The River Mall shopping center has built a 3.5-hectare park in Kyiv

A new 3.5-hectare city park has been opened in the Darnytskyi District of Kyiv next to the River Mall shopping and entertainment center on the Dnipro Embankment; the project was carried out entirely at the expense of the investor – the River Mall shopping center – the center's press service reported.

“We believe that a city needs not only infrastructure but also meaning. That is why River Mall invests not only in retail space but also in open public spaces,” the mall's administration added.

The architectural concept was developed by Tetiana Speranska in cooperation with the mall's architects. The park is designed as a space for leisure, events and walks on the bank of the Dnipro.

Immediately after the opening, the site became the venue for its first event – the Ethnofest “Vytoky”, organized jointly with the Zagoriy Foundation. The event was held as part of the cultural project vytoky.com and included traditional rites, performances by folk groups, craft workshops and interactive activities for children. According to the organizers, thousands of residents of the capital attended the festival.

As the mall reported, the next event – the autumn edition of the Ethnofest called “Zhnyva” – will be held in the park on August 23–24. The program includes a performance by the Hryhorii Veriovka National Academic Choir and the band “ShchukaRyba”, bread-baking workshops, lectures, a fair of producers of traditional Ukrainian bread, children's areas and more.

The River Mall shopping and entertainment center, with a total area of 140 thousand sq. m, opened in the capital in 2019.