tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42570301825256150182022-02-20T04:50:01.880-07:00Stories about Ternopil the picturesque city on the West of Ukraine, written by Maria Zawaski the freelance journalist; introductions of talented and creative people of Ternopil; virtual tour to the Ternopil's restaurants; Ukrainian fashion and embroidery; Ukrainian music, craft and arts; local customs and traditions; weather in Ternopil; web-cams of TernopilUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257030182525615018.post-58730371867571559492015-02-06T10:44:00.000-07:002015-05-08T14:50:22.923-06:00

The city of Ternopil got a picturesque man-made lake/pond downtown. Very rare city in the world has such an amazing feature. The lake is a favourite place for locals to relax and one of the main tourist attractions of Ternopil. In 1987, Ternopil was held a World Championship of powerboating. The World’s and European powerboating competitions and festivals in Ternopil keep continue in 2011,

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It might be absolutely regular day and it was look like nothing especially excited can happen to you in this calm city named Ternopil. But no! You are walking downtown and suddenly your eyes can catch something that makes your day; something like this “zebra” which looks so sensationally among other boring cars :) Yes, all the cars look boring for me, except vehicles like this that has this

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There are modern condominiums on Chaikivskogo Street in Ternopil. All of them built from brick. The main features of some of them are round walls and balconies. It is completely new word in condominium buildings in Ternopil. The condominiums built by Ternopilbud. Ternopilbud is the most powerful building company in Ternopil. Chaikivskogo Street: How it looked in 2006, on the beginning of

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These classic cars belong to the “Retro-Cortege” club from Ternopil. They were shown on the first old cars exhibition in Ternopil, June 21, 2009. The exhibition was represented by the “Retro-Cortege” club. Dodge Monaco 1978 Opel Admiral 1937 Moskvych 401 Nice car - nice girl :) Read also: Old Cars Downtown Of Lviv

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Many travelers compare Ternopil with Rome,because of the pigeons on the Ternopil’s Theatre Square, a central square of the city. Well, this is an old tradition in Ternopil – people feeding pigeons on the Theatre Square for years and years. Kids like to play with birds; newlyweds come to the square to have their wedding pictures taken withthe pigeons – like on this picture by Vasyl Dzyadek:

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Here are time-lapse video of Ternopil, Eastern European/West Ukrainian city, the city where I grew up, worked, loved and spent beautiful days of my life:

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My friend, a beautiful Ukrainian girl Ira is showing you, how many: it is 364 kilometers from Kyiv to the city of Ternopil. Picture was taken by the monument of the Saint Michael on the Independent Square in Kyiv the Ukrainian capital. There are little signs, like this Ira is pointing to, which are showing distances to each regional centre of Ukraine from downtown of Kyiv.

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Nice and peaceful fishing… You wouldn't believe where it is: downtown of the big city! In Ternopil, western Ukraine! The population of Ternopil is 218,641 people, so, yes, I would say, the city is quite big. Ternopil is very clean environmentally - no heavy industry over there, therefore this fisherman is sure his catch will be good to eat. Ternopil is unique because of its lake – first of

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That’s how my best friend Olya sees a fall 2012 in the city of Ternopil, western Ukraine – with her camera and her journalist’s eye. Let take a walk with her downtown of the city! Here are newly renovated fountains on Tarasa Shevchenka Boulevard – in a daytime: And in a nighttime:  New street lights downtown – in a daytime: And in a nighttime:  And – you wouldn’t believe it! –

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To get somewhere in the city it is not a big problem for Ternopil. There is really good public transportation in the city! Buses to different routes go every 10-15 minutes; there are also trolleybuses and taxi services. And there is bicycles movement which is just started in Ternopil. A group of young folks, which lead and support a healthy lifestyle, have created a Cyclists Association of

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This is a video from a Hot Air Balloon Festival in Ternopil, August 2012. You can see this amazing city from a bird’s eye view, grateful to local television company TV-4. Their reporters went to an exiting hot air balloon ride and took this video for all of us, to enjoy a beauty of Ternopil:

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My friends Oksana and Olya from Ternopil are taking your for a photo walk by interesting and beautiful places downtown of their beloved city. First Oksana’s stop is Dandelion Fountain by the Main Post Office, Chornovola Street: Ternopil has lots of monuments; most of them are of historical and political sense. And some of them just cute little creations that very often attract people even

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Ternopil city (Ukraine) hosted an IDO World Belly Dance Show Championship 2010 on November 7-12, 2010. The championship took place at the Podolyany Culture Centre on 28 Tekstylna Str. Here are some videos from the belly dance competition. Enjoy an incredible energy of a belly dance and beauty of the girls and women belly dancers from all over the world!

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If you would like to see a spectacular high school graduation ceremony in Ternopil, you better visit this city in the second part of June. Actually, it was the way, how my family planned our trip to Ukraine in 2009: to be there for graduation day (in 2009 it was June 20) and to see the high school graduation celebration which is very unique there. Ternopil is only city in Ukraine which has a

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I would like to introduce you new performance art in Ternopil city: a fire show. There are other words to describe it: a fire dancing, a fire performance, a fire manipulation etc. This art is not new to the world, but for this West Ukrainian city, I mean, for Ternopil, it is something completely new and extremely exciting: to see beautiful girls which are playing with fire :) Well, not only

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Everything was started on February 12, 2009 when Katy Perry’s “Hot’n’cold” cover made by Los Colorados acoustic band from the city of Ternopil (Ukraine) appeared on YouTube. Since than a worldwide popularity of the Los Corados band from Ternopil started to grow rapidly. Guys got few millions hits on YouTube, lots of comments and reviews in world’s media. Some of reviewers have admitted that they

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I just realized I am very fashionable this season :) because I have got few pieces of bold statement jewelry, which is a big hit of the fashion season 2010. This bold statement heavy beaded bracelet (on the picture below) I brought from my trip to Ukraine. The bracelet is made in Ternopil by Victoria Chaplinska. Victoria does quite unusual beadwork: she combines regular tiny beads with

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I was very happy to attend the West Ukrainian Tourism Festival in Ternopil on May 16-17, 2009. It was very first Tourism Festival like this. Now I have very good news for you: the West Ukrainian Tourism Festival in Ternopil became annual! So, the Second West Ukrainian Tourism Festival was held May 15-16, 2010 in the Podolyany Mall in Ternopil. For crafts lovers like I am the festival was just

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Finally! City of Ternopil got its street name plates in English! Now it will be very problematic for tourists to get lost in Ternopil, because they can see English street names plates almost everywhere in the city: The plates are made very nicely, with Ternopil’s coat of arms on it and with Ukrainian and English names of streets, avenues and boulevards.

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You will never get bored in Ternopil, even if you will do nothing, just walking in the city and starring at local cars that driving by. Well, take a look at this taxi with cute light on it, which look like a little car! Here is another taxi, from a different taxi company and with little car-shaped light on it as well. Here is a close-up of this cute car gadget: Almost all the taxis in Ternopil

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Girls in bathing suits are washing car… this feast for men’s eyes you can see in Ternopil now. Nope, nobody has opened a bikini car wash business there (yet :). Local bikini car wash it is rather gift, actually, it is a gift to everyone, who’s buying or fixing his car at Service TerkoAuto in Ternopil. Now, click on the video below to see how two gorgeous blondes are washing a car of happy owner

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Take a look at this beautiful stairs/fountain in Ternopil! The fountain located by the "Ternopil" hotel; the stairs taking you to the Ternopil Lake. The official name of the fountain is “The Cascade” and its urban legend’s name is “The Tears of Gronsky”. The fountain was created in 1972 by Edward Gronsky (born in 1929) the main architect of Ternopil that time. In 1973 Gronsky was thrown into

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