Lviv Events

March 8th commemorates  International womens’ day (a Soviet introduced holiday in Ukraine and so more popular in the Eastern part of the country). March 8th falls on a Tuesday and so the Ukrainian government has just declared 4 official days off for the country from Saturday March 5th till Wednesday March 9th.  Cause for celebration!

On this day Lviv also celebrates Lviv Chocolate Day.  On this occasion, 10 of the city’s best pastry chefs will create (with roughly 40 kilos of chocolate) l the “Longest Chocolate Cake” for everyone one to enjoy in the Rynok Square.

As is tradition on this International Womens’ day, men will present flowers to women.  The snowdrop should be just about popping out from under the smow at this time for it is the traditional flower offered to women on this day.

Recently, at the Davos Economic Summit President Yanukovych made a ” faux pas” concerning women. He made a reference to women in Ukraine wearing lighter clothes for spring and this was interpreted by the media as a spring strip tease .

Lviv apartments wishes all of the beautiful women in Lviv a very happy day.

Live has museum-quality pharmacies

I have just read a news- breaking story and had to call our staff in Lviv to verify the facts.  We are all very heart broken to hear that bandits have vandalized the historical(1853) “Apteka” or pharmacy at #1 Kopernica St. in downtown Lviv.  Among the valuable treasures was an original gas lamp called – ” under the golden star”.  Lviv was first to introduce to Europe the concept of gas lanterns and so this loss marks a  sad day indeed in the city’s history!

A window was broken and the original interior destroyed in this center where medical students still  held training  sessions.

Rumors and scandals surround this catastrophic act.  It is rumored that the rent there had gone up excessively lately, 30 employees there have recently been dismissed, and entrepreneurs have been wanting to create a restaurant in this location.

We at Lviv apartments are committed to restoration and preservation in our suite and we sincerely hope that these vandals will be caught and brought to justice.

Cildren are the future of Ukraine

We at Lviv apartments are always thrilled when parents arrive with their children. It excites us to know that creative minds will learn more about this wonderful city that is saturated with history and culture. With their innocence and lack of preconceived prejudices, Children hold the key to the future.

Roughly 1,000 school children and their teachers from Eastern Ukraine descended upon Lviv for Christmas.  They were billeted with families and taken in by certain hotels.  They came here on an East- west program that promotes harmony between these two contrasting areas in Ukraine.  The East has been Russified for centuries and tends to be more synmpathetic to Russia.  The West is much more nationalistic and European in its’ approach and style.  These fundamental historical and political divisions have always divided the country .  How unfortunate!

There appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel when thousands of students from the East come to learn Galician traditions and sing with their fellow Ukrainians.  While here,  they attended many church services, visited the numerous museums that Lviv is famous for  and they even toured the ancient castles just outside of Lviv.

At rentlviv.com we applaud such positive initiatives and hope for many more to come.

Lviv is famous for its' coffee culture

Whether wind, hail, or snow,  Coffee Mania never stops in Lviv- After all this is the coffee capital of Eastern Europe

With the present  flurry of New Year festivities coffee is even more highly in demand.  Coffee is an  essential antidote for the winter chills .  For frost bitten toes and snowy eyebrows- Coffee in Lviv turns  on the heat when the cold winds blow!

Mittens, tuques and parkas are ” de rigueur” in the Rynok Square this weekend but only a hot drink works to warm you up  from then inside out.  Ukraine has not yet celebrated its Julian Calendar New Year .  This will take place on January 13- 14th.    The party carries on with Ice Castles and sculptures throughout  The Market Square  drawing large and enthusiastic crowds to skate and socialize as they sip away at their  fragrant java.

Lviv boasts 693 cafes!  In this town, the cafe epitomizes the art of Living, it is the microcosm of society.  The intellectual and artistic Bohemia meet here  to philosophize , politician to discuss the state of the world, and lovers linger.

Be it a latte, a cappuccino, an espresso, a Turkish Coffee with flaming cognac, or Lviv’s own ” Zapashnoyi Kavy” or fragrant coffee,  a warm drink goes a long way to taking the chill off the dead of winter so that the party can carry on.

A quick break to your apartment rental will also warm your body and soul.  Happy New Years to all.