April 2026 Tour

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What to Expect

• Meetings with local NGOs and volunteer initiatives

• Visit to villages earlier occupied by the Russians. Listen to the stories of the people living there

• Stay overnight with a family in a village in deoccupied territory

• Long walks in the beautiful cities

• Qualified Ukranian tourleader

Cost

13 600 SEK from and return to Nynäshamn.

11 300 SEK joining in Krakow. Leaving in Warsaw.

Advance payment 600 SEK.

 Single room supplement is 1200 SEK

Day 1. Tu 21.4. Departure by ferry from Nynäshamn

Local train from Stockholm Central to Nynäshamn.

Polferries will invite us for dinner and breakfast if we are minimum 11 travelling.

Day 2. We 22.4. Train through Poland

Train from Gdansk to Krakow Glowny. Here we will meet our fellow travelers from other countries.

Train to Przemysl near to the border. Overnight in Hotel Europejski.

Day 3. Th 23.4. Lviv. Cultural sightseeing

Train to Lviv in the morning. Tour leader Iryna Prokopyshyn will receive us on the platform.

Cultural sightseeing. We visit the best places of the historical center of Lviv by foot in company of Halina. The heart of Lviv's old town, Rynok Square (Market Square) is a UNESCO-listed site with colorful renaissance buildings, cafes, and a vibrant atmosphere.

Lviv Opera House, a magnificent architectural gem. Visit to military cemetery which is expanded almost every day. Lviv - Wikipedia

Day 4. Fr 24.4. Lviv. Visit to volunteering Centre

Meeting with BUR (Building Ukraine Together) a volunteering organization that is rebuilding Ukraine in many different ways. Home page (new) - БУР

Visit to a drone making workshop and their dynamic leader Mykola.

Meeting with Iryna and other local volunteers at Dzygas Paw - a charity foundation that supplies the Ukrainian military with high-tech equipment.

In the evening train to Chernihiv. Sleepers. We try to get lower berths.

Day 5. Sa 25.4. Chernihiv sightseeing + volunteers

Morning arrival in Chernihiv. We see the city and the consequences of Russian destruction.

The city lies on the Desna River, 130 km northeast of Kyiv and 50 km from the border to Belarus. Chernihiv was first mentioned in 907. It was one of the chief towns of Kievan Rus and the center of a princedom. An old city with much beaty and history.

The city was designated as a hero city by the Ukrainian government for withstanding an invasion by Russian troops during the first month of war. Much of the surrounding villages were taken by the Russians, but they were stopped outside the city by local forces and civilian bravery. Chernihiv: City of Beauty and Destruction

Meeting with Dobrobat, a volunteering organization supporting victims of the war by rebuilding their houses and local infrastructure.. We visit some of the renovated areas and hear their stories. Dobrobat is a volunteer building division.

We walk around in the pretty old city center. Here we find the oldest church in the country. A small church located high above the river Desna.

Meetings with local volunteers - ROCKET TEAM Charity Fund. About 23,000 people were evacuated from Chernihiv and region thanks to these guys. They keep their volunteering activities by helping the military and people in need. The leader of the organization, Artem Rakitin, is an ex-military. He is now known all over the country and we will meet him. Here is the famous film «CHERNIHIV SHIELD» documentary with English subtitles

Day 6. Su 26.4. Chernihiv oblast

10.00 Rented bus to deoccupied villages around Chernihiv in the commune Ivanivka. Chernihiv itself was never occupied, but the surrounding villages were the frontline. We will visit villages Yagidne and Lukashivka in company of Stanislav, a now serving soldier. His brother died in the battle for Chernihiv in 2022. Lunch on the way.

The group will be split into small groups of 1 - 3 persons in each. Each group will stay overnight with different local families. Together with them you will also have dinner. Next morning they will serve you breakfast.

In Ukranian culture payment with money is not accepted from guests. Still we will arrange that people somehow are being paid. Or money goes to a project in the village. BUT tradition is also that you bring a small personal gift. Bring something that reminds of you or your country. These people have rarely met with foreigners before! (Besides the Russian killers). Language is of course a problem, but there will be at least two English speaking Ukrainians with us. Also Google Translate will help a lot. We come as guests! And we behave as good guests do - we adjust to whatever is offered.   Also, some of the young people will be happy to try whatever they have learnt in school. I will not be surprised if this turns out to be the best part of the tour.

Day 7. Mo 27.4. Stay with local families in Lukashivka village

Breakfast with your host family.

Walk around the village and meeting with the head of the United territorial Community of that area

Bus back to Chernihiv. Check in at same hotel as before, where we should also have left some of our luggage.

Free time in Chernihiv.

Day 8. Tu 28.4. Kyiv, meeting with Glory UA and other volunteers

Bus two hours to Vyshegrad to meet with Yevheniy Riasnenko, a man in a weelchair who has gatherd the whole village in different projects supporting the army. After school children are making food rations and energy bars for soldiers.

Our bus continues some 20 km to our hotel in central Kyiv near Independence Square, Maidan.

Visit to volunteering organization Glory UA Charity Fund. About us - Glory. Private movie viewing “Follow me” (Maybe a new movie “We were recruits” about 3rd Assault Brigade). This film won “Best Documentary” and received the highest rating from the audience and the jury.

Meeting with the innovative founders of UA Postcards. #StandWithUkraine - UA Postcards.

Day 9. We 29.4. Walking around in Kyiv

Breakfast at the hotel. Tour in central parts of Kyiv by foot and public transport.

We will visit the most impressively ancient 12th-century Mykhailivskyi and 11th-century Sophia Cathedrals, as well as the famous Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra - until recently a stronghold of the Russian Orthodox Church.

We will also visit an exhibition of destroyed Russian armored vehicles. Museum of the Formation of the Ukrainian Nation - the newest museum of Ukrainian history. Here we will be surprised by how much Ukrainian history is intertwined with the Swedish. This museum is close to the symbol of the Motherland sculpture. Maybe, a total of 6 hours.

Meeting with non-profit organization Building Ukraine Together. Home page (new) - БУР. This is a very famous organization in Ukraine for youth to help rebuild Ukraine. They have projects all around Ukraine. They organize youth to spend several weeks in places where they can help with reconstruction. People do it for free and organization collects donations to buy materials, food and other necessary things. This is very popular among students.

Day 10. Th 30.4. Kyiv. Free time, departure to Poland

Meeting with charity group Radetsky. A small non-registered organization, just a group of female friends who organize social events to raise funds for the military. 

Meeting with charity fund Children of Heroes. They support children of fallen heroes and countless number of Ukrainian children who have suffered the ultimate tragedy: the loss of a father during the ongoing war. Now 15 000 children are in their network.

Free time for individual programs and spontaneous activities. There are a lot of very interesting shopping. Also, a day in reserve if we for some reason have been delayed earlier. Train to Chelm in Poland. Sleepers.

Day 11. Fr 1.5. Train to Gdansk and the ferry

Across the Polish border to Chelm.

Train to Warszawa Wschodnia. Here we say goodbye to some of our fellow travellers.

Train to Gdansk Glowny. Bus to the terminal.

Ferry to Nynäshamn at 18.00

Day 12. Sa 2.5. Arrival in Nynäshamn at 12.00

Cost of the tour

13 600 SEK from and return to Nynäshamn.

Advance payment 600 SEK.

11 300 SEK joining in Krakow. Leaving in Warsaw.

Single room supplement is 1200 SEK

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