«Donbass Arena» – opened!
And here,
one of these days the first is officially opened in Ukraine and 23 all over the world – a football complex «Donbass Arena». Have enclosed in this beauty not much, and 400 million dollars. Money in this football complex was invested by one of the richest people of Ukraine – Rinat Ahmetov (the owner of Ukrainian football club “Shahter”).
The name has been thought up also by it. After all the city “Donbass” is its native land.
Built arena since 2006, and this year it is already finished and starts to receive visitors. The world singer – Beyonce was the first star after the politicians which foot has stepped in the field. It even has changed the schedule of the world round what to get on stadium opening. But such pleasure has managed to Ukraine in 2 million dollars. It is the sum of the fee whic
Borispol hotel
This
hotel has the highest advantages in foreign tourists welcome in comparison with other hotels. After all, you alight from the plane and you haven’t reserved a hotel beforehand, you’ll be offered to settle in hotel «Borispol». As this hotel is situated not far from the most powerful airport of Ukraine «Borispol». But how this comfort justified? Let’s try to analyze.
The hotel has a category of «three stars». It not much but not enough. All the more the hotel got this category in 2007, not so long ago, you will consent. For that time hotels and comfort service had already got enough high requirements.
Building of the hotel consists of 5 floors and has enough impressive hall. It did not make impression on me outside, but inside everything is made neatly and comfortably. Stop place of circular taxi is near the hotel. But, I don’t think that it can be as advantage. As you are a fo
Airport “Borispol”
There are only
6 international airports in Ukraine. They are situated in the largest cities of Ukraine: Kiev, Donetsk, Odessa, Simferopol’.
“Air-port Boryspol” is the most popular and wide-known Ukrainian air-port.
Recently, air-port has been celebrated fiftieth anniversary. It was changed to the “civil air-port” in 1959. Before that it was military. Only after 1959, there was Ukrainian civil fleet “Kiev”, which began to make not soldiery flights.
During 50 years, air-port was so much perfected and changed. Now it is a modern complex which bears legally name «Air gate to Ukraine»
Air-port Boryspol consists of three terminals: A, B, C (terminal “D” is practically finished).
Terminal “A” – meets guests which travel through the territory of Ukraine. It is used only for internal air flights
Odessa/Potemkin Stairs
Probably
every third tourist who has arrived to Ukraine wants to visit this well-known city. Odessa is famous for the seaside resorts, and in Odessa people are notable for mentality and unusual sense of humour.
It is possible boldly to say that Odessa is a country in a country, but not a city of Ukraine. There are even anecdotes on the subject of Windows and Odessa:
When you open a new document it is named after: “Here’s to you”
When you call up the question-answering system it is always appeared instruction how to prepare stuffed fish.
After Windows loading it is appeared inscription: “Thank’s for God, I’ve loaded and during 15 minutes a melody “Seven forty” is playing, which cannot be neither stop nor cancel.
On the subject of humour, it is necessary to visit Odessa, and to see every
Kiev’s taxi or how not to overpay
A question
of this article is about the most popular and knowable transport – taxi. By the example of Kiev, I will tell you how to take a taxi correctly and not to overpay.
As well as in any other country, taxi is the most universal and rapid kind movement. It does not concern megapolises, where jams are in a length of a few kilometers. Kiev, thanks for God, it is not such megapolis.
There are two types of taxis in Kiev. The first one is a taxi which have controller’s base, and automobiles equipped with portable radio transmitters, and the second one –«rooks». It is proprietors of own auto which want to earn additionally.
To order taxi, it is possible by phone. Thus, a controller will report you a fare beforehand, in accordance with the route. When a «rook» offer you a cost on the basis of the personal motives. It is possible to bargain with a rook, and




