Minsk - Belarus

[Fortis in Arduis]

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[Loki]

Beautiful. I really want to see Minsk sometime.

I guess this thread is more appropriate in the Russian forum than the Baltic one, for ethno-cultural reasons.

[Sigurd]

Beautiful. I really want to see Minsk sometime.

I guess this thread is more appropriate in the Russian forum than the Baltic one, for ethno-cultural reasons.

Well, Belarus used to be a Baltic-inhabited area, but as far as the last 400 or so years are concerned, you're probably right in that it can no longer be considered a Baltic country, having undergone ethno-cultural "slavification".

[Fortis in Arduis]

Let us go to Minsk then...

I have been looking at apartments because you pay a silly tax on hotels.

There are some very cheap hotels which are used by bus-drivers and the like, but I think that 30 Euros a day for a downtown flat (shared) would be preferable.

If you look at the hotels, you will see what I mean.

I was thinking about late May / early June.

[Absinthe]

Bad news for you, my friend spoke to a mutual Lithuanian friend of ours (yes, the one in the photo quiz ) and she said that under no circumstances, should anyone visit Minsk alone, plus it is generally a not-so-friendly place to western tourists.

So me and the buddy decided not to waste our money and time at a depressing, post-soviet state where nobody speaks english. Yes, it looks beautiful...but I'd rather be safe than sorry.

[Fortis in Arduis]

Bad news for you, my friend spoke to a mutual Lithuanian friend of ours (yes, the one in the photo quiz ) and she said that under no circumstances, should anyone visit Minsk alone, plus it is generally a not-so-friendly place to western tourists.

So me and the buddy decided not to waste our money and time at a depressing, post-soviet state where nobody speaks english. Yes, it looks beautiful...but I'd rather be safe than sorry.

That is part of the fun though. Is it not?

There is no, no, no way, that I would be going to Minsk alone, for exactly the same reasons, but I am rather interested to see it all, and eat the food. mmmmmmm

I cannot imagine it being depressing during high summer either. I would think that the nightlife would be absolutely wild as well.

[Absinthe]

How'bout we give it a couple of decades, wait for Belarus to europeanize itself a bit?

[Absinthe]

P.S. I can picture us already

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[Fortis in Arduis]

How'bout we give it a couple of decades, wait for Belarus to europeanize itself a bit?

No.

I want to be enthralled by their kooky fashions and retro everything.

I want to see the Stalinist theme park and the 'edgy' weird futuristic bars and clubs.

What holds you back? Seriously. I think that it would be a lot of fun.



Oh... and the culture, history and architecture. I forgot that.

[Loki]

Bad news for you, my friend spoke to a mutual Lithuanian friend of ours (yes, the one in the photo quiz ) and she said that under no circumstances, should anyone visit Minsk alone, plus it is generally a not-so-friendly place to western tourists.

Well, coming from a Lithuanian source I would take that with a pinch of salt, they're not very fond of Slavs.

I don't think that is true ... I've read otherwise. Minsk is a delightful city with low crime ... a great deal safer than London or other Western capitals.