Useful information
Useful informationPublic transport
In Minsk, connected by public transport: 2 subway line, bus, trolley, tram. Taxis can be called by telephone 135,152,157,161,181,184. The national currency - the Belarusian ruble. We accept payment cards VISA, MasterCard, American Express, but their use is limited to large shops and restaurants. Cash in the shops, restaurants, gas stations produced only in local currency. Hours of grocery stores - from 9-00 to 20-00, supermarkets (Central, Jubilee-92, Preston Market) are open to 22-00. In Minsk there are hypermarkets BIGZZ, ProStore, Hippo, Evroopt. Food markets, Komorowski, Rakowski, Zhdanovichi, and many impromptu bazaars in residential areas. A rich selection of products offer department stores, "CUM", "GUM" Trade House "on Nemige", "Kirmash", "Panorama" as well as exhibition and sale of "Parking", "Europe", "Arena", "Kupala". Buy national souvenirs in the departments of large department stores and specialty stores - Slavutyya Maystro "," Gallery "," Lyanok "," Skarbnitsa. Works of art can be purchased in galleries on the avenue Skaryny and on the street. Lenin, and there they will issue an export permit. In Belarus more than 1000 cafes and restaurants. The most popular of them - "Spanish Fragment," "Patio Pizza", "Happy Go-Lucky," "Singing Fountain", a restaurant of national cuisine "Mir Castle" hotel restaurant "Planet" and "Belarus" (22 floor). You can visit the restaurants and cafes Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Arabic and other specialties. In restaurants to tip at a rate of 5-10% of the amount.
In Belarust are 4 mobile operator, Velcom, MTS, Life, Diallog.
Ambulance - 103
Fire sluyuba - 101
Police - 102
Background Station - 105
Supplemental Airport - 106
Transportation
In Belarus, you can visit the following modes:
by air
by train
bus
private car
Plane
In Belarus, operates flights to major international airlines such as "Austrian Airlines", "LOT", "Deutsche Lufthansa", "El Al", "Lithuanian Airlines", as well as the national airline Belavia. All international flights and most flights from the CIS arrives at the National Airport Minsk "(or in other words, the airport Minsk-2). The airport is situated 40 km from Minsk. It can be reached by taxi, bus or order a transfer in the company "Transaero Tours. At the airport Minsk-2 is a currency exchange desk, luggage storage, restaurant, bar, gift shop, provided mail services, phone, fax or the Internet access.
Train
Minsk railway station. In Minsk, at the old Railway Square five years ago there was another attraction of the Belarusian capital - a new railway station building. Without a transplant you can get to Moscow, Kiev, St. Petersburg, Warsaw, Prague, Vilnius and Riga.
Bus
Near the train station is located one of the three major bus stations in Minsk, taking buses of international flights from countries in Central and Eastern Europe. In any town in Belarus can be quickly and conveniently accessible by bus.
Car
In Belarus, the car can get from the border countries:
Poland (4 checkpoints)
Ukraine (5 checkpoints)
Latvia (1 crossing)
Lithuania (2 checkpoint)
Russia (checkpoints in connection with the Allied relations repealed).
Speed mode of Belarus is: in-dash settlements - no more than 60 km / h outside populated areas - 90 km / h. In Belarus there is a right-hand traffic. At selected sites, Minsk-Brest highway speed limit 120km /h
