Dnipro

Dnipro sits on a wide bend of the river and has built its public life along the water: the embankment runs for kilometres and is among the longest river promenades in Europe. The city was closed to foreigners in the Soviet period because it built rockets, and the Yuzhmash works and a space museum remain from that. The Transfiguration cathedral of 1830 stands on the hill, and the historical museum holds a notable collection of stone steppe figures.

What you actually see

• The embankment - a river promenade running for kilometres along the Dnipro.
• The stone figures - Polovtsian and Scythian steppe statues at the historical museum.
• The Transfiguration cathedral - the 1830 neoclassical cathedral on the hill.
• The Menorah centre - a large Jewish community complex, among the biggest anywhere.

When to go

May to September is the best for the embankment and the river. Museums close on Mondays. Winters are cold with wind off the water.

Honest expectations

The city is spread out and sights are far apart. Much of the centre is Soviet-era fabric. Museum labelling is in Ukrainian.

Nearby

Petrykivka is northwest, and Khortytsia is downstream at Zaporizhzhia.