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82 || FASHION MAGAZINE || OCTOBER 2014Must-see Cities: Kiev, ChernobylBring your A-game to Kiev %u2013 the girls here are some of Europe%u2019s best-dressed and will put you to shame if youre not looking good. It%u2019s not uncommon to see people dressed up during the day for no special occasion so you need to be on point. Bring your coolest clothes and leave your flats at home; heels rule in the capital. Save a day for a trip to Chernobyl, the site of the nuclear disaster in 1986. The abandoned city is haunting and completely silent for miles around - everyone back home wont believe you got to see it in person.Pro-Tip: skip Ukraine in the winter, as temperatures can get down to 0%u00b0.Best places: visit Maidan Square, the symbolic location of Ukraine%u2019s national revolution, while it%u2019s still standing. Over the last few months it%u2019s been barricaded and fortified by patriotic nationalists defending Ukrainian independence. The square abounds with signs and ribbons in the national colors blue and yellow, exhibits about what%u2019s been happening there, and photos and memorials of those lost in the clash with Russia. We%u2019re watching history as it happens.