You’ll Never Believe Where These Breathtaking Photos Were Taken

This place is beautiful, both timeless and modern, and I have the pictures to prove it.

By James B. Barnes

Updated 11 years ago, February 23, 2014

12673782294_baea54f969_z — Jeroen Akkermans via

The world has been stunned by the events unfolding in Ukraine over the last week and images of a blackened and charred downtown Kiev have flooded the internet. But that’s not what Ukraine looks like. Ukraine is beautiful, both timeless and modern, and I have the pictures to prove it.

First Off, Kiev Usually Looks Like This

7493704390_558043c4ff_b — Sophia Square via World Wide Gifts

4573497734_29a5ce48b0_b — Ukraine via odessamax

4976919917_b567aec886_z — Metro Kiev via Dieter Zirnig

And They Understand Beer and Food

2133422070_4a12c36279_z — Centaur drinking beer – amanderson2 via

4976912931_314c4dede1_z — Bar Food at its finest – Dieter Zirnig via

4986304975_8092734358_z — Hot Dogs that shame Chicago – Dieter Zirnig via

It Has Castles and Churches Straight Out Of A Fairy Tale

4319369646_4d9447c3c1_z — Crimea, Ukraine via ilya

7494270842_6910998009_c — Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev via World Wide Gifts

Khotyn Church, Ukraine — Khotyn Church, Ukraine via Andriy Baranskyy

Its Countryside is Stunning From the Highlands

2507992405_0896a2d34d_z — Chornohory Mountains via Peter Fenda

5637780125_9c1d6680fe_z — Crimea, Ukraine via ilya

5404015347_79714679d4_z — Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine via fotosutra

To The Lowlands

166328528_49b44a53e7_o — Chervonograd, Ukraine via Kyrylo Kalugin

3641215362_e987545b12_z — Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk via Vlad

And All The Way To The Sea

4328321904_c0b6525229_z — Crimea, Ukraine via ilya

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA — Crimea, Ukraine via ilya

Show Everyone What It Is They’re Not Seeing

11234554475_dd3f324a62_z — Gorgany Mountains via Peter Fenda

image – Andrew J. Swan