Category: CITY LIFE

Minsk City Line Trains are a welcome addition to the transport network Minsk, allowing movement within the city and connecting the suburbs with the city center. Minsk Central Railway Station is located in the centre of the city, and the station radiates 4 railway lines outward across the city in 4 different directions. The Minsk…

Minsk World was an ambitious development project for a large site in central Minsk, and the resulting residential district became quite popular among citizens of Minsk who settled it quickly and turned it into one of the most popular new locations in the city. Minsk World is a large apartment complex in the south central…

The city of Minsk is preparing for a massive development of a brand new district near Kalodzishchy. The name for the projected district is Zeliony Bor (translated as Green Pine Forest), and preparations for the development have already started. The new district is projected to have a population of around 150,000. The construction of the…

The historic center of Minsk consisted of a number of historic districts the names of which have survived to the modern day. The first historical mention of Minsk dates back to the year 1067 in relation to the Battle on Nemiga. This is where Minsk was founded as a boundary outpost for the Polotsk Principality.…

Rakov District is the very historic center of Minsk that has a rich history spanning many centuries but develops in step with modern city trends. Rakov District is a small central district of Minsk. It is bordered by three major streets, Pobediteley Avenue, Nemiga Street and Romanov Sloboda Street. Belarus Cinema is located here. The…

Olympic Park is a brand new residential complex on the north-western edge of Minsk that is looking forward to the development of its surroundings. The Olympic Park Complex is a small residential complex on the north-western edge of Minsk. It is located between Timiryazeva and Ratamka streets next to the Swan Pond biological reserve. The…

Vesninka and Raduzhniy are two small districts of affluent housing that sit along the banks of the Svislach and form a quiet counterpoint to the busy districts that lie South of Pobediteley Avenue. Vesninka is a small district located on a shore of the Drazdy Lake. Up until quite recently it was a typical Belarusian…

Riviera Plaza is a large modern class A business center with a unique and eye-catching design located on Pobediteley Avenue not far from the Drazdy Lake in Minsk. Riviera Plaza offers well-equipped multifunctional office rooms. The total area of the building is 33,000 square meters. Riviera Plaza received several awards for its unique and remarkable…

Arena City is a large shopping centre near the Minsk Arena sporting centre in the North West of Minsk that gets a large number of visitors every day. Arena City stands across Pobediteley Avenue from Minsk Arena and the campus of Belarus University of Sport and Physical Culture. There are more than 50 shops and…

On May 17–18, 2026, Franklin Graham—a prominent American evangelist and missionary, and son of the legendary Billy Graham—visited Minsk, Belarus, to headline the Festival of Hope. The event, held at the Chizhovka Arena, drew an extraordinary crowd of more than 15 000 worshippers—a turnout that filled the venue to its full capacity. People travelled from across…