Attractions of Chernivtsi

The "new" Rus (that is, Ruthenian - Ukrainian) church of Saint Nicholas was built by architects Valter Shtyubkhen-Kirkhner, Yozef Lener and Virdzhyl Ionesku, modeled on the masterpiece of Romanian medieval architecture - the mid-14th century royal church in Kurtya-de-Ardzhesh.

It is nicknamed the "drunken church" for its original "twisted" baths.

During Soviet times, the Nicholas Church remained active (it was the cathedral and the residence of the bishop), thanks to which the original interior was preserved.

It is now used by parishioners of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The wooden church of Saint Nicholas is the oldest building in Chernivtsi (restored after a fire in 1992). An architectural monument of national importance.

It is made in the typical Bukovyna log cabin (so-called cottage) style.

The Saint Nicholas Church is active and belongs to the parish of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The Interactive Science Museum of the Small Academy of Sciences of Ukraine opened in Chernivtsi in 2022 in the Boyanivka Shopping and Entertainment Center. This is the first regional state Museum of the Small Academy of Sciences.

The main feature of science museums is that visitors interact with all the exhibits, explore the essence of physical, chemical and biological phenomena and learn how science works in real life. It is forbidden NOT to touch the exhibits here.

For research experiments, the science museum offers more than 100 exhibits, which are combined into four thematic zones. Most of the museum's exhibition space is made up of exhibits from the Small Academy of Sciences and partners from the German museum TECHNOZEUM (Mannheim).

In the Nature zone, you can feel like a participant in an expedition, plunge into the world of ancient animals and plants, conduct interesting research with traces and determine the age of a wide variety of tree species by their rings trunks.

The "Human" space reveals the details of the principles of the human body, allows you to explore the human skull, brain, heart, nervous system and skin, and examine the structure of the eye and ear.

"Physics" is one of the most saturated areas of the museum. Here, visitors can see a perpetual motion machine, a lunaphone, a noise meter, which will allow you to scream and simultaneously check the volume of your voice. You can also view X-rays and try on a pregnancy vest.

Thanks to the "Optical Illusions" exhibition, visitors can become part of the visual illusion created by the Ames room, look through a mirror maze or learn about the principles of the kaleidoscope.

The house at the intersection of Holovna and Sholom-Aleykhema streets, which resembles a ship in shape (in the Bukovyna dialect, "ship" is from the German schiff). The narrowed facade resembles the nose of a ship, the open area on the second floor is a deck, and the tower above the roof is a mast or pipe.

Urban legend says that the house was built by a local entrepreneur for his sailor brother, who was called to return home after many years of traveling across distant seas.

The Museum of TV and Radio Technics was opened in 2024 by the "Suspilne Chernivtsi" branch of the National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (NPBU) for the centenary of Ukrainian Radio. It is dedicated to the history of radio and television in Bukovyna.

The exposition of the museum consists of several blocks, divided into different periods of development of television and radio. Presented are studio cameras and film cameras for on-site filming, editing tables and tape recorders used by Chernivtsi television broadcasters from the 1960s to the 2000s. In the photos, you can see moments of the work process of creating TV programs, local TV presenters of different times, journalists, operators, participants and guests of TV programs.

One of the main exhibits is the grand piano, on which Volodymyr Ivasyuk performed his first works for recording phonograms. It was under him that the first recordings of "Chervona Ruta" and "Vodohray" were made.

In order to visit the museum, it is necessary to sign up for tours in advance via e-mail.

The building of the Ukrainian People's House in Chernivtsi has been a center of national culture for over a hundred years.

The date 1884 is indicated on the facade - the year of foundation of the Ukrainian society "People's House". A two-story building was built for it in 1899.

The Ukrainian community in Chernivtsi has always been one of the largest. By the end of the 19th century it was inferior in number only to the Jewish one. Before the First World War, an active process of revival of the Ukrainian language and the national identity of Bukovyna Ruthenians, who recognized themselves as Ukrainians, took place in the city.

In the premises of the People's House, Ukrainian societies operated, periodicals were published, solemn events and meetings with outstanding figures of Ukrainian culture were held. Lesya Ukrayinka, Mykhaylo Hrushevsky, Ivan Franko and others performed here.

Now the building also belongs to the "Ukrainian People's House in Chernivtsi" society.

Since 2004, the Literary and Memorial Museum of the outstanding writer Yuriy Fedkovych has been located in Chernivtsi in the building where he spent the last years of his life at the end of the 19th century and also edited the Bukovyna newspaper.

In the memorial room, the interior of the newspaper editorial office, Fedkovych's workplace, is reproduced. The room-apartment presents the writer's personal belongings, his desk-bureau, early editions of outstanding works of art, musical instruments, and household items.

In the literary exhibition of the museum, the life and creative path of Yuriy Fedkovych, as well as the public and pedagogical activities of the writer, are widely covered.