Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
www.kult.lviv.ua
; vul Chaykovskoho 7; noon-2am)
This superb basement venue next to the
Philharmonia reverberates with live Ukrainian rock music every night of the week.
Shopping
Nash Format
SOUVENIRS
(
www.nashformat.ua
;
vul Brativ Rohatyntsiv 24; 10am-7pm Mon-Sat, from noon Sun)
If
salo
fridge magnets and made-in-Guangdong Hutsul mementos don't have you cracking open
your wallet, try this 'nationalist' souvenir boutique selling Ukrainian CDs and DVDs,
flags, topics and T-shirts emblazoned with Ukrainian/Lviv/nationalist/UPA symbols and
personalities (so perhaps not quite the attire for that train trip to the Donbas).
Outdoor Arts & Crafts Market
MARKET
(cnr vul Lesi Ukrainky & vul Teatralna; 10.30am-6pm)
Located opposite the Zankovetska
Theatre, this large market sells rugs, embroidered blouses, wooden
pysanky
(patterned
eggs)
,
woodcrafts, and lots of Soviet and prewar junk.
Shos Tsikave
ARTS & CRAFTS
(pl Rynok 13)
This tiny emporium is the antidote to Ukraine's souvenir industry and offers
one-of-a-kind handmade crafts, some produced by disabled children. It's buried deep be-
hind the facades on pl Rynok's southern flank - enter along the alleyway next to Lvivski
Plyatsky.
Iconart Gallery
ARTS & CRAFTS
(
www.iconart.com.ua
; vul Virmenska 26)
Small shop and adjoining gallery specialising in
high-quality modern twists on sacral art, including brightly coloured icons painted on
glass and aged lime wood. Many of the artists work as curators and restorers at the
nearby National Museum.
Opera Passage
MALL
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