Belovezhskaya Gostevaya

Those curious about Belorussian’s history can make their way to Brest, a city about a 45-minute drive south of the park, to check out the 19th-century Brest Hero Fortress celebrating Soviet resistance during the Second World War. They can also swing by the Kholmsk Gate – still covered in bullet holes – and try to fit all of the massive Thirst Monument into one camera snapshot. Visitors can also make tracks towards the open-air Railway Museum with its historic locomotives and see what a Slavic village looked like in the 13th century at the Berestye Archaeological Museum. Done with the cultural bits? Parks aplenty are mixed in between the Communist and Central European-style buildings in this city for picnicking and people watching alike.