Grand Café
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One of Minsk's 3 most upmarket and central bar-restaurants (the others being Bistro de Luxe and the Cafe de Paris), Grand Cafe has a beautiful setting, a long bar with excellent cocktails, a typical menu with solid choices – maybe not particularly inventive – and upmarket clientele with a sprinkle of foreigners. Great location!
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Raketa Cinema & Cinemascope
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This is pretty much the only place in town where you can watch cinema classics and art house films (screened in the original language with Russian subtitles). The chairs in the Cinemascope hall are amazingly comfortable so it's easy enough to take a nap if you aren't enjoying the movie!
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Local Experience
Private tour to a secret Soviet command center
Prices from
60
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Duration
8 h
Languages
English, Russian
Komarovka Market (Камароўскi рынак)
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Partly located indoors and partly open air, this is an ideal place to observe Minsk locals. The produce is eco-friendly and always fresh.
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Murals of Kastrychnitskaya str.
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Because it's big, it's beautiful, it's a masterpiece. Cowek's art has obvious folklore roots, Fernandes's - Van Gogh, Frida Kahlo and giraffes. It's a thing you can look at for half an hour doing nothing but enjoying every small detail.
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Trinity Hill (Траецкае Прадмесце)
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Trinity Hill is home to many galleries, museums, shops, cafés and a bunch of other interesting places. Steeped in history and blessed with charming views, it has the romantic spirit of 19th-century Minsk.
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Azgur Museum
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I personally believe this is one of the most impressive places in the city. Lots of sculptures are gathered in a single room - and you shall know the specifics of the era: Stalin, Lenin, all the generals and marshalls. Occasionally they have some events (cinema, theater plays, poetic readings).
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Ferris Wheel
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The best time to take a ride on the Ferris wheel is either at sunset or late at night when the city welcomes you with its cosy golden lights. Although there are closed cabins, the open cabins are nice – don't miss the opportunity to feel the breeze 50 metres above the earth!
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Страна мини / Museum Strana mini
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The museum offers around 20 big well-made and elaborated displays of most important architectural sights of Belarus. All the displays are accompanied by a number and a title in Belarusian and English. The guiding is provided in a form of short audios, written basics on a mobile application (phones are provided by the venue).
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Kastrychnitskaya Vulica
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You won't find somewhere as calm or intimate near the centre of Minsk as Kastrychnitskaya Vulica. Old (some of them still working) red brick factory buildings, a small Lenin sculpture, an honour wall, rare trams and complete silence – no other place will better show you how things were in times past.
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Mikhaylovski Public Garden (Міхайлаўскі сквер)
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If you place a cigarette between the fingers of the 'Smoking Man', you will supposedly have good luck for the entire day. And if you sit near the 'Minsk Lady' and secretly touch her knee, you'll soon find a girlfriend.
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Fisher's House
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This is THE place to meet new people in Minsk – relax, have fun and get acquainted with some locals! You pay for the time you spend here (roughly €1.5 per hour) – tea, coffee, cookies and entertainment are free.
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Museum of Modern Fine Art
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This gallery is home to six collections: painting, graphics, sculpture, decorative and applied arts, and posters. If you're interested, you can even meet a gifted local artist and visit their workshop. It can be difficult to find art that's created independently of the Belarusian state, but this is one place where it's possible.
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Museum of Boulders (Музей Валуноў)
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This open-air museum features 2134 ancient boulders that have been arranged to form a map of Belarus including its cities, hills and rivers. Among the stones you'll find some witnesses to the dark times of Belarus' past including the famous Barysavy Stones, Stephen Báthory's cross and the "Dzed" (Grandfather) boulder.
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National History Museum (Гістарычны музей)
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The National History Museum usually holds interesting interactive historical performances and parties on important days such as the Day of the City and Museum Day.
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Church of Saints Simon and Helena
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This cathedral is special as it’s red on the outside as well as on the inside. It’s a reserved place for honouring the Belarusian spirit. Nowadays it hosts concerts, theatre performances and art exhibitions.
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