Belarus & Lithuania

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Belarus, Belarus & Lithuania, City Guides, Europe

Minsk, Belarus: A Complete Minsk Travel Guide to the Beautiful Capital City

Minsk, Belarus: A Complete Minsk Travel Guide to the Beautiful Capital City Minsk, Belarus: A Complete Minsk Travel Guide to the Beautiful Capital City was originally published in 2025 Unlike most travelers who stumble into Belarus to tick it off the list or just out of sheer curiosity, visiting Minsk had been sitting stubbornly at […]

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Užupis Constitution, Independent Republic of Užupis, Užupis, Vilnius, Lithuania, Adventures of Nicole
Belarus & Lithuania, Breakaway Territories & Disputed Regions, Europe, Lithuania

The Independent Republic of Užupis: A Borderless Bohemian Adventure

The Independent Republic of Užupis: A Borderless Bohemian Adventure The Independent Republic of Užupis: A Borderless Bohemian Adventure was originally published in 2025 Welcome to Užupis, the self-proclaimed republic in the heart of Vilnius, Lithuania. A once neglected and crumbling district, Užupis has transformed into a thriving bohemian enclave of artists, intellectuals, and entrepreneurs. I

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Pogonnoye School, Pogonnoye, Belarus Exclusion Zone, Polesie State Radioecological Reserve, PSRER, Gomel Oblast, Chernobyl Disaster, Belarus
Belarus, Belarus & Lithuania, Europe

Visiting the Radioactive Disaster in the Belarus Exclusion Zone

Visiting the Belarus Exclusion Zone Visiting the Radioactive Disaster in the Belarus Exclusion Zone was originally published in May 2025 Chernobyl, the worst nuclear disaster the world has seen, sits precariously just over the border from Belarus in modern-day Ukraine. On April 26, 1986, Reactor Number 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the city of Pripyat exploded, sending

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Medininkai–Kamenny Log, Belarus-Lithuania Border Crossing
Belarus, Belarus & Lithuania, Border Crossings, Europe, Lithuania

Crossing the Lithuania-Belarus Border at Medininkai–Kamenny Log

Crossing the Lithuania-Belarus Border at Medininkai–Kamenny Log Crossing the Lithuania-Belarus Border at Medininkai–Kamenny Log was originally published in April 2025. In December 2024, a couple of good friends and I did a two-week trip around Belarus using the main Medininkai–Kamenny Log Border Crossing between Lithuania and Belarus, and can report that both entering and exiting

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