Belarus

Traveling

Entry requirements

Passport and visa service

Visa requirements of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Visa HQ

Diplomatic representations

Organizing your trip

Means of transport recommended in town

Maps of urban networks

Mapblast
UT Library on line

Means of transport recommended in the rest of the country

Rail companies

Airlines

Traveling by yourself

Recommendation

Police and customs controls are very long when crossing borders between Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. To drive by night, even on main roads, is not recommended (few roadsigns). The frequent abuse of alcohol while driving makes the journeys dangerous. Supply in fuels is satisfactory. The Green card is required for foreigners.

Road maps

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Visiting

Different forms of tourism

Historical

-Minsk, the capital, rebuilt right after the war with all its big monuments could be a historic museum. An artificial lake, up the hills in the North, makes the city more attractive since 1956.
-Bereste's archaeological museum houses relics of the XIIIth century
-The national park of Bieloviejskaia Pouchtcha, located 60 km North of Brest.
-Polotsk which was the capital of the Kievian principality. The Saint Sophia cathedral is one of the three Russian cathedrals that have been inspired by the one in Constantinople.

Tourism organizations

Belarus tourist information portal
Informations portal on tourism in Belarus

Living conditions

Health and safety

For further information on sanitary conditions

For further information on safety conditions

Emergency numbers

Time difference and climate

Time and time difference

It is %T:%M %A in Minsk (GMT+2 in winter, GMT+3 in summer)

Summer time period

Summer time from March to October

Map of the time zone

Type of climate

For further information

Average annual temperatures and rainfall

Eating

Culinary specialties

Blinis, "sure" cream, caviar and vodka: these traditional ingredients are the perfect marriage of the time of the Lords of the Great Russia, who brought on the tables of France, and elsewhere, these lumpfish roes, that fishermen were used to collect while sturgeons were going back up the rivers of Russia.
Blinis are black wheat pancakes: blinis are also served with starters or with smoked fish. They are piled on a very hot terracotta plate.

Drinks

Dietary taboos

Paying

Domestic currency

Belarussian Rubble

ISO Code

BYR

To obtain domestic currency

The local currency is the Belarusian rouble or RBB.

Possible means of payment

Speaking

Official language

Russian and Byelorussian which are spoken by 80% of the population.

Other languages spoken

It is important to note that other languages are also used in this country such as Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian and Yiddish.

Business language

Russian, fluently spoken, and English, well spoken within companies having an international activity.

Getting some knowledge

Free translation tools

English-Belarusian Dictionaries - Free Belarusian-English-Belarusian dictionary
Systran - Free English-Russian-English translator of texts and web pages

Useful resources

To find an accommodation

To find an apartment

To find a job

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