Khust-Lviv by car

From Khust (Chust, Хусе) Ukraine it’s better to drive via Mukachevo and then take E471/W06 road to Lviv.
Mukachevo-Lviv is one of the best roads throgh the Carpathian Mountains.

50% discount for apartments in Lviv on 19-20 December 2009

Apartments in Lviv - discountOn 19 – 20 December, 2009 Lviv city council together with representatives of tourism industry in Lviv set up a project called “Weekend in Lviv at half price”. The project includes a number of services ready to be provided by the tourism branch of Lviv at 50% discount (accommodation, meals, city tours, museums and leisure activities).

“InLviv” tour operator wants to make the contribution by [...]

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THE UKRAINIANS AT THE START OF THE THIRD MILLENNIUM

5х521 October, 5:00 p.m.

Gallery-PhotoClub “Ch/B.5×5” /White/Black 5 x5 (corner of street Brothers of Rogatinciv and areas of Koliivschini)

Art Project “Ch/B.5×5” proposes the exhibitions of known Ukrainian & foreign photo-artists, monochromatic format. Each exhibition consists of five large-format contemporary photo works exhibited on the facade of an ancient building ,located just in the heart of the medieval city and five conceptually related works are exposed in the interior of the PhotoClub [...]

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IX International Festival Jazz Bez

Jazz-Bez

4 – 13 December , 2009

Each one year the first snow inaugurates the beginning of December & the Festival “JazzBez” and the last one is used to expand in time and space.

The IX International Festival “Jazz Bez” will last for ten days from 4 to 13 December. It will present a variety of jazz, experimental and improvised music of known and recognized groups and new projects of the prominent [...]

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Free Lviv guided tour in English

On Sunday 27 September 2009, at 12am, “Inlviv” invites you to join the walking tour in the Lviv city center with our English speaking guide free of charge.

The meeting place is near the main entrance to the Lviv Opera Theatre.
If you plan to join the tour, please confirm by e-mail or by tel. 8032 272 8001, www.inlviv.info.
Our guide will be there with a sign “Tourist Information”.

The tour will [...]

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The art. exhibition “Ivan Rutkovych. Zhovkva Iconostasis (1697-1699)”

arhangel_120The art. exhibition “Ivan Rutkovych. Zhovkva Iconostasis (1697-1699)” will open in the Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv (20 Svobody Ave.) on September, 11 2009 at 4:00 p.m.

For the first time all the superb icons and some decorative carvings forming the ensemble of the iconostasis from the Nativity Church in Zhovkva (Lviv region) will be shown to the public. The exhibition will run till November, 8 2009.

Visitors will not only enjoy the [...]

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Lviv is the cultural capital of Ukraine

Lviv cultural capitalLviv Has Been Recognized As The Cultural Capital Of Ukraine 2009

On the 28th of April 2009, Lviv has been recognized as the cultural capital of Ukraine. This status award was given based on expert research of The State service of tourism and resorts and “The Council on tourism and resorts issues”. The main reasons of such obtaining is the conducting of more than 100 festivals annually, 60 museums, [...]

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Training courses on restoring historical doors (bramas) in Lviv

Lviv implementing a project to refresh historical areas ahead of UEFA EURO 2012. Training courses on restoring historical doors (bramas) have started in Lviv. The trainings are conducted by German experts dealing with joinery.

In the course of ten days they will be demonstrating, in practice, restoration of two entrance doors on the renowned Rynok Square in Lviv downtown being a typical example of the local architecture of the late 18th – early 19th centuries, including [...]

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Week of Contemporary Art in Lviv, 2009

Grand art project «Tyzhden’ / Week of Contemporary Art» will take place in L’viv.
Ukraine, L’viv, August 28 – September 6, 2009

From August 28 to September 6, an extremely significant event in the contemporary artistic life of Ukraine, the Project «Tyzhden’ / Week of Contemporary Art, will take place in L’viv for the second time. This grand project will be held with the goal to promote & develop both Ukrainian and International contemporary art. Entrance to all events will be free of charge.

Last year, the successful [...]

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Some Lviv photos

Rus’ka Str, Lviv

Dominican Church, Lviv