This post really is only for someone visiting Belarus, I gave up trying to make it an interesting read before I got to the potential that is the hooker section. All information correct as at January 2018. Money – Language – Using your overseas mobile – Solo female traveller – Toilets Money BYN is the […]
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Google Maps – Walking – Pedestrian crossings – Metro – Buses – Taxis – Trains, Trams & Trolley Buses – Snow Travelling around Minsk is far easier and safer than you might expect, the main hindrances being if you can speak no Russian or Belarusian/read no Cyrillic and if you’re impatient and hate waiting for
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My thoughts based on four days in Minsk (one day in Polotsk) in January 2018, travelling with my partner (in Belarus for work). Brief summary of surprises/characteristics of Minsk Friendly, welcoming, clean, Soviet yet western European-feeling, cheaper than most European countries, efficient, trees, Soviet blocks, modernist, Brutalist, statues, memorials, parks, trams, trolley buses, Metro, wide
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Pre-Travel – Packing – Minsk Airport (January 2018) Pre-Travel Visa/paperwork requirements As a UK passport holder, you no longer need to apply for a visa if your stay covers no more than five days (which means four nights, eg 1st to 4th covers five days. A ten-day visa-free regime is under consideration). You need paper
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How many people in the UK have a “Made in Belarus” watch? I’m thinking not many. Luch is a Belarusian watchmaker based in Minsk, nowadays 80% owned by Franck Muller, whose Swiss watches are both complicated and exclusive (ie expensive). I particularly like the old fashioned/classic/retro look of some of the watches. Mine is the
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Reykjavik – Árbæjarsafn (ethnographic museum) Today was the hottest day of the year here, around 23 degrees! It was positively scorcio, largely blue sky and everyone seemed even happier than normal, though some sheep I saw were huffing and puffing like they’d been left in a sauna with triple layers of wooly jumpers on, poor
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