, Director of ACO Industries, Anton Podilchak, Managing Partner of Advice Group, Taras Yurynts, Director of Guldmann Ukraine, Roman Velychko, HIMA Business Development Director in Ukraine, Alina Boychuk, Director of South Western Department of PZU Ukraine.

Therefore, we congratulate the Coordinating Council's representatives on their election and wish them energy and motivation for the activity in the Council Of course, on behalf of the members, we would like to say a special thanks to the partners of the event. This year AGMM organization was supported by EBA members – Citadel Inn Hotel, SoftServe, Klingspor, Karpatsmoly, Freedom Finance, Advice Group, Arzinger, Pernod Ricard Ukraine and friends of the Association – SHOco., the Old Lion Publishing House, ILTA Lviv, MOPIS.

EBA EVENTS HOW LE AN HELPS TO INCRE ASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BUSINESS AND TE AMWORK. PROGRESS SERVICE CASE 2. How did LEAN come to Ukraine?

As far as we know, Kaizen Club in Ukraine was founded by Japan International Cooperating Agency – JICA in 2010. Then appeared more organizations that promoted LEAN philosophy.

3. W hen did you decide to implement LEAN in your company?

We decided to implement LEAN in 2016. From that time, we have been improving our working places, working territory, production processes.

Thus, we had increased productivity in 4 times.

4. How LEAN helped you to increase your business efficiency?

We increased our efficiency because of the reduction of production processes, using stretching methods and kaizen instruments.

5. How you succeed in combating resistance to changes in your employees and partners?

The main things that helped us in combating resistance from employees’ side while implementing LEAN were an everyday learning process, tide cooperation, and direct participation of team members in every improvement, our system of ideas rewarding, accepting and implementing, and of course, building supporting atmosphere.

6. Could a service company use LEAN principles, or it is only for production companies?

Service companies could use LEAN because they also could find wastes in their processes of providing services. By eliminating wastes mentioned previously in question #1, we can make any service or production process more effective.

7. What could you recommend to other companies considering your experience of implementing LEAN? What steps they could make?

LEAN nowadays is a very popular instrument for service and production companies worldwide.

So in the framework of EBA Ad- Hoc meeting member – companies had an opportunity to see how LEAN helps to increase the effectiveness of business and teamwork based on the Progress Service case. This is a Ukrainian small family-owned business. It produces shoes and has production facilities in Lviv.

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Fediuk Pavlo and Fediuk Hrystyna, Progress Service owners, made a tour of the company for us and then we had a Q&A session with them and their colleague – Mariіa Halai.

1. What LEAN means?

LEAN as for us is using measures aimed at eliminating wastes (wasted potential, overproduction, transportation, inventory, defects, overprocessing, waiting, motion) in all processes at factory and office.

Lean is a long-term journey in the world of everyday improvements. Each company can start with seeing 8 types of wastes in the company’s processes, make improvements, shoot videos with this implemented ideas and changes and share these small wins with team members. LEAN should be easy and fun.

Remember the 0, 001% rule. If you make a small improvement (0, 001%) regularly, you could have doubled productivity growth after 3 years.

We thank Progress service for the invitation and sharing their stories of continuous improvements!

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EBA EVENTS CRITICAL THINKING IN THE POST-TRUTH PERIOD The topic of critical thinking in the post-truth era is more relevant than ever before!

Here are some keynotes from the regular Western EBA PR Hub meeting: • The need for information has not diminished: if you are not watching TV, then you are watching YouTube, social networks video, where there are even more opportunities for manipulation.

• Thus people spend a lot of time on social networks now, even more than with their families, it becomes very easy to manipulate.

• Lack of attention increases the inability to recognize the truth, and in fear, people are even less attentive and easier manipulated.

• Manipulation became a normal and widely spread thing.

• People are lazy, so if you want them to do what you need, it’s easy to make them do what you want with the help of prepared information.

• Feelings and points of view have superseded the facts.

• The expert on Facebook, if more emotional, will convince better than the real expert.

• The truth is what benefits you. Algorithms will compete for truth.

We thank Victor Halchynskyy for examples of manipulation and moderation, and Perfect PR for inviting guests, for the interesting presentation and cases! We were also pleased to welcome at the meeting Roman Holubovskyy, the creator of UaReview!

Dear Arzinger Team, I would like to verify several options of establishing of a business unit of foreign company in Ukraine. As the matter of fact we review the possibility of establish either the representative office or limited liability company.

Which option would you recommend and why?

Thank you, Roger Dear Roger, indeed the possibility to establish the unit in Ukraine includes both of the described options. Limited Liability Company ("LLC") is the most common option, clear in its structuring and management system.

The following peculiarities are determined by the establishment of LLC:

Olena Ohonovska, Associate at Arzinger Law Firm, attorney-at-law

• charter capital is to be established in amount that shareholders deem sufficient (no requirements for minimum charter capital amount); • LLC can conduct any business activity (in some cases specific types of activities are to be conducted upon the license obtaining); • no fee for the state registration of an LLC is established; • registration procedure upon the finalization of all necessary documents shall be not more than one business day; • minimum amount of the shareholders is not established, but in any case – ultimate beneficiary owners are to be disclosed.

This list is not exhaustive, but abovementioned usually is the most important to take into consideration.

When establishing the representative office ("RO") please note that there is a range of peculiarities which includes inter alia the following ones: • no charter capital is prescribed for RO. Financing shall be conducted directly by the parent company according to the established business plan; • possibility to conduct economic activity only upon the registration of the RO with the "conducting economic activity status". Moreover, such economic activity of the RO shall coincide with the types of economic activities of the parent company; • fee for the registration of the RO – was decreased comparing to previous periods and it was announced that further it will constitute amount of one minimum living wage for the individuals able to work (as of the date of this article – approx. EUR 80); • regular registration took 60 business days but with recent changes it was announced that further it will take up to 20 business days and shall be conducted by the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Ukraine.

Nonetheless, preparation of the documents is more troublesome, than for the purposes of LLC establishment; • no shareholders in RO (thus, no necessity to describe ultimate beneficiary owners).

Additionally, there is a wide range of labor, tax and customs related peculiarities of the functioning of the RO which in most of cases are of more complicated nature than in case of LLC. Those shall be discussed precisely with the legal advisors when taking relevant decisions.

To sum up the main difference is in nature of the establishments of the entity in Ukraine: • in case your aim is to establish a business unit itself, which will carry out economic activity – then, for sure, option of an LLC is the most suitable for the case; • if the main aim is representation of interests of the parent company in Ukraine and establishment/structuring of possible business contacts – then, establishment of an RO will be enough for this purpose.

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LVIV'S HALL OF FAME

THE (CARPATHIAN) MOUNTAIN MIRACLE RECA L LING K A RPAT Y FC ’S M AGICA L RUN TO T HE US SR CUP CH A MPIONSHIP This year marks the 50th anniversary of the biggest sporting achievement in Lviv’s history – the run to the USSR Cup championship by Karpaty Lviv! Lviv Today looks back on the accomplishment and what it meant for the Western Ukrainian capital.

It’s not everyday that Karpaty FC brings home a trophy. In fact, since its founding in 1963, the 1969 USSR Cup is the only hardware the team has managed to win. But oh – what an achievement! The only second-tier club to ever capture the title, the achievement was a monumental occasion for the city. Sure, there have been other big moments for the club – gaining promotion to the big league for the first time, making the Ukrainian Cup final a couple of times, a brief foray into the world of the Europa League – but nothing compares to that magical run in 1969. The team celebrated by bringing some of its heroes to a Karpaty game earlier this year. We wanted to let you relive the achievement in our pages.

THE BIRTH OF KARPATY FC While Lviv is famous for hosting the first football game in Ukraine – an event marked by a statue in Stryiskyi Park – the city didn’t really have a club we could call our own until Karpaty was formed in the early ‘60s. Like many clubs of the time, it was made up of factory workers, in Lviv’s case it was Silmash, a major weapons factory. Before this, the only team in the city was the Red Army squad – which, for obvious reasons, lacked the popularity and Ukrainian identity demanded by Leopolitan fans. Karpaty started in the Soviet Second League and it didn’t take long for the squad to start knocking on the door of promotion to the big league. The team started their upswing in 1966 and by 1968 had reached the promotion tournament, held in Sochi. Needing a win in its last game of a four team, round-robin tournament, the team was devastated by drawing 1-1 due to an obvious offside goal by its Russian opponent (Uralmash Sverdlosk). The same referee that missed the call would play a major role in next season’s USSR Cup run.

THE (CARPATHIAN) MOUNTAIN MIRACLE The miracle run to the USSR Cup championship nearly ended before it even begun. In its first game of the tournament – in the Round of 64 – the team was forced to a replay (which is how they settled draws in football at the time) against lowly Azovets

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(Zhdanov). Down early in the replay, the team delighted the home crowd by scoring two first half goals to advance 2-1.

FIRST ROUND: KARPATY (LVIV) 0–0 AZOVETS (ZHDANOV) FIRST ROUND (REPLAY): KARPATY (LVIV) 2 – 1 AZOVETS (ZHDANOV) The second game of the tournament was a big event in the city – thousands of Leopolitans headed out to Druzhba Stadium to endure a nervy 1-0 victory thanks to an 86th-minute penalty by star striker Gennady Likhachev.

SECOND ROUND: KARPATY (LVIV) 1–0 RED ARMY (ODESA) This is when the team discovered that they were something special. Ararat (Yerevan) was one of the top teams in the Soviet Union in the late ‘60s – they would go on to win its own USSR Cup just four years later. The teams played to a 0-0 draw in front of 38,000 ravenous Leopolitans that became distraught when the visitors scored first in extra time.

But the mettle of our champions shone through when Likhachev scored on a penalty to draw even and captain Ihor Kulchytiskyi scored 3 minutes from time to advance.

THIRD ROUND: KARPATY (LVIV) 2–1 (ET) ARARAT (YEREVAN) After knocking off heavily-favoured Ararat in the previous round, the tournament was already viewed as a success for Karpaty. The team had never advanced to the fourth round and was “playing with house money” – and the results showed. The team was full value in a comfortable 2-0 over a strong Chornomorets (Odesa) team to set up a quarterfinal match with a tough Trud (Voronezh) team.

FOURTH ROUND: KARPATY (LVIV) 2–0 CHORNOMORETS (ODESA) By this time, Soviet authorities were none too pleased that a plucky second tier team from Western Ukraine had advanced so far in the tournament. Our boys in green and white had to endure a horrendously officiated game – especially after the team went up 1-0 on a Likhachev penalty 30 minutes into the contest. Just 7 minutes from time, a bogus penalty was awarded to Trud. An aggressive move by goalkeeper Viktor Turpak scared the shooter into missing and salvaged the welldeserved win. Off to the semifinal!

QUARTERFINAL: KARPATY (LVIV) 1–0 TRUD (VORONEZH) LVIV TODAY | January 2020

By now, Karpaty was the talk of the town. While most of the world was glued to the TV to watch the Apollo 11 mission – which would land on the moon the day after the semifinal – more than 50,000 Leopolitans (roughly 1 out of every 11 Leopolitans of the day) crammed into Druzhba Stadium to catch the miracle Ukrainian team that could. With a match against Shipbuilder (Mykolaiv), it was guaranteed that a Ukrainian team would play for the USSR Cup. Karpaty had some swagger after topping Trud in difficult conditions and didn’t let the home fans down by scoring two first-half goals on the way to a confident 2-0 win. Lviv was going to the USSR Cup final!

SEMIFINAL: KARPATY (LVIV) 2–0 SHIPBUILDER (MYKOLAIV) The little team from the heart of the Ukrainian homeland would face the powerful Red Army team from Rostov-on-Don in no other locale than Vladimir Lenin Stadium in central Moscow. Expected to lose by almost everyone but themselves and their fans, the team was buoyed by 20,000 travelling superfans that peppered the team with the Ukrainian folk song ‘Cheremeshyna’. It was a surreal atmosphere – Ukrainian fans belt out Ukrainian folk songs in the heart of Moscow at the height of the Cold War. The game started out roughly for the Ukrainian side, with Red Army going up in the 20th minute. But while they didn’t score before half, the team did take control of the play, gaining confidence for an epic second half comeback. Likhachev once again gave Karpaty the offensive spark with a 62nd minute strike before Volodomyr Bulgakov netted the winner against the stunned Russian team

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just four minutes later. There were some tense moments at the end, including a Red Army goal disallowed for offside – by the same referee who punished Karpaty the year before! He would later go on to say that he had acted “on orders” to ensure that the Russian team was promoted.

Karpaty – a second tier team from the most Ukrainian part of Ukraine (as Leopolitans are fond of saying) – had managed to pull off the impossible by becoming the only junior league team to ever win the USSR Cup – a feat that would never again be repeated! The accomplishment is all the more remarkable if you remember that at that time, most players came from the city they played for (many of the surviving members still live in Lviv). Scores of fans awaited the team when they arrived back in Lviv and players got kisses from the Leopolitan ladies and free taxi rides to the city centre to celebrate with their beloved fans.

FINAL: KARPATY (LVIV) 2–1 RED ARMY (ROSTOV-ON-DON) THE NEXT ‘MOUNTAIN MIRACLE’ The victory sent the young team to their first UEFA Cup Winners Cup (the forerunner to the Europa Cup). Despite a valiant effort to overcome a first leg 1-0 defeat at home, the team would manage no better than an entertaining 3-3 draw to get knocked out in the first round. Karpaty finally managed to make it to the top tier of Soviet football in 1971 and finished as high as high as fourth place (in 1976), just four points from becoming champions.

The ‘80s saw the club fall on hard times and the team was merged with the Red Army team – an unpopular

move as the brightest young stars were often sent to the Moscow Red Army team. After re-emerging as Lviv’s only team shortly before independence, Karpaty would march to the second-ever Ukrainian Cup final. The last major highlight came in 2010, when Ukrainian national team star Artem Fedetskyi sent Lviv’s Ukraina Stadium ablaze after he scored an extra time equalizer – just two minutes after conceding a potentially tournament-ending marker – that saw the team through to the Europa League for its first and only time.

Never count the boys in green and white out – you just never know when they’ll provide another Mountain Miracle.

Lee Reaney

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LVIV SPORT NEWS Our Sports Fans Guide to Lviv covers everything from handball to swimming, get all the best and newest coverages from our photojournalist Evhen Kravs.

Volleyball: Lviv’s Barkom-Kazhany Keeps Rolling Lviv’s Barkom-Kazhany volleyball team crushed Kharkiv’s Lokomotiv 3-0 twice at home in the 8th round of Ukraine’s Volleyball Super League last month. Sitting atop the standings with 43 points, the team next host’s MHP-Vinnytsia in the 10th round on 24 and 25 January. Besides dominating the local competition, Barkom-Kazhany shocked Greece’s PAOK team to qualify for the CEV Cup quarterfinals – Europe’s top-tier volleyball competition. The team next hosts Austria’s Hypo Tirol AlpenVolleys HACHING at Halychyna Sports Palace on 29 January. Lviv Today congratulates the team on their success and – along with Leopolitan sports fans across the city – wishes the team the best of luck in the upcoming games!

Волейбол: Успіхи львівських "Кажанів" Львівська волейбольна команда "Барком-Кажани" двічі розгромила харківський "Локомотив" з рахунком 3:0 вдома у 8 турі Суперліги України минулого місяця. Команда займає вершину турнірної таблиці з 43 очками і наступну гру 10 туру проведе на полі "MХП-Вінниця". Будучи лідером національного чемпіонату наші волейболісти перемогли в Греції команду ПАОК і вийшли у чвертьфінал Кубка CEV – найвищої ліги в Європі з волейболу. Потім "Кажани" прийматимуть австрійську команду "Альпен" у Палаці спорту "Галичина" 29 січня. Наша редакція вітає команду з такими успіхами та разом з усіма її шанувальниками бажає нашим хлопцям удачі в майбутніх поєдинках!

Lviv's best Athlete of the Month: Halyna Melnyk Lviv’s Halyna Melnyk was named December’s Athlete of the Month for her outstanding performance at the Karate1 Premiere League tournament held in Madrid, Spain last month. Halyna took bronze in the women’s Kumite 68 kg event – her fourth medal of 2019! The No. 7-ranked fighter also took home bronze at this summer’s European Games, showing that she is a leading threat to medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games this summer. Congratulations Halyna!

Найкраща спортсменка місяця: Галина Мельник Львів’янка Галина Мельник була визнана спортсменкою місяця в грудні за вдалий виступ на турнірі прем'єр-ліги Kaрате1, який відбувся в Мадриді минулого місяця. Галина завоювала бронзу у категорії куміте до 68 кг – це її четверта медаль 2019 року! Сьогодні вона займає 7 місце у класифікації і також завоювала бронзу на європейських іграх минулого літа, показавши, що вона має дуже серйозні шанси на медалі Олімпійських ігор у Токіо 2020. Вітаємо Галину!

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Chess: Anna Muzychuk Wins World Silver in Women’s Blitz Chess Lviv’s Anna Muzychuk took home the silver at the recent King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Championship in Moscow. One of the most exciting events of the year as it attracts nearly all of the world’s top players, Muzychuk took claimed runner-up honours after posting 12.5 points in 17 games. The former World Rapid chess champion (2016) and World Blitz chess champion (2016, 2014) declined to defend her titles after she refused to compete while wearing a hijab (head scarf) when the 2017 tournament was held in Saudi Arabia. Runner-up at the 2017 World Chess championships, Muzychuk also won the prize for best combined Rapid and Blitz performance at the King Salman Cup from French oil and gas company Total. Way to go Anna!

Шахи: Анна Музичук знову здобуває перемогу Львів’янка Анна Музичук завоювала срібло на недавньому Чемпіонаті світу Короля Салмана зі швидких шахів та бліцу в Москві. Це одна з найбільших подій шахового світу в році, на яку збираються майже всі найкращі гравці. Наша шахістка набрала 12,5 очок в 17 турах. Колишня чемпіонка світу зі швидких шахів (2016) та чемпіонка світу з бліц шахів (2016, 2014) не захищала свої титули після відмови грати в турнірі 2017 року в Саудівській Аравії з хусткою на голові. Музичук також стала переможницею чемпіонату світу з шахів 2017 року, а також здобула приз французької нафтогазової компанії Total за найкращі виступи у змаганнях швидких шахів та бліцу на Кубку короля Салмана. Молодець, Анно!

Muay Thai: Leopolitan Wins WBC Muay Thai World Championship Olena “The Hunter” Ovchynnikova – a Leopolitan featherweight kickboxer and flyweight mixed martial artist – captured the World Boxing Council Muay Thai featherweight world title at the Lviv Open Cup in Lviv on 7 December by beating Cindy “The French Cyborg” Silvestre – one of Europe’s most illustrious fighters. Congratulations Olena!

Муай-тай: Олена Овчиннікова чемпіонка світу! Олена Овчиннікова на прізвисько "The Hunter" – львівська кікбоксерка, що виступає у півлегкій вазі та у змішаних єдиноборствах у найлегшій вазі – здобула титул чемпіонки світу World Boxing Council муай-тай у півлегкій вазі на відкритому кубку Львова 7 грудня, перемігши Сінді Сільвестр на прізвисько "Французький кіборг" – одну з найвідоміших європейських спортсменок. Вітаємо, Олено!

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LVIV LISTINGS Complete English language listings to help visitors and residents alike get more out of life in the capital of West Ukraine.

Lviv electricity supply

Ministry

Tel./Fax: (+38 032) 276-18-88

network – 1568

of Foreign

office@proconsult.lviv.net

Emergency numbers

Lviv city light network –

Affairs

www.proconsult.com.ua

Fire department – 101

(+38 032) 270-64-65

18, V. Vynnychenka St.,

USEFUL NUMBERS

Police – 102

Lviv heating

office 118–119

Emergency medical

and energy public

Tel.: +38 (032) 235-64-78

assistance – 103

network – 1585

www.mfa.gov.ua

Gas control

Lviv Municipal Emergency

department – 104

repair company –

Explosive–technical

(+38 032) 275-54-16

services –

Lviv regional control

(+38 032) 262-21-73 Rescue-diving services –

ACCOUNTING / TAX

Tel.: 0800-3000-49

International

Hours of opening:

Airport “Lviv”

Mon.–Fri., Sun.

Tel.: +38 (032) 229-81-12

10:00–18:00

www.lwo.aero

www.austrian.com.ua

Universal flights

LOT Polish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

AIR TICKETS BOOKING

Sales Agency

5, Sichovykh Striltsiv St., Lviv

4, Mitskevych Sq.

Booking and sales

Tel.: +38 (032) 229 85 00

Mon.-Fri. 08:00-16:30

and rescue service –

33А, Lychakivska St.,

of flight tickets for all

Mon.–Fri. 09:00–17:00

www.thy.com

(+38 032) 272-79-56

2nd floor Lviv, Ukraine

world destinations

lotlwo@lot.com

lwosales@thy.com

Tel.: +38 (032) 297-05-96/97

3, Nalyvaika St., Lviv.

www.lot.com

Call Center 24/7

www.j-l.com.ua

Tel.: (032) 225-66-25

OFFICIALS

Municipal services: City Council

+38 (032) 297 08 50

261-61-90

WIZZAIR

Proconsult

ufsalwo@gmail.com

Tel.: +38 (044) 206-48-88

of Lviv City council – 1580

1, Rynok Sq.,

76/6, I. Franko St.,Lviv

Mon.–Sat. 9:00–19:00

Lviv water supply

Tel.: +38 (032) 254-60-06

79011, Ukraine

Sunday 9:00–18:00

network – 1551

www.city-adm.lviv.ua

Tel.: (+38 032) 298-47-16

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168, Lyubinska St., Lviv

Danylo Halytskyi

J&L Consulting LLC

(+38 032) 275-82-13

Information service

Austrian Airlines

AIRLINES

PEGASUS AIRLINES

WINDROSE

Tel.: 0-800-505-510

Tel.: +38 (044) 498-77-77

+38 (032) 244-43-01

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Ukraine

Rent apartments

2nd floor, Lviv Ukraine

Lviv, 79008, Ukraine

office@proconsult.lviv.net

Russian, English, German

International

Tel.: (+38 032) 23-86-193

Tel.: +38 (032) 297-05-96/97

Tel.: +38 (032) 253-1000

www.proconsult.com.ua

and Portuguese languages.

Airlines

+38 095 67-95-659

www.j-l.com.ua

Fax: +38 (032) 253-1030 www.burhan.ua

2nd floor, Airport Terminal

Lviv Rent

Tel.: +38 (044) 581 50 50

Tel.: +38 067 769-44-18

Arzinger

www.flyuia.com

+38 067 496-20-68

West Ukrainian Branch

CONSULTANCY

Open daily 10:00–21:00 TOURIST BASICS

Tourist Info

SHOPPINGENTERTAINING CENTERS

City Hall, Rynok Square, 1

6, Generala Chuprynky

J&L Consulting LLC

Tel./Fax: (032) 254-60-79

Victoria

St., Office 1

33А, Lychakivska St.,

www.touristinfo.lviv.ua

Gardens

79013 Lviv, Ukraine

2nd floor, Lviv Ukraine

tic@city-adm.lviv.ua

226A Kulparkivska St., Lviv,

Legal Expert

Tel.: +38 (032) 242-96-96

Tel.: (+38 032) 297-05-96/97

Open: 10:00–19:00

Tel: (032) 259 02 01

Club Lviv

4, Nalyvaika St., Lviv,

Fax: +38 (032) 242-96-95

www.j-l.com.ua

Sat.: 10:00–18:00

Shopping gallery:

18, Nalyvaika Street, Lviv

Tel.:+38 (067) 313 02 60

www. arzinger.ua

Sun.: 10.00–17.00.

10:00–22:00

Tel.: (+380 67) 370-66-66

legalexperts.com.ua@gmail.com

Proconsult

www.legalexperts.com.ua

76/6, I. Franko St.,Lviv

Information service

8:00–23:00

79011, Ukraine

of Lviv City council

Multiplex cinema:

APPARTMENTS FOR RENT

British

LAW FIRMS

Podobovo Tel.: (+38 032) 275-68-89 +38 097 924-10-00

SILPO Supermarket:

J&L Consulting LLC

Taras Burhan Law Office LLC

Tel.: (+38 032) 298-47-16

+38 032 297-55-55

10:00–23:00

33А, Lychakivska St.,

3/3 Katedral'na sq.

Tel./Fax: (+38 032) 276-18-88

available in Ukrainian,

www.victoriagardens.com.ua

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LVIV LISTINGS InterCity

from Kiltseva St., Lviv

Hotel

Trade-office center

Tel: (032) 242 19 39

Leopolis

62 A, Chervonoyi

Mon.-Sat.: 10:00–20:00

Ramada Lviv Hotel

16, Teatralna St., Lviv

Kalyny Ave., Lviv

Sunday: 12:00–20:00

Citadel Inn

Horodotska St. \ Kiltseva Doroga

Tel./Fax: (+38 032) 295-95-99

Tel: (032) 232 77 04

www.tryslony.com

Hotel & Resort

Tel.:(+38 032) 243-00-10

hotel@leopolishotel.com

We are passionate

Mob. :(+38 067) 320-44-77

www.leopolishotel.com

reception@ramadalviv.com.ua www.ramadalviv.com.ua

Mon.-Sat.: 10:00–20:00 Sunday: 10:00–19:00

Opera Passage

about your comfort!

www.inter-city.com.ua

27, Svobody Ave., Lviv

11, Grabovskogo St., Lviv

Tel.: (032) 242 20 36

InterCity

Edem Resort & SPA

Atlas Deluxe

Strilky village,

Tel.: (+38 032) 242-777-1

Hotel

Peremyshlyany district,

www.operapassage.com

reservation@citadel-inn.com.ua

27, Shevchenko Ave., Lviv

Lviv region

Trade-office center

Shopping gallery: 10:00–21:00

www.citadel-inn.com.ua

Tel.: (+38 032) 261-47-64,

Tel. +38 067 314 65 12

67 G, Chornovola Ave.,Lviv

Opera Market: 10:00–22:00

(+38 067)555-91-11

Restaurant: +38 067 373 68 50

Tel: (032) 232 77 04

www.operapassage.com

PANORAMA Lviv Hotel

info@hotelatlas.com.ua

info@edem-resort.com.ua

45, Svobody Ave., Lviv

sales@hotelatlas.com.ua

www.edem-resort.com.ua

Mon.-Sat.: 10:00–20:00 Sunday: 10:00–19:00

Pivdenny market

www.inter-city.com.ua

36, Schyretska St., Lviv

Chopin

reception@panorama-hotel.com.ua

Suputnyk

Mirage

Tel: +38 (032) 295 12 96

Hotel

www.panorama-hotel.com.ua

116, Knyahini Olhi St., Lviv

Lviv region, Mostyska area,

Forum Lviv

Tue.-Sun.: 10:00–20:00

7, Malanyuka sq., Lviv

Tel./Fax: (+38 032) 230-40-66

Village Sudova vishnja,

7B Pid Dubom St., Lviv,

Mon.: closed

Tel.: (+38 032) 261-10-20

Hotel Vol’ter

suputnyk@mail.lviv.ua

Zagorodt St., 205b

Tel: (032) 295 69 94

Open 10:00–18:00

info@chopinhotel.com.ua

60a, Lypynskoho St., Lviv

www.suputnyk.com

Tel.: (+ 38 032) 34-370-23

Shopping gallery: 10:00–22:00

www.pivdennij.com

www.chopinhotel.com.ua

Tel.: (+38 032) 294-88-88

Vintage

Karpatsky

Tel.: (+38 032) 225-90-00

SILPO Supermarket: 8:00–23:00 Planeta Kino cinema:

Epicentr

Vienna Hotel

Boutique Hotel

Zatyshok

12:00–02:00

home improvement

12, Svobody Ave., Lviv

25/27, Staroyevreyska St.,

Lviv region, Skole area,

PARKING: 08:00–

gardening center

Tel./Fax: (+38 032) 244-43-16

Tel.: (+38 032) 235-68-34

Slavske town,

01:00 (entrance)

302, Horodotska St.,Lviv

іbis Styles

wienhotel@mail.lviv.ua

Fax. (+38 032) 235-70-24

77, І. Franko St.,

08:00–03:00 (exit)

Tel: +38 (032) 295 67 67

Lviv Center

www.wienhotel.lviv.ua

info@vintagehotel.com.ua

Tel.: (+ 38 067) 314-11-10

www.lviv.multi.eu

Mon.-Sat. 8:00–21:30

3, Shukhevycha St.

www.vintagehotel.com.ua

zatyshok@ecolan.lviv.ua

King Cross Leopolis

Sun. 9:00–21:00

Tel.: (+38 032) 254-67-67

www.epicentrk.ua

H9709@accor.com

Perlyna

RESORTS

www.ibis.com

Deluxe hotel “Kupava” –

Karpat

www.accorhotels.com

17, Komarova str, Lviv

Lviv region, Skole area,

Tel: (+38 032) 245-03-45

Slavske, 43b, І. Franko St.

Reikartz Dworzec

(+38 067) 238-35-36

Tel.: (+ 38 032) 514-21-03

Planeta Kino IMAX: 10:00–02:00

107, Horodotska St., Lviv

office@kupavahotel.com

Radisson

www.kingcross.com.ua

Tel.: (+38 032) 242-51-26

www.kupavahotel.com

Blu Resort,

30, Stryiska St., Sokilniky Tel.: (032) 242 05 80

HOTELS

Shopping gallery: 10:00–22:00 Auchan Hypermarket: 8:30–23:00

http://en.reikartz.com

Roksolana

Hotel Rius 12A, Hnatyuka St., Lviv

www.perlyna.com

Bukovel

Smerekova Khata

Eurohotel

220 LP Shchyvky,

Slavske town, 57b I. Franko St.

6av, Tershakovtsiv St., Lviv

Polianytsia, Yaremche,

Tel.: (+ 38 032) 51 42-650

14 Soborna Sq., Lviv,

Reikartz Medievale

Tel.: (+38 032) 235-06-60,

Tel: 098 658 57 40

9, Drukarska St., Lviv

(+38 097) 970-02-20

Tel.: (+38 032) 242-40-02

Ivano-Frankivsk,

Shopping gallery: 10:00–22:00

Tel.: (+38 032) 242-51-33

www.rius-hotel.lviv.ua

info@eurohotel.lviv.ua

Ukraine 78593

Knyazhi Ozera

ARSEN Supermarket: 24/7

medievale.lviv@reikartz.com

www.eurohotel.lviv.ua

Tel. +380 (343) 43-7900

Lviv region,

www.roksolana.ua

www.en.reikartz.com

www.radissonblu.

Mostyska area,

com/resort-bukovel

Knyazhy Mist village

Dnister Hotel Magnus

6, Matejka St., Lviv

1, Shpytalna St., Lviv

Tel.: (+38 032) 297-43-05

Svityaz Resort

Hotel

reservation@dnister.lviv.ua

25, Sukhovolya St.,

Royal Hotels

Taurus

www.dnister.lviv.ua

Truskavets 82200,

and SPA Resorts

Lviv region, Ukraine

Tsesar

Nobilis Hotel

Tel.: + 38 032 47-713-44

61-65, Sukhovolia St., Truskavets, Lviv region

Tel.: (032) 244 42 65 Shopping gallery: 10:00–20:00 www.magnus-store.com

Masoch hotel & cafe

Tel.: (+ 38 032) 34-346-84

Literature and Fantasy

5, Kn. Svyatoslava Sq., Lviv,

24/7 | 7 Serbska St.

Tel.: (+38 032) 255- 44-51,

Try Slony

(+38 067) 000 10 69

(+38 067) 360-77-99,

5, Fredra str,. Lviv

+ 38 067 371-17-54

(Three Elephants)

www.masochhotel.com

Fax: (+38 032) 233-10-77

Tel.:(+38 032) 295-25-95

+ 38 063 308-53-85

Tel.: +38 068 480-98-47,

home improvement center

www.facebook.com/

www.hotel-taurus.com

Fax: (+38 032) 295-79-97

www.svityaz-resort.com.ua

(099) 205-40-00

22, Yavorivska St., entrance

MasochHotelCafe

info@hotel-taurus.com

info@nobilis-hotel.com.ua

info@svityaz-resort.com.ua

www.hotel-royalcezar.in.ua

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FITNESS CLUBS

Open Weekdays

Tel.: (032) 245-28-62

08:00–21:00;

Open Mon-Sat

Sat. 11:30–14:00

10:00–20:00, Sun 10:30–19:00.

CAR RENTAL

Adidas

Fitness center “Plyazh” – premium

HERTZ

5, Shevchenko ave.,

and business offer

Lviv Airport

Tel.: (032) 232-46-03.

114, Knyahini Olhi St.,

Lyubinska St. 168

Open daily

Hours: 07:00–22:00

Tel.: 095 292 4777

10:00–20:00

Sunday: 07:00–18:00

Working hours:

2 athletic gyms,

Mo-Su: Meets all

SportMaster

2 aerobic halls,

reservations

100, Vygovskogo St.,

Dance hall, Cardio

www.hertz.com.ua

Tel.: (+38 032) 229-51-71

training area Baths,

У найщасливіші моменти «Камея» разом з вами!

Open daily

Sauna and Massage,

AVIS

Lviv’s biggest 50

6, Akademika

meters long pool,

Pidstryhacha St.,

Hydro-masseurs,

Tel:+38 032 297 05 10

Fitness bars

+38 067 230 33 49

Fine

Тел.: (+38 032) 263-60-55

www.avis.com.ua

Bottle

www.aqualviv.com.ua

10:00–22:00 FOOD & DRINK

31, Kopernika St

EUROPCAR

Tel.: (032) 261 37 73

Beauty

Lviv Airport

Open:

formula

Lyubinska St. 168

10.00–22.00

202, Stryiska St., Lviv

Tel.: + 38 (050) 359 69 24

Tel.: +38 032 295-85-55

Opening hours:

Svit

Open 08:00–22:00,

08:30–20:30

Napoiv

Sat. 08:00–15:00,

20:31–08:29

25, Svobody ave.

Sun. Closed.

(After hours)

Tel.: (032) 260 13 59

www.formula-krasy.com.ua

www.europcar.ua

19, Doroshenka St. Tel.: (032) 235 76 20

Dolphin

Budget

25, Chornovola Ave.

12a, Trylovskogo St., Lviv

6, Akademika

Tel.: (032) 261 25 10

Tel.: (+38 032) 244-36-31

Pidstrygacha St.,

Open: 10.00-22.00

office 2,

www.svit-napoiv.ua

Eurosport

Tel.: +38 095 270 31 41

1, Petrushevycha Sq., Lviv

Lviv International

Wine Time

Tel.: (+38 032) 276-33-28

Airport, 1 floor

45, Chornovola Ave.

Тел. +38 032 242 07 79

Tel.: (032) 244 88 00

www.budget.ua

Open: 10.00–22.00

“Boyove aikido”

SIXT

Food & Wine

30, Rudnytskogo St., Lviv

Lviv Airport

43, A. Sakharova St.

Tel: 067 497-37-21

168, Lyubinska St.

Tel.: (067) 670-80-96

Open: Mon.19:00–20:30

Opening Hours

Open: 10.00–22.00

Wed. 18:30–20:00,

Mo.–Fr.: 09:00–18:00

Fri. 18.00–20.00

Tel.: +38 044 383 00 06

Polyana

www.sixt.com

Winemarket

Fighting sports club

Kiwi Fitness club

2, Sichovyh SPORTS

Striltsiv St. Tel.: (032) 247 46 49

18, Stepana Bandery St., Tel.: +38 (032) 261-35-73

MegaSport

Open: 10.00–22.00

info@kiwifitness.com.ua

106, Kniahyni Ol'hy st.,

www.polyana.ua

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Lviv Today has your guide to the Top 20 things to do in the Western Ukrainian capital in 2020. Whether you’re into fashion, sports, culture, history, or food and drink, Lviv will show you why it’s called the ‘Soul of Ukraine’ and Lviv Today is your guide to what’s going on!

1. LOOK DOWN ON THE CITY AT HIGH CASTLE While there may be some nicer lookouts in Lviv – some restaurants and the Lviv City Hall tower come to mind – none have the charm of the city’s High Castle lookout (off Vysoky Zamok St.). Located just outside the city centre, the 413-metre hill is Lviv’s highest point and offers a 360o panoramic view of the entire city. While the castle that gave the hill its name is long gone, fortifications on the site date back as long as Lviv itself! You may want to bring a picnic with you, or a beverage of choice to enjoy at the top. One of the city’s most romantic spots, if you’re lucky – you might even see one lucky Leopolitan couple get engaged!

2. WALK THROUGH HISTORY IN OUR UNESCO-RECOGNIZED CITY CENTRE Once considered a hidden gem, Lviv’s wonderful city centre has become one of the most attractive in all of Europe. This, in part, has to do with

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UNESCO naming the area in 1998 an “outstanding example of the fusion of the architectural and artistic traditions of eastern Europe with those of Italy and Germany”. UNESCO monies have also helped regenerate the area to its former imperial splendour. Guided tours are obviously worthwhile, but be sure to hike up the 400 steps at Lviv City Hall (1 Rynok Sq.) to catch perhaps the best view of Lviv’s Old Town from 65 metres up. If you’re around at the turn of the hour, check out the royal trumpeteers just below! And if you can, be sure to visit during Lviv City Day (2 May), when there are plenty of additional activities designed to highlight the great history of Ukraine’s most European city.

3. LIVE LVIV’S ‘HAUTE MONDE’ AT THE LVIV OPERA & BALLET THEATRE Is there any building more famous in Western Ukraine than Lviv’s wonderful Opera & Ballet Theatre (28 Svoboda Ave.)? Built in the late 19th Century, the Neo-Renaissance building is so iconic that it’s featured on Ukraine’s 20 UAH bill. With some of Europe’s biggest orchestras, ballets, and operas stopping by each year, there is always a mustsee event going on at the venue. Many of Ukraine’s biggest cultural groups perform there each year, including the Virsky National Folk Dance Ensemble, the Dumka National Choir, and many of the country’s top artists. A favourite meeting spot for locals and visitors alike, why not begin or end your evening downstairs at the magnificent Opera Underground café (28 Svoboda Ave.), where in addition to the signature, one-of-a-kind cocktails, you can catch a glimpse of Lviv’s famed Poltva River!

4. DISCOVER LVIV’S ROYAL SIDE AT THE MAGNIFICENT POTOCKI PALACE In a city renowned for its architecture, Lviv’s magnificent Potocki Palace (15 Kopernika St.) is a sight to behold. Built in the late 19th Century for Alfred Potocki, the then-Governor of Galicia, the pristine French Neo-Renaissance palace that once hosted royals now is the home of the luxurious Lviv Art Gallery. The palace is also the host of some of the city’s biggest events, including a Leopolis Jazz Fest stage, LvivMozArt, and the city’s most important art exhibitions. When Lviv’s incredible Mariya Muzychuk challenged for the Women’s World Chess Championship in 2016, the lavish rooms of the Palace were the backdrop. With tours for less than two Euros, Potocki Palace is one of Lviv’s must-visit architectural gems.

5. WANDER THROUGH LVIV’S ICONIC CATHEDRALS You can discover the rich and colourful history of Lviv’s storied past just by a tour of the city’s iconic cathedrals. Why not start with the ones depicted in Lviv’s rich and colourful tourism logo – the Armenian Cathedral (7/13 Virmenska St.), the city’s oldest; the Orthodox Assumption Church’s Kornyakt Tower (5/7 Ruska St.); the Baroque Catholic Latin Cathedral (1 Katedralna Sq.), and the 17th Century Bernadine Monastery (3A Soborna Sq.). Of course, don’t limit yourself to those – the incredible Dominican Church (1 Muzeina Sq.) and imposing St. George’s Cathedral (5 Yura Svyatoho Sq.), among others, are also must-visits!

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6. RELIVE ANCIENT UKRAINE AT SHEVCHENKIVSKYI HAI Whether you’re looking to learn about the ancient history of Western Ukraine, wanting a unique place to celebrate a cultural holiday, or just searching for a serene place to spend some time outdoors, why not do what the Leopolitans do and head over to Shevchenkivsyi Hai Museum of Folk Architecture & Rural Life (1 Chernecha Hora St.)? One of Europe’s largest open-air parks, Shevchenkivskyi Hai features ancient buildings from across Western Ukraine, including the 17th Century Church of St. Nicholas.

Be sure to check out cultural celebrations like the Ukrainian Culture & Dance Festival (August), Ivana Kupala Day (6-7 July) and, of course, Ukrainian Christmas (6-7 January)!

7. CHEER FOR OUR BOYS AT A KARPATY LVIV GAME There’s no bigger sport in Ukraine than football – and there’s no bigger team in Western Ukraine than Karpaty Lviv. While the team has fallen on relatively hard times recently, it’s illustrious past has seen a USSR Cup (check out our story later in this issue) and a berth in the Europa League. Start your game day at the official Karpaty FC store (3 Mykoly Voronoho St.) where you can pick up some green and white swag before heading to the park at Ukraina Stadium (Lypova Alley). Keep your eyes open for when Ukrainian heavyweights like Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk stop by, or try to catch the Lviv Derby against FC Lviv.

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8. CATCH A CONCERT AT ARENA LVIV Since opening so that Lviv could host EURO 2012, the city’s Arena Lviv (199 Stryiska St.) has become a major hub for some of the city’s biggest events.

It’s hosted the Europa League semifinal, a world cruiserweight boxing championship, some of the city’s major conferences, and all of Lviv’s biggest concerts. While it’s too early to tell if Lviv’s-own Okean Elzy will make a fourth appearance at the venue, keep an eye out for some major concerts, including in August when the Ukrainian Song Project returns. Designed to highlight Ukraine’s incredible musical talent on Independence Day, the event regularly draws some of the country’s biggest acts, including Alyosha, Tayanna, and Tina Karol.

9. TAKE A STROLL THROUGH LVIV’S LOVELY STRYISKY PARK With Lviv’s city centre teeming with tourists during the popular summer season, sometimes Leopolitans and guests of the city just need to get away from the buzz of it all. There is no better place to do this than in Lviv’s lovely Stryisky Park (off Stryska St.). With exotic trees, meandering pathways, and a romantic lake that is home to swans, the city’s central park has long been an area where Leopolitan artistic types have headed to for inspiration. Hosting international exhibitions, a greenhouse, and a children’s area, Stryisky Park remains one of Europe’s most peaceful and beautiful parks. It’s especially popular among students of the nearby Ukrainian Catholic University (17 Iliarona Svjentsitskoho St.) and eventgoers at that

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institution’s sparkling, new Sheptytsky Centre (2A Kozelnytska St.). If you ever need to get away, just head over to Stryisky Park.

10. RAISE A GLASS AT THE LVIV BEER MUSEUM While Lviv is rightly known as one of Europe’s coffee capitals, the city also boasts a rich history in the brewing of a different kind of drink altogether – beer.

Dating back to a popular monastery brew in 1715, the Lvivske brand today is one of Ukraine’s most popular.

Featuring its omnipresent 1715 blend, its popular series of Robert Doms brews, and a rich holiday ‘Rizdvyany’ drink, the company has a flavour to match any beer-lover’s tastes. While the company is yet to offer tours of the actual brewery, there is a popular Lvivarnya Beer Cultural Experience Centre (18 Kleparivska St.) tour that includes a tasting. Tracing the history of brewing from ancient Egypt to medieval Europe to Polish Lviv to the modern day, you can end your tour with an elegant meal in the site’s renovated beer hall. Craft brew lovers should stop by Pravda Beer Theatre (32 Rynok Sq.) to check out one of Ukraine’s most popular craft brands and catch some live music, while many restaurants offer tinctures like ‘meduvukha’ or ‘nalewka’, with Lviv’s Drunk Cherry (11 Rynok Sq.) liqueur being wildly popular.

11. TAKE A RIDE ON ONE OF LVIV’S LEGENDARY TRAMS Where would Lviv be without its beloved trams?

One of the first cities in the Austro-Hungarian Empire to adopt the tram, the popular mode

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EXPLORING LVIV of transportation has a history as rich as the city itself. It has inspired countless artistic representations – from incredible murals of the trolleys travelling through the city centre to legendary Leopolitan a cappella group Pikkardiska Tertsiya’s popular hit ‘The Old Tramway’, a trip to the Western Ukrainian capital is not complete until you take a ride on the ‘old tramway’ yourself. Much like the city itself, the tram continues to modernise. Why not check out Lviv’s first fast tram route to Sykhiv aboard a carriage built at Lviv’s-own Elektrotrans? Or, for a bit more history, stop by Lviv’s LEM Station (57 Dmytra Vitovskoho St.), housed in the former tram depot at Sakharova and Vitovskoho streets. Hosting many of Lviv’s cultural initiatives, the building is currently being renovated to its former glory.

12. PAINT THE TOWN RED AT LVIV’S MOST POPULAR NIGHTCLUBS While Lviv’s top clubs, pubs, and restaurants can change at a dizzying pace, there are some that have stood the test of time better than others. None is more popular than Kryjivka (located “somewhere on Rynok Square®”), which with more than one million visitors a year could be Europe’s busiest restaurant. Themed as the last hideout from the WWII-era Ukrainian Patriotic Army, it’s best to go with locals – who will make sure that no ‘saboteurs’ are in your midst… For a nightcap, it’s best to check the latest issue of Lviv Today to see what hotspots are hopping each month, but !FESTRepublic Club (24–26 Staroznesenska St.) and the Malevich Concert Arena & Night Club (2 Chornovola Ave.) are two of the most reliable venues for hot contemporary acts and Lviv’s most bumping dance floors.

13. GET YOUR RETRO ON AT THE LEOPOLIS GRAND PRIX – 29–31 MAY If retro is your thing, then be sure to get all revved up for the Leopolis Grand Prix. While Lviv knows how to retro with the best of them – be sure to check out the inimitable Lviv Retro Day during the Lviv City Day celebrations in early May – perhaps the most popular is the city’s retro car race through the city centre. Meant to mark they heyday of Ukrainian automobile culture when Lviv hosted the top-level Lwow Grand Prix from 1930-33, the festival now draws hundreds of retro car lovers who show off their vehicles and race through the notoriously-difficult historic track around the ‘Lviv Triangle’ (from Vitovskoho to I. Franko to Stryiska and Maidan Heroes). So, grab your leather bomber, slide on your best Ivy cap, and flip that scarf back like you’re a WWI pilot – and enjoy the retro ride of a lifetime.

14. GET YOUR GROOVE ON AT THE LEOPOLIS JAZZ FEST – 25–29 JUNE Is there a bigger event in Ukraine than Lviv’s annual Leopolis Jazz Fest? More than just being one of the biggest festivals in Ukraine, the jewel of Lviv’s summer calendar has been recognised as one of the finest jazz festivals in all of Europe by publications like UK’s The Guardian. Each year the programme features hundreds of the world’s top jazz musicians, like Diana Krall, Chick Corea, Herbie

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Hancock, Bobby McFerrin, and Kenny Barron. With stages in the historic city centre, outside the majestic Potocki Palace (15 Kopernyka St.), and on the main stage at B. Khmelnytsky Culture & Recreaction Park (4 Bolharska St.), as well as jam sessions and autograph signings throughout the city, the city’s biggest festival attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. Simply put, if there is one thing to see in Lviv in 2020 it’s our incredible Leopolis Jazz Fest.

15. GET YOUR CHIC ON AT THE LVIV FASHION WEEK Ukraine has carved out a reputation as being home to some of the most beautiful women and most talented artists in the entire world, so when Lviv Fashion Week rolls around, it’s the city’s chance to shine.

Among the most glitzy and glamorous of any of Lviv’s festivals, the twice-a-year Lviv Fashion Week allows some of the region’s top fashion designers to parade their newest seasonal lines at some of Lviv’s finest venues. From the D. Halytskyii International Airport to Potocki Palace to swanky restaurants and art galleries, the haute couture lifestyle of Lviv’s jet set is on display for all to see. If you happen to be in town in spring, you might want to check out the annual Miss Lviv pageant at the Opera & Ballet Theatre, where many of Lviv’s finest young ladies compete to represent the region at the annual Miss Ukraine pageant. As an official sponsor of both events, keep reading Lviv Today for more information prior to the 2020 events.

16. CELEBRATE LVIV’S MULTICULTURAL HERITAGE AT THE ETNOVYR FOLK FESTIVAL – 20–24 AUGUST Having been part of three separate empires in the century before gaining independence in 1991, it’s no surprise that Lviv knows how to celebrate its multicultural past. The city simply doesn’t do it better than during the Etnovyr Folk Festival, held each August to coincide with Ukrainian Independence Day (August 24). One of the city’s most colourful festivals, Etnovyr features vibrant performances of international ensembles, wonderful parades through the historic city centre, tasty presentations of national cuisine, song and dance workshops, and evenings of friendship. If you want to discover Lviv’s wonderful multicultural life, this is the event to visit!

17. ENJOY A LEGENDARY BREW AT THE LVIV COFFEE FESTIVAL – SEPTEMBER In Lviv, coffee is a religion. So, surely the Lviv Coffee Festival is one of the can’t-miss events on Lviv’s 2020 calendar. One of the “Coffee Capitals of Europe”, the city toasts its beaned brew with Ukraine’s biggest coffee celebration each year.

Over 150,000 visitors take in a wide variety of caffeine-infused events each year, which is capped off by the naming of Lviv’s Best Coffeehouse. You may want to start out at the Lviv Coffee Mining Manufacture (10 Rynok Sq.), where you can not only learn how to brew a proper cup, but also see where coffee is mined! You can always finish off at any of Lviv’s award-winning cafés, like the cultural institution that is Dzyga (35 Virmenska St.) or the historic Virmenka (19 Virmenska St.).

18. CATCH THE CARNIVAL AT THE GOLDEN LION INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL – SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER Perhaps the oldest theatrical festival in all of Eastern Europe, Lviv’s Golden Lion International Theatre Festival has been transforming Lviv’s cobblestone streets into a carnival each autumn for over 30 years. Attracting many of Europe’s top theatrical groups each year, the festival has become one of the hottest theatre events on the continent. Performers take over the streets and squares of the city centre, offering an unforgettable European experience. Be sure to check out a show at Lviv’s iconic Italian Courtyard (6 Rynok Square) for a taste of Shakespeare’s Verona right here in Western Ukraine!

19. INDULGE YOUR SWEET TOOTH AT THE LVIV CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL – OCTOBER For those with a serious sweet tooth, no festival in the city is more highly-anticipated than the wonderful Lviv Chocolate Festival. Known worldwide for its rich chocolate and its ancient chocolate-making traditions, the festival is a fine celebration of Lviv’s most popular treat. With a chocolate goods fair, workshops led by professional chocolatiers, chocolate-making demonstrations and contests, and an incredible chocolate sculpture exhibition, the festival has something for everyone. Why not get started over at the popular Lviv Handmade Chocolate (3 Serbska St.) restaurant, where you can see how the rich delicacy is made and try out the tasty treat yourself.

And as the festival happens over the Valentine’s Day holiday, maybe bring your special love over to the Kissing Spot (5 Katedralna Sq.) for an extra ‘sweet’ moment.

20. ENJOY THE WORLD’S LONGEST HOLIDAY SEASON IN LVIV – 19 DECEMBER – 14 JANUARY When you celebrate the world’s longest holiday season – nearly a full month from mid-December to mid-January – you can be sure there are plenty of events to catch. Leopolitans and guests of the city are sure to take in the romantic Christmas market (Rynok Square & Svoboda Ave.), with many revelers enjoying a glass of gluhwein under the majestic Christmas Tree with Lviv’s iconic Opera & Ballet Theatre in the background. There are events for everyone – Catholic Christmas at many of the city’s cathedrals, Ukrainian Christmas at Shevchenkivskyi Hai, Malanka (Old New Year’s) parades through the city centre, the Koliady (Christmas carols) Festival, the tasty Pampukh (donut) Festival, or even just ice skating outside Lviv City Hall in our UNESCO-recognised historical centre. Leopolitan clubs offer special themed evenings, while our theatres have seasonal concerts and shows. With ice sculpting competitions, appearances by St. Nicholas, and the always popular Parade of the Christmas Star, there simply is no better or more romantic place in Europe to celebrate the holiday season.

Lee Reaney LVIV TODAY | January 2020

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