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period on the Post Office Column. Global TV networks were back for the Eurovision
song contest and the Euro 2012 football (soccer) championships.
Come to Maydan during the weekend. Get some snacks in the underground shopping
mall, sit by the fountain and watch Ukrainians in their own element. Will they start
singing or mutinying? You never know.
Khreshchatyk
STREET
( Khreshchatyk)
Always filled with promenading crowds, the city's main drag is named
after a river, which these days runs underneath, enclosed in an underground pipe. During
WWII the retreating Soviet army mined the buildings here, turning them into deadly
booby traps for any German soldiers setting foot inside. Most places exploded or caught
fire, which is why it had to be rebuilt in the current Stalinesque style.
Khreshchatyk is at its best during weekends, when it's closed to traffic and becomes a
giant pedestrian zone. Getting gussied up and strolling Khreshchatyk is Kyivans' No 1
pastime.
