Kharkiv
Kharkiv is a major city in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine and is the second largest city in Ukraine with a population of over 1.5 million inhabitants. Wikivoyage
Population 1,421,125 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Ukraine
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Museum-Planetarium "Kharkiv Space" Museum · 250 m -
Kharkiv Municipal Gallery Museum · 560 m -
Kharkiv Zoo Zoo · 590 m -
M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum Museum · 610 m -
Mirror Stream Attraction · 400 m - 50 Parallel Attraction · 410 m
- Fountain The Mirror Stream Attraction · 420 m
- Monument to Academician of Architecture O.M. Beketov Memorial · 490 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Victory Day
May
May 9, an openair exhibition of the WW II military equipment takes place. A solemn procession of veterans marches down Sumska Street to the Memorial of Glory in Lissopark (Woodland Park)
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Kharkiv); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
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Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 22 places to eatSomewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.