Making friends in Minsk

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15 years ago

We have been talking about loneliness when you are abroad, let's now talk about how to make friends (locals or expatriates) when you're living in Minsk

Which are your best tips to meet people and to make friends in Minsk??

Thanks in advance for your participation

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Yud ViP

7031POSTS

15 years ago

Hello Sparky007,

Well seen. Effectively, it is in Minsk. May be a typing mistake on behalf of our team. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I have corrected it

Regards

Sparky007 Member

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15 years ago

Hello Yud,

No problem. And thank you! Just was a little confused at first. Hope we can be able to get (locals or expatriates) to assist.

Armand ViP

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15 years ago

Hadeer wrote:
making friends in minsk. LoooooooooL sounds funny.

Can you explain please?

Sparky007 Member

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15 years ago

Hadeer wrote:
making friends in minsk. LoooooooooL sounds funny.

Is there something that we don't know?

PRINCESTANLEY Member

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15 years ago

Hadeer wrote:
making friends in minsk. LoooooooooL sounds funny.

HONESTLY, IT SOUNDS REAL GOOD. BUT ARE PEOPLE READY TO COME OUT FOR THAT?

PRINCESTANLEY Member

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15 years ago

I REALLY THINK THAT IN THE FIELD OF EXPATRIATE, PEOPLE ARE THE COMMON DENOMINATOR OF PROGRESS BECAUSE NO IMPROVEMENT IS POSSIBLE WITH UNIMPROVED PEOPLE.

Harmonie ViP

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15 years ago

Hello PRINCESTANLEY and welcome to Expat.com!

Could you please lower Caps lock when you write?

Thank you.

And what do you mean by >

PRINCESTANLEY wrote:
I REALLY THINK THAT IN THE FIELD OF EXPATRIATE, PEOPLE ARE THE COMMON DENOMINATOR OF PROGRESS BECAUSE NO IMPROVEMENT IS POSSIBLE WITH UNIMPROVED PEOPLE.

?

Harmonie.

Maciek Member

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14 years ago

#10

So is there anyone in Minsk who would like to socialize and show round:)?

TamaraQ Member

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14 years ago

#11

Hello, Minsk:)

Christine ViP

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14 years ago

#12

Hi TamaraQ,

Could you please introduce yourself?

Thank you.

vikaveg Member

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14 years ago

#13

Maciek wrote:
So is there anyone in Minsk who would like to socialize and show round:)?

Hey! I'm originally from Minsk. Have you found someone to socialize with?

Marina_Z New member

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14 years ago

#14

Hadeer wrote:
in belarus u cant make friends coz people here is not friendly , always with angry face )

Hadeer wrote:
making friends in minsk. LoooooooooL sounds funny.

Hello, Hadeer. I am belorussian and I live in Minsk.
It seems that you had a bad luck. Yes, our people may seem gloomy when you see them in the streets. But have you tried to make friends with anyone? I have a few friends from abroad. One of them lived at my place for several days (couchserfing). All of them say that belarussians are very hospitable and friendly.
Just try.

Francesca Team

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14 years ago

#15

Hi Marina_Z and welcome to Expat.com!

Thanks for your contribution

Francesca

life4fun2 Guest

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14 years ago

#16

hello friends, i had one of my business partner visiting us in India recently from Minsk and i did find her all the time looking serious. But good to hear that all people are not like that. I am planning to be in Minsk and Grodno in May end . Let me see my luck over there :-)

Marina_Z New member

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14 years ago

#17

life4fun2 wrote:
i had one of my business partner visiting us in India recently from Minsk and i did find her all the time looking serious.

Hahaha.. you know, one of my friends told me just the same thing! He said I was looking toooo serious.
His words surprized me as I am not really very serious. But that's how I looked when we met, I suppose.

life4fun2 Guest

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14 years ago

#18

Ok , let me see you then in Minsk when i visit in 3rd week of May and let me affirm that you are really not that serious :-)

Marina_Z New member

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14 years ago

#19

I might be away end of May for the Vilnius Salsa event.

Anyway, feel free to write to me.
p.s. will you be giving out some sort of sertificate, verifying the level of seriousness?

big_man Member

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14 years ago

#20

Hi everyone!! who want to meet with (maybe)funny person pls email me!

life4fun2 Guest

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14 years ago

#21

Hello maclek, ow u doin? Can we hook up?

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life4fun2 Guest

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14 years ago

#22

Hello minsk were r u guys?m dulling

aleshki Member

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14 years ago

#23

Hey. I do not think that Belarus is not friendly people. In each country there are individuals that spoil the view of the country. But in general, all people are fairly simple and responsive.

sameeta Active member

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14 years ago

#24

i have been living in Minsk since a year and i have not yet found a single friends So far . Only sometimes some people(guys) trying to flirt around and it is totally weird for me.

pbilos Member

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14 years ago

#25

HI BELARUS

sameeta Active member

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14 years ago

#26

wake up Minsk! Lol

vikaveg Member

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14 years ago

#27

sameeta wrote:
i have been living in Minsk since a year and i have not yet found a single friends So far . Only sometimes some people(guys) trying to flirt around and it is totally weird for me.

Well you know I live in Minsk all my life and to me make friends is not that simple actually (I believe that's because I'm introvert). The majority of people I know came from 3 directions: school/university, work and Internet. If you don't get along with people at work try to find friends on the Internet. Throw social-networks you can find people with same interests. Minsk is quite boring city I think

sameeta Active member

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14 years ago

#28

Minsk actuallY verY boring citY ..seriouslY ...talking about socialize.?...i have lots of experiences on that..for example todaY theY know me n 2morrow who the heck i am for them. Lol

vikaveg Member

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14 years ago

#29

sameeta wrote:
Minsk actuallY verY boring citY ..seriouslY ...talking about socialize.?...i have lots of experiences on that..for example todaY theY know me n 2morrow who the heck i am for them. Lol

Hmmm, do you socialise with people suffering from amnesia? LOL

sameeta Active member

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14 years ago

#30

i don't know, what is the problem with the people here..why their faces always look gloomy?
Oh i remember a song "Gloomy sunday"
wake up Minskian wake up!
LOL

vikaveg Member

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14 years ago

#31

Well, I believe they're bored too. If to be serious you must have seen high prices and low incomings of average belarusian family, so when you try to figure out how to pay for children's education dying in stuffy bus during summer or freezing to death in winter there's nothin' much to be smiling about. As for me I am often just deep in my thoughts so my face looks rather serious than gloomy

How about you? Do you smile to people?

Where are you studying at? Maybe we're from the same University

sameeta Active member

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14 years ago

#32

when im happy, i smile..when i smile, i smile lol When i don't...i don't simple as that

i study in Economic University in Vaneeba.
Its jst been 1 year it might takes some more time for me to know well about everything here i guess .

vikaveg Member

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14 years ago

#33

Ha ha see? People are just unhappy!
Well a year is quite a long time. In profile you say you're studying in Minsk, the University you named is not belarusian I believe

Do you speak russian well?

sameeta Active member

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14 years ago

#34

before it used to say Narkhos . Now i know it is as BGEU ie. Beloryski ekonomicheski unibersitet. I know russian a bit iiil:)

Ahmad2 Member

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13 years ago

#35

Hi Belarus, I find belarus quite different , lovely people with beautiful smile...

In minsk if you don't know russian you will be bored definately.

vikaveg Member

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13 years ago

#36

Ahmad2 wrote:
In minsk if you don't know russian you will be bored definately.

But if you are a native English/French/Spanish/German-speaker you will have a lot of fun at our linguistic university

ilija80 Member

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13 years ago

#37

People in Belarus are good but there's just one problem many know little English

ricolyon Member

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13 years ago

#38

Privet Marina !!

Kak dyiela in Minsk , the so cleaned so quiet so friendly city !!

I agree with your view about the hospitality of belarussian people. I was in Minsk in october of 2010 I am on couchsurfing.org , I am Eric from Lyon, France.. can we keep in touch with skype or couchsurfing by the way marina ? Have a good day, dasvidania, poka poka Eric