Fans footie tournament in Lviv

PragueAddick

This invite found its way to us.

Could be fun. Lviv is apparently a nice city, well away from any trouble

brogib

Where's that then?

Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch

Made a trip to Lviv in between England games at the Euros. A pleasant place, nice old town area, worth a weekend there.

Weegie Addick

brogib said:

Where's that then?

Ukraine.

rina

Fantastic city. I'll be out there in a couple of weeks

tangoflash

Apparently, CSKA Moscow fans are bringing a decent sized squad along.............

ForeverAddickted

Wow looks properly organised down to you getting a translator... Where is Lviv in terms of the Civil War though?

PragueAddick

ForeverAddickted said:

Wow looks properly organised down to you getting a translator... Where is Lviv in terms of the Civil War though?

As far away as it's possible to get without actually crossing the border with Slovakia. It's also a traditionally pro European city within Ukraine, and in fact in the past belonged to both Poland and Czechoslovakia ( I think)

But @rina is your man for all things Ukraine

Absurdistan

Lwów was stolen from Poland at the end of ww2.
It's the birthplace of Polish football.

rina

PragueAddick said:

ForeverAddickted said:

Wow looks properly organised down to you getting a translator... Where is Lviv in terms of the Civil War though?

As far away as it's possible to get without actually crossing the border with Slovakia. It's also a traditionally pro European city within Ukraine, and in fact in the past belonged to both Poland and Czechoslovakia ( I think)

But @rina is your man for all things Ukraine

closer to poland than slovakia though not far from either. Nearby Zolochiv has a castle which was a Polish royal residence. The whole city has a very traditional, old fashioned Polish feel to it but the people are very forward looking pro European

rina

And yes, about as far from the trouble as you can get. To give you an idea lviv to the warzone is about the same distance as london to prague