Flea markets in Minsk are objects to which lovers of antique items should pay attention. In addition, it is recommended to visit them for those who want to get in touch with history and breathe in the smell of the past.
Flea market in Masyukovshchina
This flea market sells kitchen knives, stamps, Soviet dolls, second-hand clothes, volleyball, soccer and basketball balls, military uniforms, camouflage for fishermen (costs about 80,000 Belarusian rubles). The goods here are laid out on pieces of cardboard, and sometimes on bare ground.
Flea market "Field of Miracles" on the outskirts of the market "Zhdanovichi"
Some sellers at this flea market sell antiques, others - old things from home, and still others - “grandmother's” hand-made. Sellers display small appliances, books, copper kettles and pots, Zenit cameras (cost about $ 20), furniture, including 19th century furniture (for example, for a set of 2 armchairs and an ottoman, sellers ask to pay $ 650 for a set of 2 armchairs and an ottoman. for a chic table made of Karelian birch - $ 750), vinyl record players (you can buy from 200,000 Belarusian rubles; and the records themselves - from 5,000 Belarusian rubles / 1 piece), Soviet glasses, casings and cartridges from the Second World War, orders, medals, coats of arms of cities, irons, clocks, hand-decorated icons, various statuettes and busts, towels and other goods. An interesting purchase at Pole Miracles can be a device for sealing pharmaceutical vials with medicine. There is a car market nearby - here visitors will have the opportunity to acquire auto parts and cars.
Christmas market
Often, at the end of December, a flea market takes place on Revolutsionnaya Street, 7 (Red Courtyard), where sellers offer to acquire vinyl records, postcards, books and photographs, as well as various works of authorship.
Shopping in Minsk
Before leaving the capital of Belarus, tourists are advised to buy local knitwear (famous for its high quality and low price), linen products, including traditional Belarusian toys (it is recommended to visit the Kirmash store at 19 Nezalezhnosti Avenue), clothes with national ornaments, linen Milavitsa (in addition to brand stores, sections of these products can be found in TSUM, GUM, Belarus department store), Luch watches, clay products in the form of plates, mugs, pots (it is worth visiting both hypermarkets and small craft shops).
