Do you need a visa to visit Brest, Belarus from Poland as a Belgian national?
My father is visiting Poland during summer. He wanted to visit Brest one day without sleepover, just in and out the same day (it's a border city, he told me). He has contacted the Belarus embassy but they haven't replied yet. Our local city council has assured him he needs only his passport to visit Brest but I fear they might be mistaken with the new rules for entry via Minsk.
Some googling has made me rather certain it is impossible to visit Brest while staying in Poland.
My parents are traveling on their own in a sort of road trip. He has no travel agent.
Best Answer
You do need a visa to enter Belarus by land and visit Brest, and this has always been the case.
You can only enter visa-free at Minsk Airport or by land through the Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park or the Augustów Canal, and you must then remain within these precincts, none of which include Brest.
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List from William's answer is visa-free scheme list for visitors from 80 countries entering Minsk Airport. Correct list for scheme of 77 countries citizens' visa-free-entering eastern borders is here: http://president.gov.by/uploads/documents/ukaz462.doc (you could put the text, which is in Russian, into Google Translate to see if your citizenship applies.)
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