Yes, the football arena that hosted one of the Euro 2012 finals is the main attraction in the relatively young and industrial Donetsk. It's home to the country's best team – Shakhtar Donetsk, oligarch Akhmetov's favourite toy. At the clearly marked Shakhtar museum , you can arrange a tour of the arena (adult/student 80/40uah; every hour on the hour 11am to 5pm), including dressing rooms, which saw Wayne Rooney after he scored the single goal in the England-Ukraine match kicking the hosts out of Euro 2012. Next to the museum, there is a shop selling clothes in Shakhtar's stylish black and orange colours. If you want to see Shakhtar in action, drop by the ticket office .
The arena is surrounded by the manicured Lenin Komsomol Park . To the right from the main entrance is the striking WWII Liberators of Donbass memorial set against the backdrop of mines and picturesque slag heaps – terrikony . They change colour depending on the season and the time of the day, locals muse dreamily.
