How to arrive

The new, recently completed railway station building is situated in the very center of Minsk. Exits to the platforms, cloakrooms, shops, WC are on the ground floor. 24-hour booking-offices, information are on the 1st floor of the railway station. On the 2nd floor there are shopping rows, waiting hall, apost-office with around-o'clock international telephone, adrug-store and bars.

Foreign currency can be exchanged on the 1st floor in the neighboring old building of the railway station or in the exchange offices across the road. You can spend the night in the hotel “Express” (ahigh building next to the station). It is quite easy to get to any place in the city by subway or by taxi from the Railway station square.

There are three bus terminals in Minsk, international route coaches arrive to the Central and Eastern terminals. The two-floor building of the Central one is not far from the railway station. On the ground floor there are cloakrooms, on the first floor-booking-offices and an information bureau. On the 2nd floor of the Central bus terminal you can book tickets for international routes, procure vouchers to Poland and open Czech visas in the international booking-offices (open from 8 a.m. till 9 p.m. on weekdays, from 8 a.m. till 5 p.m. on Sunday, contact telephone: 227-04-73). Here there is also the office of “Euroautoservice” arranging motor tickets to European countries. Awaiting hall, abar and apublic phone are on the 2nd floor of the terminal.

Information-tel. 104
Booking tickets on the departure day-tel. +375 17 227-41-89
Advance booking-tel. +375 17 227-40-83
Booking tickets for international routes-tel. +375 17 227-04-73

Bus terminals

While crossing the border an owner has to include information about his car to the customs declaration, and to obtain an insurance document of civil responsibility. This condition is obligatory since the territory of Belarus is not included in the validity zone of foreign vehicle insurance policies so far. Every check-point has its own insurance policy bureau, and It takes less than 10 minutes to obtain adocument. Attention: the charge is received only in USD. Euro or Russian roubles!

While traveling adriver should have driving license, documents for the car and aletter of attorney in case he is not the owner of the car. Special attention should be paid to traffic signs-in comparison with European roads they are not always perfectly noticeable-and also following the traffic rules, which are strictly controlled by the road police. Its posts are indicated “ÄÀI” in Belarusian or “ÃAI” in Russian. Remember that in Belarus consumption of any quantity of alcohol (indue beer) by adriver is the violation of the laws!

Distance (km) from Minsk to European capitals