Hey gang! Any Revolute users in Ukraine? Wondering if there are any problems taking out UAH from the ATMs and if there are any quirks to using Revolute in the country? Have read on forums, that it's meant to work fine, but knowing the land wanted to double-check first 😬

Cash exchange places are pretty good in UA

Anyone know where to get American Spirit cigarettes in Kyiv? Or something know to be "organic"

cxdbgamckydqb - all is fine with Revolut cards

🙌 super useful! thanks swwamixmzyf

aggdfliqrkzlh be careful around using standalone ATMs just sitting around in a store somewhere without a bank in sight. I used one and a day or two later someone was shoe shopping on the other side of the globe with a duplicate of my ATM card. I got reimbursed but it was a hassle to get the replacement card sent to me. As for how it went down, I believe there was a shell attached to that standalone that scanned the magnetic strip and sold that data to the mystery shoppers. As Edward mentioned, Credit Agricole is good with no funny fees or confusing scams going on. Also here in Lviv I found Kredobank to be decent.

Awesome advice dgzumtkysoehm ;) this is exactly the scamy Ukraine I remember from the childhood 😂

Final thing to be aware of, is that for some reason a lot of ATM's in Ukraine seem to have a bizarre maximum withdrawl limit per transaction

ukrsibbank atms should also be good

Euronet labeled arms let you take out up to 10k

Just use privatbank - it's on every corner and it allows to withdraw up to 13-14k per transaction.

Yikes!

What a great idea! I won't be there until 2020 otherwise I would totally be down for splitting the costs!

Somewhere like Kiev, you'll get more benefit from the social / company aspect than the cost - as it's so cheap there already

in Lviv if anyone's around

👋 We're in Lviv for another month. Did you just arrive?

I'm rather far away in Kharkiv

witvnoiycvlkmrcr just arrived in Odessa, #ukraine

zjhehtwddrppzhlevcjatk just arrived in Kiev, #ukraine

gobkmcbibkogfmcyxzkqx just arrived in Kiev, #ukraine

How is Kharkiv as a stop compared to Kyiv?

I'd do both

How much cheaper would you say it is to other cities in Ukraine that you've been?

A little bit vs kiev

I spent August in Zaporozhye (visiting inlaws and co-workers) and that city had to be the cheapest city I've been in so far. But I can't say I'd recommend it. Some things are more important than saving money (breathing comes to mind). 😄

Kharkiv is more like soviet style :) than Kiev but totally alright

anybody here has any experiences of re-enter Ukraine? I'd like to stay in Kiev 10 days first, travel Schengen countries for a few weeks, and then come back to Ukraine and stay for a few months. I did something like this for years in SEA but not sure how it works in Eastern Europe. I have Japanese passport.

mfa.gov.ua/en/consular-affairs/entering-ukraine/visa-requirements-for-foreigners
Japan
Visa not required for a stay up to 90 days within a 180 day period

Thanks!

I forgot how this up/down walking in Kiev reminds you about muscles you never thought you had 😄 😕

Anyone in Kyiv?

Check out civic tech 1991, it's 100 euro per month for a non-dedicated desk

Thanks! It looks pretty cool

Pretty lacking, I'd say. I was literally the only non-local there, and it just wasn't a social scene, although I was typically there from 9 to 3-4pm, so maybe it gets better at night? The space itself is great to work from though!

Thank you! I am also looking at Creative Quarter, but it was kinda expensive

Really... interesting. Try messaging them on facebook, that was where I got the most coherent answers :)

There is a bot responding to me in Ukrainian

Ann Shkvarenko <[email protected]> here is someone that works there, you can try emailing her

I use Chasopys when I pass through Kyiv

suqliffhjxcaymgl just arrived in Kiev, #ukraine

I have 3 so far in 12 months

UK passports get 90 days out of 180. That means you can enter and exit as many times as you want, but you can't exceed 90 days in each 180 day period

Ah I didn't realise it was cumulative

worbfotcklo rjncbimyvat A good way to check visa situation is to search for "visa requirements for YOUR_NATIONALITY citizens wikipedia" For example one for UK en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_British_citizens (I use similar page for my nationality to always give a quick glance before going into more research if needed)

I was reading a post from someone who over-stayed in Ukraine and it sounds like the penalty isn’t too bad, from 1700 to 5000 UAH depending on your passport country of origin and length of overstay. If anyone is curious about the details let me know and I can copy/paste the post (it’s from a closed FB group).

I personally always plan things so I'm gone at least few days before my visa runs out (in case something happens you can't make your date). Usually for most countries for short overstays it's just a fee, but don't feel like it's a good strategy to walk on the line

hey

I did airbnb in Lviv, Kyiv, and Odessa. Dollars go really far so no need to share unless you are trying to save more

booking dot com is fairly popular with locals since they take less of a cut than Airbnb, and I was able to find fully furnished long stay type rentals with it that include laundry units and such. Airbnb is typically better and more geared towards foreigners (in other words more expensive but better support if anything goes awry).

ctxszkbague just arrived in Kiev, #ukraine

Somebody post a picture; I've been missing Kyiv lately blue_heartyellow_heart

I’ve been missing Lviv

wttsgpohdbrv I'll post some pics as I go

yaaaaay y'all are the best ☺️

Kyiv pretty fog right now

Yup I definitely need to go back soon

It's a good place to go back (says someone who is flying to Kiev in 2 weeks) 😄