What to see in Minsk in winter and summer

Of course, Minsk is not a tourist Mecca, but many people come here on business and on business, and just visit friends, acquaintances and relatives. And if you live in the city for two or three days, and all the cases are already done, why not get acquainted with its sights. After all, if you understand, they are not so few here. So, what to see in Minsk - in winter, in summer and at any time of the year?

Of course, above all, this city is interesting because it represents an almost untouched "Soviet reserve". Stalin's "high-rise buildings" near the railway station, almost like in Moscow and Kiev, symbolizing the city gates, the monument to Lenin at the Government House, the building of state security in the style of "post-Empire", raised from ruins almost the first in the Belarusian capital. Terrible legends are still walking about the tower at the top of this gloomy house. So nostalgic for the Soviet times will always find what to see in Minsk.

The city also has its own castle. He is called Pischalovsky, and was built in the 19th century "under the old days". True, it has now been turned into a remand prison, but the jagged white towers are visible from a long distance. In the summer in the city you can walk along two pretty nice and large parks - the name of Gorky and Yanka Kupala, where there is a lot of greenery. The Victory Square with the obelisk in the center and the Eternal Flame are quite typical for the Soviet building, but for those who want to know what to see in Minsk, ultramodern, you can go to the station, built in the style of "modern", almost like in Liege, or in a new National library, in shape resembling a diamond. In the evenings, even a light show is held here.

What to see in Minsk lovers of antiquity and patriarchal life? Take the metro and go to Trinity suburb. There is still a quiet way of life, almost as in the century before last. Nice houses, facades with carvings and murals, lots of greenery, cafes on the water, birds. Nearby there is a memorial in honor of soldiers-internationalists. There is also the so-called old center or the Upper city in Minsk. Hence the history of the Belarusian capital. There is still a certain amount of ancient architecture still pre-revolutionary times. For example, the town hall, reconstructed not so long ago.

What to see in Minsk from the religious buildings? Most of them are Catholic churches. They are concentrated in the Upper Town. This is the Cathedral of St. Spirit, and the monastery of the Order of the Bernardines of the 17th century, and the Church of Our Lady of the beginning of the 18th century. An interesting pseudo-Gothic Catholic temple of Simeon and Helen, nicknamed "red", built in the early twentieth century, is already closer to the center, and therefore enjoys great popularity.

Strangely enough, but if you think about what to visit in Minsk from informal objects, you can find it. For example, on Kharkov street there is a kind of stone garden of sculptures in the style of "anime". And lovers of national souvenirs (sweets, alcohol, sausages, linen products and so on) are advised to go to the shopping center under the main square - some kind of Moscow "Okhotny Ryad."