Name: Odessa
Country: Ukraine
Time zone: GMT +3 / +2 (sum./win.)
Area: 236,9 sq km
Population: 1,005 million (2011)
Founded in: 1794
Climate: moderately continental
Average temperature: +4°C to -2°C in winter, +16°C to +28°C in summer
Area code: +380 (48)
Airports: Odessa
Train stations: Odessa
Ports: sea terminal (Black sea)
Bus stations: Odessa
Religious buildings: Orthodox: Holy Transfiguration Cathedral, Holy Assumption Cathedral, Holy Trinity Cathedral, St.George the Victorious Church, St.Elijah Monastery, Mother of God Assumption Patriarch Monastery, Holy Iviron Monastery, Archangel Michael Convent; Catholic: Most Holy Mother of God Assumption Cathedral; Lutheran: St.Paul Church; Mosque; Synagogue
Architectural landmarks: Potemkin Stairs, Odessa City Hall, Deribasovskaya street, Vorontsov Lighthouse, Privoz Market, Vorontsov Palace, Catacombs (Nerubayske village, 17 km from Odessa)
Statues and memorials: Duke de Richelieu, J.de Ribas, A.Pushkin, Prince M.Vorontsov, L.Tolstoy, V.Kholodnaya, L.Utesov, T. Shevchenko, Ostap Bender, Odessa Founders, Unknown Sailor, Odessa Heroic Defence Memorial
Museums: Archaeological Museum, History and Local Lore Museum, Art Museum, Western and Oriental Art Museum, State Literature Museum, Modern Art Museum, F.de Wollant Odessa Port Museum, Sea Fleet Museum, Numismatics Museum
House-Museums of: A.Pushkin, K.Paustovsky, N.Rerikh
Theatres: National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Vodyanoy Academic Musical Comedy Theatre, Ivanov Academic Russian Drama Theatre, Vasilko Academic Ukrainian Music and Drama Theatre, Ostrovsky Youth Theatre, Odessa Region Puppet Theatre, Clowns’ House
Natural sites and parks: Shevchenko Central Culture and Leisure Park, Preobrazhensky Park, Gorky Culture and Leisure Park, Victory Park, City Garden, Botanical Gardens, Primorsky Boulevard
Expo centres: Expocentre
Sports venues and clubs: Chornomorets Stadium (FC Chornomorets), Spartak Stadium, Dynamo Stadium, Odessa Sports Palace
Performance sites: State Philharmonic Hall, Odessa Culture Centre, Ithaca Concert Hall
Entertainment sites: State Circus, Zoo, Nemo Dolphinarium
Restaurants of national cuisine: Ukrainian: Khutorok, Kumanets, Ukrayinska Lasunka, Boulevard, Black Pearl
