Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Opening Hours
Business hours can be hard to pin down in Ukraine. A rule of thumb is that unless an es-
tablishment has anything to do with the state, it's normally open when most people are
around. Lunch breaks (1pm to 2pm or 2pm to 3pm) are an all-too-common throwback to
Soviet days. Sunday closing is rare.
Banks
9am-5pm Monday to Friday
Shops
9am-9pm
Restaurants
11am-11pm
Cafes
9am-10pm
Bars & Clubs
10pm-3am
Sights
9am-5pm or 6pm, closed at least one day a week
Post
The national postal service is run by
Ukrposhta
(
www.ukrposhta.com
) .
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Sending a postcard or a letter of up to 20g costs 4uah to anywhere outside Ukraine.
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Major post offices (
poshta
or
poshtamt
) are open from around 8am to 9pm weekdays,
and 9am to 7pm on Saturday.
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Smaller post offices close earlier and are not open on Saturday.
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Outward mail is fairly reliable, but you should always send things
avia
(airmail).
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Mail takes about a week or less to reach Europe, and two to three weeks to the USA or
Australia.
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Take packages to the post office unwrapped, so their contents can be verified.
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The state-run International Express Mail (EMS) is available at most main post offices.
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Incoming post is still quite unreliable.
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DHL and FedEx have offices throughout Ukraine; rates are astronomical.
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The privately owned
Nova Poshta
(
www.novaposhta.ua
)
is an efficient branch-to-
branch alternative to the state-run Ukrposhta.
