20 Things to do in Lviv, Ukraine Travel Guide
Join us as we visit Lviv, Ukraine in this travel guide covering the top things to do in the city in terms of attractions. Lviv city (Львів) has a very different feel from Kiev and we found ourselves enjoying wandering around and getting lost in the historic city centre, sipping on cafes and eating both traditional Ukrainian meals as well as International Food. Come find out what makes Lviv a must-stop destination for those traveling in Ukraine.
20 Things to do in Lviv City Tour | Ukraine Travel Guide:
Intro - 00:01
1) Post Office Cafe for breakfast in the Old Town (Poshta na Drukarskiy) - 00:31
2) Armenian Cathedral Armenian Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary (Armenian: Հայկական տաճար, Ukrainian: Вірменський собор, Polish: Katedra ormiańska) - 01:11
3) Transfiguration Church (Преображенська церква) - 01:33
4) Dominican church and monastery (Church of Holy Communion - Домініканський костел і монастир) - 01:51
5) Used Books Market - 02:15
6) Ukrainian Orthodox Dormition Church (Успенська церква) - 02:44
7) Bell Tower at Lviv Town Hall for views of Lviv city- 03:03
8) International food scene in Lviv eating Sushi at yaponaHata - 04:09
9) Bernardine Church - 05:17
10) Latin Cathedral (Лати́нський собо́р - Katedra Łacińska) - 05:25
11) Jesuit Church - 05:29
12) Souvenir Market in Lviv for shopping - 06:11
13) Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet (Львівська оперa - Opera Lwowska) - 06:21
14) Traditional Ukrainian Food at Seven Piggies (Сім поросят) - 06:30
15) Lviv Historical Museum - 08:13
16) Weaponry Museum at Lviv Arsenal - 08:50
17) Lviv Cat Cafe - 09:00
18) Toy Alley at Yard of Lost Toys - 10:23
19) Lviv Castle Hill or Lviv High Castle (Високий замок - Замкова гора - Wysoki Zamek) for the best views of Lviv - 10:41
20) Tram ride around Lviv (Львівський Трамвай) for transportation - 10:56
Outro - 11:11
Alternate spellings of Lviv (Львів) aside from Ukrainian:
Lwów (Polish)
Lemberg (German)
Leopolis (Spanish)
Lvov Львов (Russian)
Liov (Romanian)
לעמבערג (Yiddish)
GEAR WE USE
Olympus OM-D E-M5 II:
Canon G7X:
Olympus 14-150mm II Lens:
Rode Video Mic GO:
Joby Gorilla Pod:
SanDisk 16GB Extreme Pro:
SOCIAL MEDIA & TRAVEL BLOGS
AUDREY:
blog:
instagram:
facebook:
twitter:
SAMUEL:
blog:
facebook:
twitter:
instagram:
Our visit Lviv travel guide documentary covers some of the top attractions including a food guide (both local and international), top sightseeing tourist attractions and the city by day including visiting neighborhoods, churches, cathedrals, the city centre and museums. We also cover off-the-beaten-path outdoor activities you won't find in a typical Lviv tourism brochure, Lviv itinerary or Lviv, Ukraine city tour.
20 Things to do in Lviv, Ukraine Travel Guide Video Script:
Today’s video is all about our visit to Lviv. Having come straight from Kiev, Lviv offered a real change of scenery. The city was much smaller, more walkable, and it looked distinctly Central European. In some ways, it reminded us of a smaller version of Krakow or Prague, though a little rough around the edges. But enough about first impressions; let us actually show you around. In this video we’re going to take you on a grand tour of the city and highlight 20 things to do in Lviv on your next visit, so let’s get started.
Like in Kiev, we quickly discovered that Lviv is a city of churches, so our next stop was the Church of the Holy Communion. After our sushi lunch, we visited the Bernardine Church in the south end of the Old Town; followed by the Latin Cathedral, which sits in the southwest corner of Market Square; and finally the Jesuit Church, where we stumbled upon yet another wedding!
And that’s a wrap for our visit to Lviv, Ukraine. We found this to be a charming city with a completely different look and feel from Kiev, so we’re glad we added this stop to our itinerary. If you’re short on time, this is a great destination for a weekend escape.
If you have any other suggestions of cool things to do around Lviv, feel free to share those with fellow travellers in the comments below. Wishing you happy travels!
This is part of our Travel in Ukraine video series showcasing Ukrainian food, Ukrainian culture and Ukrainian cuisine.
Music by Simon More:
The Great Gildersleeve: Iron Reindeer / Christmas Gift for McGee / Leroy's Big Dog
The Great Gildersleeve (1941--1957), initially written by Leonard Lewis Levinson, was one of broadcast history's earliest spin-off programs. Built around Throckmorton Philharmonic Gildersleeve, a character who had been a staple on the classic radio situation comedy Fibber McGee and Molly, first introduced on Oct. 3, 1939, ep. #216. The Great Gildersleeve enjoyed its greatest success in the 1940s. Actor Harold Peary played the character during its transition from the parent show into the spin-off and later in a quartet of feature films released at the height of the show's popularity.
On Fibber McGee and Molly, Peary's Gildersleeve was a pompous windbag who became a consistent McGee nemesis. You're a haa-aa-aa-aard man, McGee! became a Gildersleeve catchphrase. The character was given several conflicting first names on Fibber McGee and Molly, and on one episode his middle name was revealed as Philharmonic. Gildy admits as much at the end of Gildersleeve's Diary on the Fibber McGee and Molly series (Oct. 22, 1940).
Premiering on August 31, 1941, The Great Gildersleeve moved the title character from the McGees' Wistful Vista to Summerfield, where Gildersleeve now oversaw his late brother-in-law's estate and took on the rearing of his orphaned niece and nephew, Marjorie (originally played by Lurene Tuttle and followed by Louise Erickson and Mary Lee Robb) and Leroy Forester (Walter Tetley). The household also included a cook named Birdie. Curiously, while Gildersleeve had occasionally spoken of his (never-present) wife in some Fibber episodes, in his own series the character was a confirmed bachelor.
In a striking forerunner to such later television hits as Bachelor Father and Family Affair, both of which are centered on well-to-do uncles taking in their deceased siblings' children, Gildersleeve was a bachelor raising two children while, at first, administering a girdle manufacturing company (If you want a better corset, of course, it's a Gildersleeve) and then for the bulk of the show's run, serving as Summerfield's water commissioner, between time with the ladies and nights with the boys. The Great Gildersleeve may have been the first broadcast show to be centered on a single parent balancing child-rearing, work, and a social life, done with taste and genuine wit, often at the expense of Gildersleeve's now slightly understated pomposity.
Many of the original episodes were co-written by John Whedon, father of Tom Whedon (who wrote The Golden Girls), and grandfather of Deadwood scripter Zack Whedon and Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog).
The key to the show was Peary, whose booming voice and facility with moans, groans, laughs, shudders and inflection was as close to body language and facial suggestion as a voice could get. Peary was so effective, and Gildersleeve became so familiar a character, that he was referenced and satirized periodically in other comedies and in a few cartoons.