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Daydreaming About Odessa’s Soho: The Revival Of The ‘Devolanovsky’ Descent

For decades, the Devolansky Descent (or the ‘Ditch’), the long street stretching from the foot of the port to the plaza about a kilometer...

Where To Ski In Ukraine: Beyond The Carpathians

A short guide to hitting the slopes in Ukraine.  Ukraine is fortunate in that her territory offers great variety of every sort for the nature...

An Interview With Ivan Liptuga, Odessa’s Tourism Guru

Odessa Review: What methods of attracting foreign tourism to Odessa do you envision for 2016? Ivan Liptuga: There are many ways of attracting tourists, and...

Theater On Podil: A Controversial Facet Of The Ukrainian Architectural Revival

The newly built Podil Theater building has proven to be quite controversial with it’s modernist exterior making many observers quite unhappy. If nothing else,...

Natalya Piro: Face of Ukrainian Fashion Week

The fact that Odessa is home to some of the the most beautiful girls in the world is no secret. Yet even by the...

LenMar | Restaurant located in the Hotel Duke

This June 6th, the LenMar restaurant located inside the lobby of the five-star Hotel Duke will be celebrating it’s two year anniversary. Like any...

Ukrainian Fashion Bonanza Dispatch #6: Sunglasses and More Glitter

This is the sixth in a series of fashion show dispatches by Maria Romanenko and the fourth from Ukrainian Fashion Week, which began on...

My Odessa: Zhanna Kiseleva

My choice of a favorite spot in Odessa is prosaic — it’s 5a Oleshi Street, and I live here. This used to be quarantine...

An Urban Expedition To Madrid: Small Steps To Active Communities

To discover Madrid through the prism of its social initiatives and to obtain a much deeper understanding of its dynamics and culture, its social...

Is Ze’ev Volkov The Antidote To Modern Tourism?

The expert guide to Jewish Ukraine says it's not the sites that are important, but how we reflect on them.  If you want to learn...