Stryiskyi Park

Stryi Park is a stunning park in Lviv, designed back in 1876 by Arnold Roering. The park attracts attention with its sycamore alleys, a lake with swans and a large number of pavilions and plants.

The Stryi Park covers an area of 56 hectares. The park is a deep valley, along the bottom of which the Soroka River flows, so the entire territory is divided into 3 parts: the upper terrace, on the slopes there is a forest park area, and at the bottom there is a zone of lower stalls. In total, the park contains more than 200 species of various plants, a rock garden, greenhouses and alleys planted with lime trees and plane trees.

There are many stands in the park, so a lot of exhibition pavilions were built here for the "Regional Exhibition" in 1894, and a narrow-gauge railway was stretched from the Persenkivka railway station, which was used in 1951 during the construction of the Lviv Children's Railway. With the advent of Soviet power, the park's area increased by adjoining wastelands, fenced everything off with a fence and planted with new trees and bushes. In 1960, a large-format cinema "Lviv" was built in Stryi Park.

In 1894, the first football match in the history of Ukraine was held here. Before the war, the Sokol-Father football stadium functioned, and in 2004, a monument to Ukrainian football was erected near this place. A lot of newlyweds come to Stryi Park on weekends, and the grooms first of all run to this monument. Various promotions and cultural events are often held in the park.

It is pleasant to relax in the Stryi Park at any time of the year. In winter, children run here to play snowballs and build snow fortresses, in spring lovers stretch out on the fresh grass among flowering shrubs and flowers. In summer, a lot of townspeople come to the park to relax after work, and in autumn you can watch the golden autumn come, changing the outfit of the trees from green to yellow.