Travel: Flights to Minsk

There is an almost daily train leaving from Berlin's Lichtenberg station. 69€ second class, 3 people in a sleeping car, men and women seperate. First class is 109€, 2 person, not gender seperated. It leaves at 13:49 and arrives the next morning at 9:30 or so. This is the train en route to Russia. There are also trains from Prague, Vilnius, Warsaw, and other European cities. Train from Warsaw goes about 10 hours. Every day it departs from Warsaw Central at 20:35, then arrives in Minsk at 8:00. There are flights from Frankfurt but they are quite pricey, 500$ or so. Driving in, while possible, requires knowledge of the border system. This is a border of European Union, so control is very strict. Crossing it can take 2 hours. They will check your bags. Without knowledge of Russian, Belarusian or Polish, this can be very hard. There is a very long line of cars at every border crossing. Width of tracks is different in Poland and in Belarus, so if you choose a train, be prepared for long wheel changing.