The European city full of ‘Marmite’ buildings tourists either love or hate

The Foreign Office currently warns against all but essential travel to Belarus (Image: Getty) The Belarusian city of Minsk is likely not high on many people’s bucket list. The city has seen popularity amongst tourists decline in recent years, unsurprising given the behaviour of the country’s autocratic President Aleksander Lukashenko who has thrown his, and thus his nation’s, lot in with Russian President Vladimir Putin - making the country one of Russia ’s only European allies. The relationship has led to the British Foreign Office warning travellers against all but essential travel to the country and airliners suspending direct flights from the UK.

That said, the city is steeped in history and is jam-packed with incredible architecture and beauty spots. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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