Trivia in Belarus

National symbols

Flag: A design featuring horizontal red and green stripes with a traditional Belarusian embroidery pattern vertical band on the left

Emblem: Socialist-style coat of arms with a globe and rising sun in the center of a wheat wreath, topped with a red five-pointed star

Over 45% of the land is forest, sometimes called the 'lungs of Europe'
The ultra-large dump truck BelAZ-75710 with a loading capacity of 450 tons is one of the world's largest
As the birthplace of IT companies, Viber and World of Tanks were born in Minsk
In Belarusian, the word for 'hello' is rarely used in everyday conversation
Belavia was the first airline in the former Soviet Union to implement a complete smoking ban
Rabbit meat is relatively inexpensive in Belarus and available in supermarkets
Radioactive contamination areas from the Chernobyl accident still exist in the south
National ID and passport are obtained at age 14 and use the same number for life
The Minsk metro station nameplates feature decorative art like small museums
It boasts one of the world's highest numbers of ice hockey arenas per capita