Brest (Belarus) Travel Guide
From Wikitravel
Border town in the south-west corner of Belarus, near Terespol in Poland.
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Understand
Get in
Train, car, bus connections are with the local town on the Polish side, Terespol.
By plane
By train
See Belarus. Get out: the customs control in the Brest train station is not very obvious. About an hour or so before the train leaves, you'll see people waiting at a railing next to some glass walls which look they open up to some rather bland and unused empty room. They look a bit like people waiting for arrivals at an airport, except that it's not obvious who they are waiting for. In fact, they are waiting for the customs office to open. If you're trying to leave Belarus, then join the queue a good deal of time before your train leaves. If you arrive only ten minutes before the train leaves, chances are good that the train will leave without you, not because the queue is too long, but just because the rules are strict.
By car
See Belarus. There are six control lines of various sorts at the crossing. Allow something like 2 hours to get through them all.
By bus
By boat
Get around
See
Do
- The Fortress of Brest-Litovsk preserves the ruins of a massive Soviet-era fortification that achieved "Hero Fortress" status during World War II ("Great Patriotic War"). Admission fee. Walking the grounds of this great fortification is a moving experience that gives a good sense of the privations faced by the forces that were besieged there.
Learn
Work
Buy
Eat
Budget
Mid-range
Splurge
Drink
Sleep
Budget
Mid-range
Splurge
Contact
Stay safe
Cope
Get out
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