Gomel
Gomel or Homyel is a city in south-eastern Belarus.
Gomel or Homyel is a city in south-eastern Belarus. It serves as the administrative centre of Gomel Region and Gomel District, though it is administratively separated from the district. As of 2025, it is the second-largest city in Belarus, with 501,193 inhabitants.
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Worth seeing in and around Gomel
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Central Stadium
Central Stadium is a football-specific stadium in Gomel, Belarus. It is currently used as a home ground of Gomel.
2.1 km · football stadium in Belarus · Wikipedia - 02Gomel Palace
The Rumyantsev-Paskevich Residence is the main place of historical importance in the city of Gomel, Belarus. The grounds of the residence stretch for 800 meters along the steep right bank of the Sozh River.
3.4 km · palace in Gomel, Belarus · Wikipedia - 03Francisk Scorina Homiel State University
Francisk Skorina Gomel State University is a medium-sized university situated in Gomel, Belarus. It was opened in 1930.
1.2 km · university in Belarus · Wikipedia - 04Cathedral of Saint Peter and Paul, Gomel
Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Gomel diocese of the Belarusian Orthodox Church. It is located in Gomel Central Park, part of the Gomel Palace and Park Complex.
3.3 km · Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Gomel, Belarus · Wikipedia - 05Paval Sukhi State Technical University of Homiel
Pavel Sukhoi State Technical University of Gomel is a university in Gomel, Belarus. The university is named after Pavel Sukhoi, Belarusian Soviet military aircraft constructor and designer.
5.3 km · public university in Homiel, Belarus · Wikipedia - 06Gomel State Medical University
Gomel State Medical University is public teaching university based in Gomel, Belarus.
2.9 km · university in Belarus · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Gomel Palace
A park with marble statues, chapel, winter garden and the Neoclassical church of Sts.
- 02Train
Beautiful neoclassical building with interior decorated in 19th-century spirit and a dominating Lenin statue on the stairs to the upper floors.
- 03Bauman Bridge
Very nice bridge over river Sosz with the wide views on the nearby beaches and Gomel Palace.
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Things to do
Football: FC Gomel play soccer in the Premier League, the top tier in Belarus. Their Central Stadium, capacity 14,300, is east side near the river. The playing season is March-Nov.
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Getting to Gomel
- Airports
- Minsk National (MSQ), 253 km
- Stations
- Gomel Airport, 9.3 km
- Minsk → Gomel280 km · quickest by road, 4h 31m · $25–34
- Brest → Gomel495 km · quickest by road, 9h 5m · $50–70
- Moscow → Gomel569 km · quickest by road, 12h 6m · ₽2,380–3,170
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No local-transport research exists yet for Gomel
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Gomel. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Gomel
Gomel is 1 km from Homyel', the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Homiel Districtdistrict of Belarus3.1 km
- Gomselmashproduction facility in city of Homieĺ600 m