A real warm spring has come, and migratory birds are to come back to Odessa, Ukraine very soon. With this in mind, Odessa non-government organisation “City Greenery Trust” arranges “Meeting Birds” action in several Odessa‘s parks. The «Meeting Birds 2010» action will take place on March 27–28 in parks: – M.Gorky Park; – Victory Park; [...]

Spring has almost come, and it means that Odessa will become even more beautiful than in winter. End even more attractive will become all city parks and gardens, the richest of which is the Odessa Botanic garden. Its full name is Odessa National I.I.Metschnikov University garden. Now it seems incredible that 200 years ago there [...]

As I mentioned more than once, it’s easy to find a calm place to walk and breathe fresh air in Odessa, Ukraine, since the city has quite a few green areas. Probably, one of the most lovely places is the Victory park, situated on Shevchenko avenue. The feature that makes this place beloved by its [...]

Let’s continue our list of places in Odessa, Ukraine, where one can take a good walk and get some fresh air. Next one so the Gorky culture and recreation park. This not very large, but nice park was founded in 1973. By now the park has over 6000 various trees on its territory. Since the [...]

To continue the topic about parks in Odessa, next point of interest is Preobrazhenskiy park. Its former name is “Illyich” park, so if you ever need to ask locals about its direction, you should tell both names. Preobrazhenskiy park is not so old as Park of Taras Shevchenko, it was opened in 1937. Perhaps, the [...]