Minsk
Designed as a showpiece Soviet city during the 1950s after being well-nigh decimated during World War II, the Belarusian capital, Minsk, is somewhat forbidding with its pristine avenues, geometric squares and uninspiring concrete block buildings, presided over by Soviet memorial statuary and symbols. Those who holiday in Minsk are often surprised to find that indoorsmore the city’s clubs, casinos, restaurants, hotels and theatres are eccentrically modern and garish, which makes Minsk a marvelous experience.