Kaniv

Excellent "skansen" or outdoor folk museum, easily done as a day-trip from central Kyiv. For more, see Central Ukraine

Covering 160 ha, the area shows how people used to live in different parts of Ukraine. Six restored rural Ukrainian villages, with old huts, wooden mills and churches from all over Ukraine have been carefully restored and function as living museums. English-speaking (sort of) guides with expertise on the whole site are available and well worth-it. Ukrainians come on sunny days to relax in the grass.

For more, see Central Ukraine

The perfect place for a stroll in any season. There are unique floristic complexes on 130 hectares: "Forests of the plain part of Ukraine", "Ukrainian Carpathians", "Steppes of Ukraine", "Crimea", "Caucasus", "Central Asia", the "Altai and Western Siberia", "Far East".

About 10,000 German soldiers are buried here, after the battles around Kyiv in 1941 and 1944.

A fairly large museum, starting with World War II, going through Nazi occupation until Ukraine's independence. The monument is 92 m tall, and for 200 ₴ ($6) you can take an elevator to the middle of it, and climb all the way to the top of the statue to enjoy the beautiful view of Kyiv from over there. The museum is at the base of the massive statue of Mother Ukraine. While the displays are mostly in Ukrainian. The museum has laminated cards in each room with varying languages including English, German and French. The museum also offers guided tours in several languages.