3 Best Sights in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine

Originally established as a fruit orchard in the 18th century, Globa Park today is one of Dnepropetrovsk's top spots for outdoor recreation in the mild summer months. It's right near the city center and has plenty of bars and cafés for people watching along with jogging trails, a basketball court, rides, playgrounds, and even a children's train. There's also a lake with resident swans and lots of grassy areas for spreading out a picnic.

The largest Jewish community center in the world, the Menorah Center is a stunning modern structure designed to resemble a menorah, with seven towers and a total floor plan of around 50,000 square meters. The center was designed to encourage the revival of Dnepropetrovsk's Jewish community, through religion, culture, and business. Features include a conference center and two hotels, along with a number of restaurants, banquet halls. The symmetrical structure is also home to the Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine Museum, which chronicles Judaism in the Ukrainian context along with a large section on the Holocaust.

Dnepropetrovsk's most iconic structure is arguably the city's most beautiful structure too. Although the foundation stone was laid by Catherine II way back in 1787, the cathedral itself wasn’t built until the 1830s. The ochre-hued house of worship features a tall gold-topped spire above a Greek Revival-style columned frontage and gorgeous interiors filled with intricate golden molding surrounding vivid frescoes of saints. At the rear of the church, a tall dome surrounded by windows brings light into the space.