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Hello! What you are holding in your hands right now is a unique guide to the most vivid impressions that you can get by traveling around Belarus. Local residents have sincerely chosen these 100 secrets for you in order to introduce you to the country where everyone can find something to do.

That is why we are happy to challenge you: how many of these 100 things can you do during your next trip around Belarus?

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1. Get the list of 100 most interesting things to do in Belarus

2. Wake up at 5 am and listen to morning birds trills in the forest

3. Watch a lamplighter lighting street lamps at Sovetskaya Street in the city of Brest

4. Listen to the songs of the Belarusian groups “Stary Olsa” and “Troitsa” in their homeland

5. Hear the Middle Ages’ voice in the corridors and towers of Mir Castle

6. Recognize Mona Lisa on the mural “Belarusian Fire Service History” on the facade of the old city firehouse in Grodno

7. Count the items of the unique exhibition in the only First World War museum in Belarus located in the village-museum Zabrodye

8. Check your watch with the oldest existing tower clock in Europe located in the tower of the St. Francis Xavier Church in Grodno

9. Admire the terraced houses of the “Acid Rococo” style in a residential complex in Odintsova lane in Minsk

10. Learn how to get the birch sap/juice

11. Visit the Soviet era symbol — the House-Museum of the 1st RSDLP Congress in Minsk

12. Rub a finger of the magician-astrologer granting wishes on the Ploschad Zvezd (the Stars Square) in Mogilev

13. Wish on the next trip at the Eternal Passenger monument in the city of Gomel

14. See the monument to the last solar bus “Ikarus” in Gomel, which was used as public transport for 38 years

15. Try to solve a Rubik’s Cube in Gomel which is tall as a human

16. Compare a copy of the Christ statue located in the town of Ivye with the original statue in Rio de Janeiro

17. Catch the inspiration hidden from the city noise in Krasny Dvorik (the Red Patio) located in Revolyutsionnaya Street in Minsk

18. Take photos with a can of condensed milk at the condensed milk monument in Rogachev

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19. Visit one of the knights’ tournaments held on the medieval battlefield

20. Try the true Belarusian samogonka (moonshine) and have a snack of cucumbers with honey

21. Get to the township of Motol to hear the local dialect and record videos for your friends who are just going to visit Belarus

22. Meet the colorful sunrise on the banks of one of the Belarusian lakes

23. Jump over the fire on Kupalle Night and put a flower wreath into the river

24. Plunge into the history by visiting ancient Belarusian country estates

25. Learn to distinguish the sounds of a bass and a cello by attending the musicales ‘Classic Music at the Town Hall’ in Minsk

26. Taste the true natural Smorgon ice cream

27. Twist cornflowers into a wreath

28. Try to weave a traditional rushnik (a homespun towel embroidered with ritual symbols and cryptograms) in the village of Neglyubka, Gomel region

29. Sleep in a cabin of the floating hotel in the town of Turov

30. Learn the recipe of the most delicious cocktail in the bars in Zybitskaya — the most happening street in Minsk

31. Take a bike ride in one of the Belarusian nature reserves or national parks

32. Feel like a midget next to the 5-meter Gulliver sculpture in the “Dreamland” park of sculptures in the town of Orsha

33. Climb the tower of the Roman Catholic Church in the township of Gervyaty, Grodno region, and enjoy the panoramic view

34. Learn a football chant at the match in Borisov Arena

35. Feel like a child and ride the children’s railway in Minsk

36. Plunge into the Berezina River near Borisov to know the feelings of the soldiers of Napoleon’s army in 1812

37. Have a dinner on the roof of one of Minsk restaurants enjoying the city views: “The view”, “Panorama”, “Balkon”

38. Leave a busy highway and get directions through several Belarusian villages to see the true Belarus

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48. Bring a vyshivanka (an embroidered shirt) to your homeland as a keepsake remembering about the Belarusian culture

49. Enjoy the organ sounding in one of the many Roman Catholic churches in Belarus

50. Take a photo with the tank in the homeland of the legendary game World of Tanks

51. Get selfies with the sights of Belarus in the MSQRD mobile application developed by Belarusians

52. Climb the hill in the town of Rakov, which was considered as a town of casino, brothels and smugglers

53. Steer the steam locomotive in the Railway Equipment Museum in the city of Brest

54. Walk down the sobriety alley in the township of Mosar, Vitebsk region being sober

55. Enjoy the architectural splendor of the towers of Kossovo palace and then count them

56. Get rid of stress after spending a night on beehives in one of the farmsteads in Belarus

57. Get to the sightseeing platform of the most avant-garde building in Minsk — the National Library of Belarus

39. Dance for two days in a row at the summer festival “Freaky Summer Party”

40. Take a safari in the “Braslav Lakes” National Park and take a picture of a moose in nature’s lap

41. Take a look at the House-Museum of Tadeusz Kosciuszko in Kossovo to see around and learn about the professional traveler whose name was given to the highest mountain in Australia

42. Break the logic laws and check your vestibular apparatus in the inverted Ella’s house in Dukorsky mayontak (estate) near Minsk

43. Enjoy the industrial landscape along the tram route in the town of Mozyr

44. Buy souvenirs with the Belarusian ornaments in the tourist information center at the railway station in Minsk

45. See the Faberge eggs and other exhibits in the Museum of Rescued Art Treasures in Brest, which was opened based on the things confiscated by border guards

46. Buy the Belarusian linen clothes to feel better in the summer heat

47. Touch the bizarre architectural forms in “Ugolok Gaudi” (Gaudi’s Nook) in Minsk

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58. Gather a bunch of multi-colored leaves in Minsk Loshitsa Park

59. Build a collection of photos of the graffitis from famous Oktyabrskaya Street in Minsk

60. Try swamp shoes to be able to go through the swamp, collect cranberries and see cranes

61. Go for a spin in a BELAZ in the city of Zhodino

62. Take part in the traditional potato harvest in the fall

63. Put a note under the wish stone in the Nesvizh Park and make a wish at panna Barbara statue

64. Spend the night in a hayloft

65. Learn the history of the hundreds of the antiques from the Janusz Parulis museum in Grodno directly from the owner

66. Step the longest suspension bridge in Belarus located in Mosty, Grodno region

67. Find the Centre of Europe in Polotsk, Vitebsk region

68. Take a photo with the famous sculpture of one-headed Tsmok (a dragon) in the town of Lepel

69. Look at the star-filled sky over the city

70. Take a photo in front of the monument to the unique “Ў” letter (the short U) in Polotsk

71. See the sculptures of Italian artists in the Tizengauzen Palace in the town of Postavy, Vitebsk region

72. Taste the true Belarusian rye bread

73. Recall the history of the Ancient Rus in one of the oldest surviving churches in Belarus — Boris and Gleb Church (Kalozha Church) in Grodno

74. Collect mushrooms and berries listening to birds in the morning forest

75. Listen to the Belarusian folk music and visit the unique open-air architecture and life museum in the village of Ozertso near Minsk at the annual folk festival “Kamyanitsa”

76. Taste all the beers and get to know the history of one of the oldest breweries at the LidBeer festival in the town of Lida

77. Plunge into the past in a private antiques museum located in the attic of an ordinary house in the township of Iviye

78. Admire on the Neman River panorama from the territory of Liubcha Castle in Grodno region

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79. Get warm by drinking crambambulya / medovuha / hrenovuha / pomerantsevka, as landowners did in the past

80. Take a photo of salt mountains in the city of Soligorsk at sunset

81. Dance in a round on the authentic ritual holidays “Kalyadavanne” (“Going Christmas Caroling”) and “Gukanne vyasny” (“Spring Calling”)

82. Get familiar with a traditional vytinanka (crafts made of paper and cardboard) and shape something beautiful

83. Taste candied cranberries

84. Learn how to prepare a healing potion to an ancient recipe in the oldest operating drug store in Eastern Europe located in Grodno

85. Taste traditional potato dishes of the Belarusian cuisine: draniki (potato pancakes), kolduny, babka, dumplings, potato casseroles, etc.

86. Take a cup of coffee in the Chaim Soutine museum in Smilovichi, Minsk region — a friend of Modigliani and Picasso

87. Try to solve the John F. Kennedy murder riddle looking into the windows of Lee Harvey Oswald’s apartment in the Ploschad Pobedy area in Minsk

88. Visit the “Belovezhskaya Pushcha” National Park and ask the Belarusian Santa Clause about the secret of granting New Year’s wishes

89. Eat sweets at the famous pastry shop “Lakomka” (“Sweet-Tooth”) on Prospekt Nezavisimosti (Independence Avenue) in Minsk

90. Go ice-skating on one of the ice rinks in the city center

91. Buy a Belarusian author’s book or a postcard with views of Belarus in the “Ў” gallery in Minsk

92. Learn what is “hot ice” visiting a Dinamo-Minsk ice hockey game

93. Understand the philosophy of the world famous artist Marc Chagall’s paintings in the city of Vitebsk

94. Get warm having a cup of tea made with Belarusian field and forest herbs

95. Have a cup of true coffee in the coffee shop “U deda” (“Grandfather’s”) near the “Dinamo” stadium in Minsk

96. Take the trolleybus with sketches of the famous avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich in Vitebsk

97. Connect with the Soviet era in the Memorial Museum-Workshop of the Belarusian Soviet sculptor Z.I. Azgur

98. Rate performance of the one-man theater in the Red Church in Minsk

99. Make an angel in the snow

100. Feel like a USSR citizen and go to a café-club “Tovarisch” (“Comrade”) in Minsk and the café “Staroye vremya” (“Old time”) in Gomel

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