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and 5pm (adult/child 50/25uah). There is also a shop selling good quality sportwear with
Dynamo insignia.
Shopping
Around major sights, especially on Andriyvsky uzviz, there is no shortage of souvenir
stalls selling
matryoshka
, Soviet army hats and a million kinds of 'this lousy T-shirt'. A
bottle to bring home would be that of
horilka
(vodka), available at any foodstore.
Roshen
SOUVENIRS
(vul Starovokzalna 21; 8am-9pm; Vokzalna)
On the sweet-tooth front, there is nothing
more symbolic than Kyivsky Tort
,
a nutty, layered sponge cake sold in circular cardboard
cartons. Its main producer has a chain of immaculate shops, including this one by the
train station and another outlet at
vul Kreshchatyk 29
(
8am-10pm)
. They are filled to
the top shelf with all kinds of sweets.
Experiment 12
ARTS & CRAFTS
(
www.creativespace12.com
;
prov Mykhaylivsky 10; 10am-7pm; Zoloti Vorota)
A showroom
of modern Ukrainian design, where you can buy random objects - from lamps to plates
or clothes - produced by aspiring Ukrainian artists. Comes with a nice cafe.
Kyivsky Vedmedik
CHILDREN
(
http://vedmedyk.com.ua
; vul Sahaydachnoho 6A; 8am-10pm Mon-Fri, 11am-10pm Sat & Sun;
Poshtova pl)
This tiny shop, which comes with an even tinier cafe, sells handmade
teddy bears, produced by Ukrainian artists. Some bears are just cute, some are dressed as
Cossacks, some look like they hail from outlying galaxies.
Petrivka Market
MARKET
(pr Moskovsky; 8am-6pm; Petrivka)
Locals call it the 'book market', but you can get a
vast array of junk here. It's also Kyiv's main receptacle of DVDs, CDs and software of
questionable legitimacy.
Kartografia
MAPS
(vul Chervonoarmiyska 69;
Olympiyska)
A good selection of maps can be found in this
centrally located shop.
