Maidan Square, Kiev Live Cam

Kontraktova Square lies below this webcam in the Podil district of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine. The Contract House and the arcaded Gostinny Dvor stand on the far side, with tram tracks and a wide crossing in the foreground.

Podil is the old river quarter below the hills, the trading part of the city, and this square was its market and fair ground; the Contract House was built for the annual fairs at the start of the nineteenth century. The Kyiv-Mohyla Academy occupies buildings a block away.

Trams and buses cross the square constantly and the pavements carry the traffic of a working district rather than a tourist one. Trees along the eastern side turn through autumn.