Cooling stations were installed in Kyiv

Cooling stations were installed in Kyiv facebook.com/zelenbud
Katerina Belousova

Cooling frames were installed in every district of the city

Cooling spray frames were installed in Kyiv, which will help the citizens to bear the summer heat more comfortably.

Such frames will be installed at 16 locations in places with the largest flow of people and two more will be installed soon, the communal association "Kyivzelenbud" reports on Facebook.

Cooling frames were installed in the following parks and squares:

Holosiivskyi district:

  • Holosiivsky park named after M. Rylskyi;

Darnytskyi district:

  • O. Koshytsia Square;
  • Poznyaki Park;

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Desnyan district:

  • park with water features along Ave. R. Shukhevich;
  • "Desnyanskyi" park;
  • Park "Youth";

Dnipro district:

  • Victory Park;
  • Aurora Park;
  • Shumsky Park;

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Obolonsky district:

  • square on the corner of ave. Obolonsky and St. L. Lukyanenko (near Obolonska RDA) (planned);

Pechersk district:

  • Glory Park;

Podilsky district:

  • the square on Shchekavytska Square;
  • Kurenivsky Park;

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Svyatoshyn district:

  • International park (planned);

Solomyansky district:

  • Vidradny park;
  • park named after M. Zerova;
  • the square on the street S. Berehovoy;

Shevchenkiv district:

  • St. Khreshchatyk

Earlier, EcoPolitic wrote, that experts suggested 7 ways to fight the summer heat which is a consequence of global warming and a special urban climate, which turns cities into a kind of "heat islands".

As EcoPolitic previously reported, it was discovered in Kyiv bacteria and contaminants in water six water bodies on city beaches.

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