There is not much to see in Minsk, so most people will want to visit other places in Belarus. And Minsk serves as a good starting point for a round trip car hire! 🙂
Category: Europe
To the Minsk War Museum with the Red Army
I went to the “Night of the Museum” at the Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Minsk. “What could go wrong?”, I thought… 😉
The Zaslonov Children’s Railroad in Minsk
Reliability, commitment and leadership skills were to be consciously promoted in the Soviet Union. And how could one train these three qualities better than by letting children operate a railway line?
прывітанне, Minsk!
Time for a new country! Today we travel to the capital of Belarus, often referred to as “Europe’s last dictatorship”.
Hiking in the Murg Valley: From the Rudolf Fettweis Hydro Plant to the Schwarzenbach Dam
There’s no shortage of hiking trails in the Black Forest, and on some you can walk in the footsteps of history. Twelve kilometers and 750 meters in altitude bring us closer to the history of hydroelectric power in Baden-Württemberg 🙂
The abandoned french factory
We could hardly believe our luck: An actual Lost Place, in the middle of a residential area, almost on our doorstep. But what had been produced here?
The abandoned soviet factory
We found an abandoned factory in Moldova by chance. But what was produced here?
The giant abandoned Soviet Nuclear Bunker in Moldova
Deep inside a forest in Moldova a giant soviet nuclear bunker is decaying in silence…
One day in… Transnistria
Welcome to Transnistria – the last Soviet territory in Europe.
