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Wildlife experience in Polissya woods Selezivka, Zhytomyr Oblast – Several moose calmly grazed beside the road. To our surprise, they weren’t startled by us getting out of the car to take a closer look.
Jan 20 at 01:38 | Vlad Lavrov
A landmark  since 1939 closes Tearful loyal customers and sales assistants milled around amid half-empty shelves on the last working day of Kyiv’s Central Department Store, or TsUM, before it closed for more than two years of reconstruction, starting Feb. 1.
Feb 2 at 23:15 | Oksana Faryna
Kyiv’s women rated as world’s most beautiful This will not come as news to people who live here, but Kyiv's women have just been rated as the world's most beautiful.
3 days ago at 00:51 | Brian Bonner
Food Critic: Help me, I’m your customer As a single person who isn’t good at cooking and who has an empty refrigerator on most days, I am frequently at restaurants or cafes and sometimes at groceries around Kyiv.
Jan 22 at 20:57 | Brian Bonner
A stand-up idea in the workplace Ernest Hemingway and Nikolay Gogol would be pleased.

Both literary classics liked working while standing up at a special desk, and modern office workers are starting to realize that their habit made a lot of sense for health reasons.
Jan 26 at 23:36 | Olga Rudenko
Food Critic: Help me, I’m your customer As a single person who isn’t good at cooking and who has an empty refrigerator on most days, I am frequently at restaurants or cafes and sometimes at groceries around Kyiv.

While the city’s offerings have improved greatly since the first time I was in Kyiv 16 years ago, service is still stuck in the slow lane in too many places.
Jan 19 at 23:46 | Brian Bonner
Night Owl: Find your comfy sofa at Divan This hybrid place breaks stereotypes.
Jan 19 at 23:23 | Oksana Grytsenko
Anna Karenina in dance If a choreographer takes on the challenge of putting Leo Tolstoy’s novel into a ballet, he risks keeping the viewers stuck in the theater for months if he doesn’t do it right.
Jan 19 at 23:05 | Mariya Manzhos
The ultimate guide to movies for 2012 This year you won’t be able to stay away from the movie theaters. It just won’t happen. After all, who could resist so many superheroes coming to life, all the timeless classics and modern bestsellers coming on the big screens?

And finally, why even try to resist finding out how on Earth that Ring of Power ended up in Bilbo Baggins’ hobbit-sized pocket?

The Kyiv Post brings you the list of the most exciting movies to expect this year. Look out for schedules later in the year.
Jan 26 at 22:21 | Olga Rudenko
Eastern European cuisine: No longer just for peasants TORONTO – Pyrohy, those mouth-watering dumplings stuffed with potato, cabbage and mushrooms, are gradually making the transition from peasant staple to high cuisine.
Feb 2 at 23:00 | Natalia A. Feduschak
Yanukovych hijacks space meant for social advertising While Ukrainian nongovernmental organizations struggle to get their message on billboards about hepatitis, HIV-AIDS, orphans, the dangers of smoking and other critical social issues, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has no problems getting his smiling face plastered over hundreds of big boards.
Jan 20 at 00:16 | Alyona Zhuk
The long-awaited Red Hot Chili Peppers Seven months might normally be a bit too long of a notice for a concert, but not for the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Jan 19 at 23:18 | Mariya Manzhos
World Traveler: A magical destination in Turkey For most Ukrainians, a Turkish vacation means a packaged tour with the all-inclusive meal option, day-long sunbathing with hundreds of other Ukrainians and wild clubbing at night.
Jan 26 at 23:25 | Mariya Manzhos
This Robert Burns fell in love with Ukraine through a camera lens He laughs when people ask about his name. “It is my real name. Why would it not be?” says the gray-haired Robert Burns. The namesake of a great Scottish bard who lived 200 years ago, theis modern-day Burns has been a photographer and a fine art printer for more than 55 years.
Jan 20 at 00:21 | Daryna Shevchenko
Mandalas and meditation Imagine your problems fading away after staring at a colorful circle adorned with diagrams, flowers and shapes.
Feb 2 at 22:19 | Mariya Manzhos