Famous artist Mark Shagal was born in Belarus. In his pictures you can see people flying over the city, gardens and houses. They were created in London or Paris, but devoted to Vitebsk - Belarusian city, of which Mark Shagal dreamt all his life more info

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28.12.2012 |

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Dear friends, colleagues and partners! We wish you a Happy New Year and Merry Christmas! This year was important for us. It was the year of our 10th anniversary. We summed up the results and started planning the future. A lot has been done, but it’s still much to be done. We wish all ‘pioneers’ of rural tourism and all the rest who support our movement lots of joy, health and good luck in the coming year! Team of the Belarusian Association “Country Escape” more info

05.12.2012 |

AGORA 2.0 project is in the homestretch!

This year Belarusian Association “Country Escape” is finalizing AGORA 2.0 project “Heritage tourism for increased BSR identity”, supported by the Baltic Sea Region Program 2007-2013. The project lasted two years, a lot has been done. more info

There are seven Ramsar swamps in Belarus
A couple of years ago, On the 2nd of February there was signed Convention on waters and swamps in Ramsar. The main goal of the Convention is to reserve waters and swamps by efficient use of them. more info

Belarusian girl became the supermodel of the world.

Belarusian girl became the supermodel of the world. Every country has its peculiarity, let it be said “its zest”. Germany is worldwide famous thanks to its bear, England is associated with fogs of London, Italy is widely recognized as a country of pizza and pasta. And what is about Belarus? It was mentioned many times that nature of Belarus is unique and unspoiled and so on and so on. more info

Anyone who finds a fern flower in Belarus will be rich
According to legend, in nighttime of Kupala day (on the 6th of July), at 12 p.m. a magic flower (the fern flower) blossoms out but just for a couple of moments. And if someone lucky finds that place and gets the flower he or she will know all the secrets and get all the wealth of the Earth. more info

The highest point of Belarus land
The highest point of Belarus land was considered to be Dzerjinskaya Mountain, 345 meters high. Well, it can’t be compared with such mountains as, for example, the Karpati or the Caucasus but still there can be found about 25-30 representatives of mountain flora, and almost all of them are rare species, included in the Red book of the Republic of Belarus. more info

The oldest forest in Europe
There is a unique nature in Belarus. The oldest forest in Europe is situated in Belarus (the National Park of Belavezhskaya Puscha). more info

Mark Shagal was born in Belarus
Famous artist Mark Shagal was born in Belarus. In his pictures you can see people flying over the city more info

Population of the Republic of Belarus
The population of the Republic of Belarus is less than 10 Million people. But our country is really multinational. In a small country live together Belarusians (81 %), Russians (11 %) more info