If being in London, good Sunday morning you can go to Columbia Road and buy a bunch of beautiful flowers, make a walk through the Shoreditch streets viewing the latest street-fashion trends or find some retro vinil at Portobello and have a snack eating crepes. Being in Kiev, good Sunday morning you should go to the old part of the city. To the authentic market situated at the Andriyivsky descent, the old and narrow street which starts not so far from metro Kontraktova and leads to the top of the hill with the famous Andriyivska church. To help you decide whether it is a good idea, we prepared the list of top 5 good things you can find at Andriyivsky descent:
Idea 1. Good book
As Andriyivsky descent has always been more the real flea market than just a souvenir one, sometimes you can find among the exhibited stuff something really interesting worth to be at your hippest bookshelf. Original literature from popular soviet magazines, Ukrainian writers and worldknown classics to this unexptecable souvenir map of seightseeing in Oxford or the cult ‘Doors’ band biography book (prices are from 3 pounds and higher):
Idea 2. Retro-cards for the friends
Never forget about your friends – why not to send them some greeting cards? At Andriyivsky descent you will find the best collection of soviet retro cards – with the sight views of Kyiv, fashion looks of the 80-s and just what was thought to be beautiful card in the past USSR (from 40 pences per one card):
Idea 3. Hip camera
Andriyivsky descent is one of the best places to find your new hip old camera. Different types, different prices, from soviet Zenith, old-school Polaroid, simple filmcameras and some beautiful ones like this Olympic edition of Leica for the price of 150 pounds:
Idea 4. Olympic bage
Soviet times left loads of the funniest badges. People collected them as the stamps. So now you can see the whole Olympics collections which will suit to almost everyone as there are cyclists and skiers, swimmers and divers, badminton players and just Olympic bears in all possible outlooks but with the invariable well-known Olympic five rings (also from 40 pences/one badge):
Idea 5. Wall poster
As known, soviet posters were the real example of ideal advertising. You can find original designs from 4 pounds per poster, same stylistics parodies – from 2 pounds per one:
What else – you can visit several art-galleries, go up to the top of the hill and have a look through the city, come inside the boutique of Ukrainian designers or attend some excursion at Mikhail Bulgakov museum. Whatever you choose – will you go from Andryyvskiy descent with the old gramophone in your arms or just little jewellery ring, will you agree to listen to the poem of the local artist or will create some your own, Andryyvksiy descent is worth of your attention being in Kyiv, as it has always been the place of big creative energy, home for painters, creative masters and youth!
