Pushcha-Voditsa Park near Kiev was abandoned for a long time, but it was finally restored in 2018. Masha Pasha let’s go see what he looks like now.
A little history. Pushcha-Voditsa has been a resort suburb of Kyiv since the end of the 19th century. The main advantage of this area is that there is a dense pine and oak forest and a cascade of beautiful forest lakes.
Beautiful wooden sculptures appeared at the entrance to Pushcha-Voditsa park
During Soviet times, a large number of sanatoriums, holiday homes and children’s camps were built in the Pushcha-Voditsa area, and several equipped beaches were created on the lakes. Now there are several modern private hotels, but the Soviet recreation centers have largely fallen into disrepair. As for the park, it was abandoned and only in 2018 the city authorities (and Pushcha-Voditsa is now part of the Obolon city district) decided to renovate it.
Many new beautiful alleys have been laid across the park.
Today, in the Pushcha-Voditsa park, all the alleys, a wooden bridge across Lake Gorashchikha have been updated, new sculptures, benches, and a sports ground have appeared. There is a cafe and toilets on the territory of the park. There is an equipped beach. In the future, it is planned to build a children’s playground.
The park itself is not very large, about 12 hectares. You can walk around it leisurely in 1 hour. But the territory of the park smoothly transitions into the forest, so a trip to the park can be combined with a picnic or swimming in the lakes. True, there will be a lot of people here during the season.
How to get to Pushcha-Voditsa park?
Tram number 12 goes to Pushcha-Voditsa from the center of Kyiv (from Kontraktova Square on Podil). The drive will take a long time (more than an hour), but the road is quite picturesque. First the tram travels through the city, then through the forest. You need to get off at the stop “Pushcha-Voditsa Park”, then the tram makes a sharp turn and goes to the side. You can also get here by car. Pushcha-Voditsa is a 5-minute drive from the Kyiv ring road. The Warsaw Highway is also nearby, along which in 15 minutes you can get to Buchansky Park – another beautiful park in the Kyiv suburbs.
Sports ground in Pushcha-Voditsa park
