Vorokhta. The Ski Jump. A Sports and Tourist Magnet

Here they fly like birds. In Vorokhta, in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, a complex of ski jumps has survived, and it is only in Vorokhta that there is the possibility of holding the Ukrainian ski-jumping championship for adult athletes. Ski jumping is a spectacular sport, and those who make the longest jumps compare it to flight and feel themselves to be birds.

Vorokhta. Ivano-Frankivsk region. The ski jump

Syniak. A Balneological and Ski Resort of Zakarpattia

As far back as the 16th century the messengers of Ivan the Terrible, crossing the mountain ridges and the hard-to-reach passes of the Sarmatian Mountains, reported to the tsar that the water in these parts was: "sour as cabbage soup, and there are wells in which you could boil an egg, and there are little streams in which, once you wash, you could turn into a bird". The healing properties of the Carpathian springs helped resorts to develop in this picturesque and ecologically clean locality. High on a mountain meadow, amid untouched forests, lies the small village of Syniak.

Green Kramatorsk. Sporting Kramatorsk. The Bernatsky Garden

Kramatorsk is an industrial centre of Ukraine in the Donetsk region, where the city's industrial landscapes alternate with protective green zones, parks and public gardens. The oldest of them has recently been given a second life.

Kramatorsk. The city Bernatsky Garden