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No matter what destination in Ukraine you prefer, for sure you’ll pass by this city. Located at the river Dnipro, this third largest Ukrainian metropolis connects the two sides of one country. Geographically closer to the East, politically it was always aimed at the capital Kyiv. The contrasts became the local trademark. The city that was founded among the Cossacks settlements to become the third capital of the Russian Empire had never reached the desired status and turned into an ordinary provincial city.  Becoming an industrial giant in the middle 19th century, it started changing its face in 21st. Pluralistic, differently shaped, ‘closed’ during the USSR times and now opened to foreigners… This city had different names: Kodak, Katerynoslav, Sicheslav, Dnipropetrovsk. Let us name him how the locals do – Dnipro. Explore it together with ‘Open It!’ >>>

gas, water, electricity - looking upstream

There are things we just take for granted: the sun rises in the morning, after winter comes spring, and when you turn on the tap water comes out. Of course we are aware that the latter falls into a different category of certainty than the other two - it is just a relative certainty about technical achievement. However, depending on the country you come from, it may have reached a degree that is virtually indistinguishable from the other two on an instinctual level. With me at least  >>>