Join Log in Profile Search

 

Travel to Belarus to backpack, study, intern, volunteer, work,

or live as a digital nomad, expat or emigrant?

Image

Image

Table of content

Belarus

Image
 Belarus

Intro
Back to top

Backpacking or travelling in Belarus?

  • Belarus, or Belarus as the locals call it, is known for its endless forests, hidden castles and a journey back in time. Think Soviet architecture, villages where time seems to have stood still and beautiful landscapes. It is also quite affordable and quite off-the-beaten-track.
  • Spotting activities: explore Minsk; spot wild bison in Białowieża National Park; imagine yourself in a fairy tale in Mir Castle; visit Njasvizj Castle; learn about Brest Fortress; relax at the Minsk Sea, an artificial lake.
  • Spotting animals: European bison, elk, wolf, beaver, roe deer, eagle owl.
  • Spotting food: draniki, machanka, kletski, babka, salo, kolduny, kvass.
Back to top

Studying in Belarus?

  • There are several relatively good universities with a wide range of study options. You can follow high-quality courses for an affordable price.
  • Study cities: Minsk, Brest, Grodno.
  • Language: Belarusian and Russian, but also programs in English.
Back to top

Internship in Belarus?

  • It is not easy to find an internship in Belarus. You may find options in IT, medical sector or at cultural institutions.
  • Competencies: practical skills, cultural adaptation and language skills.
Back to top

Volunteer in Belarus?

  • There are not many options for volunteering in Belarus.
Back to top

Work in Belarus?

  • You can find a job in IT and technology most easily. In addition, there are jobs for experts in agriculture, construction, sales, logistics etc.
Back to top

Work as a digital nomad in Belarus?

  • Low cost of living and good internet, but it can be a challenge to get a visa, for example. So it is not a really popular digital nomad country.
  • Favorite locations: Minsk, Brest, Grodno.
Back to top

Living in Belarus?

  • There aren’t many expats in Belarus, but those who are are generally found in Minsk. It’s a beautiful city, life is affordable, but the country itself is very state-regulated and you may need to speak Russian.
  • Education: there are limited opportunities for international education.
  • Expat community: small.
  • Be aware: there is a language barrier and bureaucracy can be complex.
  • Health insurance: healthcare is often less good than in Western Europe and some expats go abroad for treatment. So make sure you have your own health insurance with good coverage.
Back to top

Supporting content

Supporting content:
Belarus Country Bundle: suggestions, stories and tips

Belarus Country Bundle: suggestions, stories and tips

Content about Belarus on WorldSupporter

Belarus: Updates & Travel

Belarus: Updates & Travel

Back to top

Travel in Belarus?

  • The last dictatorship in Europe, called Belarus, is ruled with an iron fist by Lukashenko (who has been there since 1994). The nature is not very spectacular (mainly plains) but it is still pure with wild wolves, bison and bears. Minsk is surprisingly modern in a country where it sometimes seems as if time has stood still. For when you want to see an old communist country for a bargain.
  • Spot bison (and wolves and bears) in Belavezha Wood (Berezinsky Nature Reserve) or Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park.
  • Experience rural life in Dudutki with the agricultural museum.
  • With the castle that protected the city from the Germans, the puppet theater and the Belaya Vezha (white tower), Brest is an interesting city.
  • Apart from modern Minsk, the rest of Belarus sometimes seems to have stood still in time. During the Second World War, most of the old town of Minsk disappeared and now there are mainly Stalinist buildings where trendy bars and nightclubs have found their place.
  • Visit the fairytale castle in Mir.
Back to top

Updates Belarus

  • More about Belarus, updates and contributions, see the link below.
Back to top
Belarus: selection of contributions by WorldSupporters - Bundle

Image ACTIVITIES

Check courses, jobs, projects, recipes, suggestions and tips related to: 'Belarus'

ACTIVITIES
CHECK MORE ACTIVITIES

Select any filter and click on Apply to see results

Activities abroad: home bundle

Main content and contributions for activities abroad

,,,accommodations, adventure activities, courses, internships, jobs and volunteer projects

...to help another, travel with care, work together , learn

........Read more
Activities abroad: home page

Activities abroad: home page

From language courses to gap year abroad, from work experience to volunteering abroad, from paid work to internship abroad, from mountaineering to diving and from backpacking to travel around the world

Activities abroad

    Back to top

    What social activities can you do abroad?

    • Opportunities are found in the areas of helping, learning or studying. You can get involved to volunteer in a social project at a school in Africa, Asia or Latin America. You can get involved in nature, in a project with animals or cleaning the sea or beaches. Those who want to learn more can choose for example a language course in Latin America, Spain or South Africa.
    Back to top

    What work related activities can you do abroad?

    • If you want to gain work experience, and/or also earn money, go and work abroad. You can combine backpacking in Australia with temporary work. You can work on campsites in Europe or bush camps in Africa. You can pretty much go all over the world to work in the hospitality industry, hotels and hostels, in the healthcare sector or for example at a diving school.
    Back to top

    What sports activities to do abroad?

    • Have you ever thought of mountain biking, rafting (going down a wild river on a raft or rubber dinghy, climbing or canoeing), survival (which involves building rafts, climbing or canoeing), abseiling (descending a rock face while secured to ropes), zip-lining (whizzing down a cable), canyoning (starting at the top of a river and then climbing, swimming, diving down the bed) or caving (scrambling, wriggling and crawling through caves and crevices)?
    • Maybe you feel more comfortable on a bodyboard (on a half-wave surfboard, you surf the high waves lying down-with flippers), on a hang glider or while paragliding (with a parachute you float down a mountain or dune), hydrospeeding (on a bodyboard with flippers and a wetsuit on you go down a wild river via rapids) or Tiefschneeskiing (racing down through powder snow)?

    Check the pages below for more activities and inspiration and where to go and how to arrange it

      Back to top
      Activities abroad: for gap year, sports, travel and outdoor abroad

      Activities abroad: for gap year, sports, travel and outdoor abroad

      Activities abroad: for languages courses and learning a language

      Activities abroad: for languages courses and learning a language

      Activities abroad: for volunteering, nature and animal care abroad

      Activities abroad: for volunteering, nature and animal care abroad

      Activities abroad: for volunteering and social work abroad

      Activities abroad: for volunteering and social work abroad

      Activities Abroad: for work and intern abroad

      Activities Abroad: for work and intern abroad

      Work Abroad, Work Experience Abroad & Intern Abroad

      Access: 
      Public
      Themes: home bundles per activity abroad

      Themes: home bundles per activity abroad

      Themes: main theme pages for emigration, moving and living abroad
      Worldsupporter: home pages and bundles

      Worldsupporter: home pages and bundles

      • 1789 reads

      Image STORIES

      Check blogs, experiences and information related to: 'Belarus'

      STORIES
      Icon Timur en Maxim & nieuwe vrijwilligersreis
      Image

        Sinds 25 oktober hebben wij tijdelijk twee kinderen uit Wit-Rusland bij ons in huis. Ik had hier in een eerdere blog al over verteld. Ze heten Timur en Maxim en zijn allebei 9 jaar oud. Ze komen uit gezinnen die het thuis niet breed hebben waar vaak er verscheidenen problemen binnen het gezin...

      Icon Welk visum regelen voor een reis naar Wit-Rusland?
      Image

      Toeristenvisum Het is verplicht om een toeristenvisum aan te vragen voor Wit-Rusland. Dit kan bij de ambassade in Den Haag, het visum is voor maximaal 90 dagen geldig. Hiervoor is een uitnodiging van een reisorganisatie nodig. Een return ticket is niet verplicht. Actuele informatie De meest actuele ...

      Icon Belarus: Updates & Travel
      Belarus: Updates & Travel
      • Travel in Belarus?
      • Updates Belarus

        • Travel in Belarus?

        • The last dictatorship in Europe, called Belarus, is ruled with an iron fist by Lukashenko (who has been there since 1994). The nature is not very spectacular (mainly plains) but it is still pure with wild w...
      CHECK MORE STORIES

      Select any filter and click on Apply to see results

      Countries & Destinations: home bundle

      Bundled content, suggestions, stories and tips about the countries and destinations in the world

      ...to help another, travel with care, work together , learn to share and inspire........Read more

      Africa: country bundles

      Africa: country bundles

      Access: 
      Public
      Asia: country bundles

      Asia: country bundles

      Country bundles of Asian countries

      Access: 
      Public
      Central America: country bundles

      Central America: country bundles

      Europe: country bundles

      Europe: country bundles

      Country bundles of European countries

      Access: 
      Public
      Middle East: country bundles

      Middle East: country bundles

      Country bundles of the Middle East

      Abu Dhabi, Dubai & United Arab Emirates - Bahrain - Egypt - Iran - Iraq - Israel - Jordan - Kuwait - Lebanon - Qatar - Saudi Arabia - Syria - Turkey - Yemen

      Access: 
      Public
      North America: country bundles
      Oceania & The Pacific: country bundles

      Oceania & The Pacific: country bundles

      The Australia & Oceania/Pacific continent consists of many small island countries and islands territories.

      List of countries:

      • Antarctica (continent)
      • Australia
      • Fiji
      • Kiribati
      • Marshall Islands
      • Micronesia
      • Nauru
      • New Zealand
      • Palau
      • Samoa
      • Solomon Islands
      • Tonga
      • Tuvalu
      • Vanuatu
      Access: 
      Public
      South America: country bundles

      South America: country bundles

      South America: country bundles

      Access: 
      Public
      The Caribbean: country bundles

      The Caribbean: country bundles

      Country bundles of Caribbean countries

      Access: 
      Public
      Countries: habits, food customs and philosophies per continent and country in the world

      Countries: habits, food customs and philosophies per continent and country in the world

      Countries: how to see happiness from the eyes of another country and continent

      Countries: how to see happiness from the eyes of another country and continent

      Countries: emigration, moving and living abroad: per continent and country

      Countries: emigration, moving and living abroad: per continent and country

      Countries: the worst time to go abroad and the best time per country or region

      Countries: the worst time to go abroad and the best time per country or region

      • 1179 reads

      Image ORGANIZATIONS

      Check sectors and organizations related to: 'Belarus'

      CHECK MORE ORGANIZATIONS

      Select any filter and click on Apply to see results

      Organizations & Services: home bundle

      Bundled content, suggestions, stories and tips about organizations and their products and services

      ...to help another, travel with care, work together, learn to share and inspire with

      ........Read more
      Organizations: home page
      Organizations: sector bundled for activities, animal protection, wild life care and eco-projects

      Organizations: sector bundled for activities, animal protection, wild life care and eco-projects

      Organizations: sectors bundled for activities, internships, projects and work placements abroad

      Organizations: sectors bundled for activities, internships, projects and work placements abroad

      Organizations: sectors bundled for activities, leisure, tours, sports and tourisme

      Organizations: sectors bundled for activities, leisure, tours, sports and tourisme

      Organizations: sectors bundled for business, law, services and technical

      Organizations: sectors bundled for business, law, services and technical

      Organizations: sectors bundled for education, health, non profit, society and welfare

      Organizations: sectors bundled for education, health, non profit, society and welfare

      Organizations in the spotlight: home bundle
      Organizations: sector bundel NL

      Organizations: sector bundel NL

      • 526 reads

      Image

      SPOTLIGHT & FAVORITES

      FAVORITES
      Icon Timur en Maxim & nieuwe vrijwilligersreis
      Image

        Sinds 25 oktober hebben wij tijdelijk twee kinderen uit Wit-Rusland bij ons in huis. Ik had hier in een eerdere blog al over verteld. Ze heten Timur en Maxim en zijn allebei 9 jaar oud. Ze komen uit gezinnen die het thuis niet breed hebben waar vaak er verscheidenen problemen binnen het gezin...

      Icon Welk visum regelen voor een reis naar Wit-Rusland?
      Image

      Toeristenvisum Het is verplicht om een toeristenvisum aan te vragen voor Wit-Rusland. Dit kan bij de ambassade in Den Haag, het visum is voor maximaal 90 dagen geldig. Hiervoor is een uitnodiging van een reisorganisatie nodig. Een return ticket is niet verplicht. Actuele informatie De meest actuele ...

      Stories, tips and experiences from Belarus

      Image ALL CONTENT

      Search all related content within the topic: 'Belarus'

      ALL CONTENT WITHIN TOPIC

      Select any filter and click on Apply to see results

      Check or search within: topics, countries and studies only

      Search only via club, country, goal, study, topic or sector

      Image

      Related topics and terms

      Related regions:
      Related countries and regions:
      Stay safe and insured
      Go abroad!
      Image
       
       
      Naar het buitenland (NL)?:  Je vertrek voorbereiden of je verzekering  afsluiten bij studie, stage of onderzoek in het buitenland

      Image

      TOPICS : check associated topics and more activities

      Selected Worldsupporter pages in relation with the topic
      Themes: main theme pages for activities abroad (intern, study, travel, volunteer, work or emigrate)

      WorldSupporter Theme pages for activities abroad

      Intern, study, travel, volunteer, work or emigrate

      Best travel time for weather, climate and activities abroad, and the worst time to go!
      Backpacking and travel your way around the world - Theme
      Emigration and moving abroad - Theme
      Gap Year, Time out and Sabbatical - Theme
      Internship Abroad - Theme
      Learning languages and language courses abroad - Theme
      Remote working abroad and digital nomads - Theme
      Study Abroad - Theme
      TEFL: Teaching English as a Foreign Language and learning English - Theme
      Travel insurances and insurances for long term abroad - Theme
      Travel gear and packing lists for going abroad - Worldsupporter Theme
      Volunteer abroad - Theme
      Work abroad and working holidays - Theme
      Themes: main theme pages

      Themes: main theme pages

      • 1848 reads
      Page type:

      WorldSupporter: Topic Page