City
Minsk
Capital of Belarus
What guided this image
- Landmarks
- Svislach River; Trinity Suburb; Holy Spirit Cathedral; Stalinist Empire; National Library of Belarus; Church of Saints Simon and Helena; Victory Park; Belarusian Baroque
- Viewpoint
- Favor an elevated viewpoint along the Svislach River near Trinity Suburb or the Upper Town, looking across the river toward the historic quarter and the spires of the Holy Spirit Cathedral, with the green parkway and monumental neoclassical facades receding in the background.
- Palette
- Green should be the predominant color, especially in the extensive parks along the Svislach River, Victory Park, and the tree-lined avenues.
- Guarded against
- Avoid making Minsk look like Moscow (no Red Square or Kremlin towers) or Saint Petersburg (no grand imperial canals).
Population1,742,124Wikidata: 2,000
Coordinates53.90°N, 27.57°E
Elevation280 m
Area410 km²
Time zoneEurope/MinskUTC+3
Solar noon13:10clock runs 1.2 h ahead of the sun
Through the Earth
Dig straight through the Earth from Minsk and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Waitangi, New Zealand — 2,066 km from the exact antipodal point.
Nearest cities in the atlas
| Vilnius | LT | 173 km |
| Riga | LV | 403 km |
| Kyiv | UA | 433 km |
| Warsaw | PL | 476 km |
| Tallinn | EE | 640 km |
| Moscow | RU | 675 km |
| Saint Petersburg | RU | 692 km |
| Helsinki | FI | 715 km |
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- Harare ZW
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- Kyiv UA
- Nizhniy Novgorod RU
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- Riga LV
- Saint Petersburg RU
- Sendai JP
- Shanghai CN
- Tbilisi GE
- Tehran IR
- Vilnius LT
- Yerevan AM
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