Got a long weekend ahead of you? Here's what you can add to your checklist of must-do things during the long and cold Ukrainian winter. Vote up your favorite one!

1. Laugh out and shoot plenty of pictures at Malanka carnival at Vashkivtsi village

2. Meet Ukrainian Santa at his residence in the Carpathians

 

3. Explore kilometres of pistes skiing or snowboarding in Bukovel Ski Resort

 

4. Spend a winter day with cossacks – Ukrainian knights, at the Island of Khortytsia

 

5. Admire winter landscapes of Kyiv streets and parks during a ride in a tram-cafe

 

6. Conquer one of the highest Carpathian peaks – Mt. Pip Ivan – to visit an abandoned observatory building

 

7. Go freeride skiing Carpathian ridges

 

8. Spend your weekend like a local with a Ukrainian family in rural

 

9. Take part in preparing traditional meals for the Christmas Eve Supper

 

10. Celebrate Christmas for the second time, now in Ukraine

 

11. Taste all the variety of doughnuts during the Lviv festival dedicated to this traditional Christmas meal

 

12. Make a ceramic bowl for your Christmas dinner table in Kosiv pottery workshop

 

13. Escape cold weather for shopping at the Vsi Svoi  – Ukrainian brands shopping centre at Khreschatyk street

 

14. Jump into freezing water during Epiphany celebration. Take this chance to stay healthy during the following year as a traditional belief says

 

15. Relax in a hot water tub of Lumshory village resort

 

16. Enjoy the magic of winter evening while skating at the open air rink at Lviv Rynok Square

 

17. Do a museum crawl of the most interesting exhibitions in Kyiv: Arsenal Art Gallery, Microminiature Museum, Historical Treasures Museum

 

18. Join traditional fortune telling on the eve of St.Catherine Day at Mamaieva Sloboda reconstructed cossacks settlement in Kyiv

 

19. Paint your one Christmas tree bauble during a master class at a decorations production factory (Kyiv or Lviv)

 

20. Go winter fishing at the Shatski Lakes. There are plenty of opportunities to rent a cottage and fishing equipment

 

21. Drop a bird’s eye view on Kyiv from the top of Motherland Monument

 

22. Go spelunking the variety of caves in Ternopil region. Explore halls and corridors of the longest gypsum cave in Europe – The Optymistychna Cave

 

23. Enrich your winter entertainment experience with skijoring.

 

24. Slash through the snow in a horse sleigh in Sheshory village

 

25. Buy warm woollen socks and gloves to protect yourself from frost at the handmade stuff market in Kosiv town

 

26. Learn to make straw angels for your Christmas decorations

 

27. Enjoy hot water of Kosino resort fountain of Illusion

 

28 . GET a cardboard box or plastic container and join locals as they sledge down city park hills. Kostyushko park in Lviv