Minsk airport (MSQ) in the winter. Soviet style, clearly. Beautiful in its own way.
I was here on a ski trip (separate article, alt. link).
The official airport web page is here, and the wikipedia article here.
This was from a trip before Belaurus politics turned bad. Today I would not travel there. Sadly, the country is ruled by authoritarians, with no free speech or possibility of politics, jailing of the opposition, etc. And siding with Russian aggressions. But I believe in brighter future for Belarus someday. It is a wonderful country.
Departure from Helsinki:
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