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Top 8 shops in Belarus

8 shops worth a visit in Belarus, from grand department stores and markets to historic specialists and local makers.

8 shops

  1. 1
    Market

    Komarovsky Market

    Minsk

    Minsk's best-known food market, with a landmark domed hall and stalls of Belarusian produce.

  2. 2
    Department store

    GUM Minsk

    Minsk

    Historic state department store on Independence Avenue, trading since the post-war rebuilding of Minsk.

  3. 3
    Department store

    TsUM Minsk

    Minsk

    Large central department store on Independence Avenue, a long-standing Minsk shopping landmark.

  4. 4
    Food & drink

    Kommunarka

    Minsk

    Minsk chocolate and confectionery maker founded in 1905, with branded shops across the country.

  5. 5
    Shopping street & arcade

    Sovetskaya Street

    Brest

    Pedestrianised main street of Brest lined with shops and cafés, lit by traditional gas lamps.

  6. 6
    Crafts & makers

    Slutsk Sashes Factory

    Slutsk

    Workshop reviving the weaving of Slutsk sashes, the ornate silk belts of 18th-century nobility.

  7. 7
    Crafts & makers

    Orsha Linen Mill

    Orsha

    One of Europe's largest flax mills, producing Belarusian linen sold in its own shops.

  8. 8
    Crafts & makers

    Neman Glass Factory

    Birky

    Long-established glassworks in Birky producing crystal and art glass in the Grodno region.

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