Tickets for Poland can be bought from any of the first floor ticket booths. Advance tickets for all Western European destinations can be reserved at EvroAvtoServis, Pervomayskaya 18, 2nd floor, room 7, tel. Closed Sat, Sun. Situated over the road from the back entrance to Gorky Park, this company sells tickets for direct coaches from Minsk to the Czech Republic and Germany. You can also buy tickets to other European destinations for coaches going from Warsaw.
Buses are quicker than trains but offer little comfort.
The driver will seldom stop en route, so visit the toilet before you leave and stock up on all essentials. Drivers might stop to pick up hitchhiking policemen and military personnel. Eastern Bus Station Vaneeva 34. Tickets for destinations within Belarus can be bought from the ticket booths located on the first floor. Open 24 hours.