All dressed up for a party but nowhere to go? Looking for an interesting venue for a business meeting, or an unusual location for a photoshoot?
Then look no more: the Kyiv Post has scoured the Ukrainian capital for the best places for hire to hold these and other types of events.
Attic Space
Attic Space is a mansard roof space located in the picturesque center, opposite a botanical garden. The building is 139 years old, but the rental space was only designed in 2016. So the rooms are spacious, modern and cozy. Apart from an extensive open space of 200 square meters, there is also a separate room of 22 square meters, a tower of six square meters (which can be used as a smoking area) and a bathroom with a shower. There is also a fully functioning kitchen areas with all the necessary appliances. Wi-Fi, a widescreen TV, sofas, chairs, tables and a bar are also available for use. For games and films or presentations, there are also a projector screen and a Playstation 3 game console.
Attic Space is also suitable for events where guests want to use the floor (such as physical activity classes) or for when guests want to take their shoes off. In that case for an extra charge the Attic Space team will cover the whole floor surface with carpets.
Renting the space costs Hr 4,000 for 24 hours (for events with up to 50 people) and Hr 5,000 for public events (up to 100 people). Paying per hour is also possible.
Attic Space. 36A Tarasa Shevchenka Blvd. +38-063-635-0736 https://www.facebook.com/pg/atticspaceplace/
Guliat tak guliat
Guliat tak guliat (the name translates as “let’s party to the max”) is located on Dehtiarna Street, near the lively Vozdvyzhenka area, which has turned from a sleepy residential area into a dining and entertainment area instead.
Guliat tak guliat has a sofa, armchairs, folding chairs with cushion pads, a fully-equipped bar, tableware and glassware (wine glasses, glasses, shot glasses, plates etc.) for serving all sorts of cocktails, an X-box game console, table games and even a confetti blaster and a bubble machine.
For an additional fee clients can hire a waiter, barman, sushi chef, hookah server, DJ or a karaoke host. The place is perfect for birthday and office parties, stag and hen events, workshops, lectures, private film screenings, romantic dinners and photo shoots.
Hiring Guliat tak guliat costs Hr 350 per hour between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. and Hr 750 per hour between 5 p.m. and 12 a.m.
Guliat tak guliat. 7 Dehtiarna St. +38-063-332-7887 https://www.facebook.com/pg/gtg.place
Asylum art club
Asylum, a concert space that can accommodate up to 300 people, is located in the bustling area of Podil. Asylum can be used to hold concerts, parties, workshops, theatrical performances and art evenings of any genres and kinds. There are two rooms: a large concert room and a room with an art gallery and bar.
Asylum has high ceilings (over five meters high), a large stage designed by musicians, a good bar with a wide selection of drinks, beer and cider on tap, a coffee machine and cheap hookah. Staff, including a sound director, security guards and barmen, are available for hire too.
Asylum art club goes for Hr 600 per hour.
Asylum art club. 25 Khoryva St. +38-050-571-3330 https://www.facebook.com/Kiev-Kills-Asylum-Art-Club-1041673275929604/
Llloom
Llloom is perfect for musical events, as it has a fully-equipped music studio for audio recording and equipment to shoot live videos. This studio is located in the same building as the nightclubs Closer and Mezzanine, which are very popular among Kyiv’s youngsters.
Llloom can also be rented for holding a presentation, a concert, a music evening or even a small party.
The space has an area of 150 square meters, and costs Hr 500-600 per hour to hire.
Llloom. 31 Nyzhnioiurkivska St. +38-095-687-0469 https://www.facebook.com/pg/llloom/
G13 project studio
G13 offers a space for holding business meetings, press conferences, congresses, presentations and seminars. It’s a little further from the center than the other places on this list, but only a short 10-minute drive by car from the historic Podil area.
G13 also has a loft area, consisting of halls that can be adapted for different events: video and photo shoots and business events of all kinds. An open space where cultural or art events can be held is also available. A bar, a kitchen and Wi-Fi all operate in the space.
For when it gets warmer, there is also a summer terrace located in the yard of the complex, surrounded by sturdy fruit trees – perfect shade from the scorching sunshine.
Renting G13 project studio costs Hr 300-650 per hour, depending on the type of the event.
G13 project studio. 23 Baltiysky Alley. +38-067-404-4111 https://www.facebook.com/pg/g13projectstudio/
