Worth a Detour
National Library of Belarus
A gleaming 23-story glass diamond on the edge of the city, with a viewing deck on top.
US travel advisory: Level 4, Do Not Travel · checked 2026-11-03- Open
- Most days
- Price
- Paid; a small fee for the viewing deck
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Independence Avenue 116, MinskDirections
- Getting There
- Uskhod metro station.
Why Go
Opened in 2006, the library is shaped like a rhombicuboctahedron, a cut gem of 26 faces, and is lit up with colored patterns after dark. The deck near the top looks out over the whole city.
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