Frunze Street, Minsk, Belarus
How many Gorky Parks are there in the world? I know of two: one in Moscow, Russia and obviously one in the capital city of Belarus that I walked through with my BFF. The latter was established in 1800, then called Governor's Garden before it was renamed during the Soviet era.
Armed with a map, we did a self-guided walking tour from our accommodation of choice:
Hampton by Hilton Minsk City Centre.
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| We crossed Svislach River to get to the park. |
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| All I needed were some Christmas decorations on those trees. |
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| A wild... I mean tame Pikachu appeared! |
Say hello to a bunch of bipeds!
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| Not cold for all of you, eh? |
I suppose there are lots of activities that can be done at the park, but not during winter.
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| Can you see anything in the background that caught my interest? |
There are amusement rides scattered throughout the park, but none of them was operational when we were there.
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| I can never avoid the temptation of Ferris wheel. |
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| Let's take a quick look at the price of each ride. |
During summer, children can look forward to pony rides around the park.
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| Maksim Gorky, a renowned Soviet writer, was born in 1868 and passed away in 1936. |
Seeing the big bridge meant we'd be out of the park to the main road soon.
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| My hands were trembling when I took these photos due to the chilly wind. |
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| Is that a radio tower? |
Two days later, the temperature increased quite a bit. Here's a glimpse of the park when most of the snow had melted.
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| I didn't notice those padlocks at all on my first visit to the park. |
There's an indoor skating rink that used to be frequented by the first president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko.
There's also a planetarium at the park, which we didn't manage to see that in person.
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