Mykolaiv

The city was named after Saint Nicholas, the patron of seafarers.

Mykolaiv was closed to foreign visitors until the late 1980s due to secret Soviet Navy projects.

Mykolaiv has the largest swing bridge in Europe, the Varvarivskyi Bridge, with a span of 134 meters.

Mykolaiv is home to the Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding, the leading shipbuilding university in Ukraine.