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Lviv Old Town

Ukraine Lvivska Lviv

Lviv Old Town
Photo: Lestat (Jan Mehlich), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A UNESCO-listed old town of churches, cafés and cobbled streets in western Ukraine, with influences from Polish, Austrian, Jewish and Armenian communities. The Rynok Square, with its town hall tower, is surrounded by colourful houses. The city is famous for coffee houses and chocolate.


See the Lychakiv Cemetery and the Opera House. Because of the war, most governments advise against travel to Ukraine; check your government's travel advice before going.

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