Kyiv’s subway and Central Railway Station are top destinations in the country, in more ways than one.
Both locations have again been used as the backgrounds for commercials. This time, Ukrainian production service company Radioaktive Film used them in an advertisement for Trainline, a British train ticket retailer.
The 40-second commercial shows a woman chasing a man who has apparently stolen some important secret documents. Guided by operators in a surveillance center of what appears to be a spy agency, she runs after the man through two Kyiv metro stations, up a metro escalator, along a corridor and through some doors, and finds herself in the main hall of the Kyiv’s Central Railway Station. She loses sight of the man, who jumps into a departing train. Confused, the woman receives an unexpected help from a friendly Trainline employee, who tells her what platform the train is on, where the train is going, and when it departs, as well as details of an alternative service.
The Kyiv Post could not get an immediate comment from the Radioactive Film.
Radioaktive Film has previously been involved with the shooting of the music videos for Coldplay’s song “Up&Up,” Paolo Nutini’s “Iron Sky” and Hurts’ “Wings,” as well as advertisements for Lexus, Lenovo, and Nike.
Kyiv has lately become a popular location for foreign music video and commercials, with over 20 filmed in the city in 2017, including clips by Hurts and Nothing But Thieves, as well as ads by Diesel, Dior, and Apple.
