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Homyel'
City in Gomel Region, Belarus

Homyel'

Gomel or Homyel is a city in south-eastern Belarus.

Plan a trip to Homyel'→From Minsk

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.

Get in

Getting to Homyel'

By train or car from Minsk, Kyiv, and Moscow.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Gomel Palace

    A park with marble statues, chapel, winter garden and the Neoclassical church of Sts.

  2. 02
    Train

    Beautiful neoclassical building with interior decorated in 19th-century spirit and a dominating Lenin statue on the stairs to the upper floors.

  3. 03
    Bauman Bridge

    Very nice bridge over river Sosz with the wide views on the nearby beaches and Gomel Palace.

Do

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.

How locals move

Getting around Homyel' the local way

Share-taxi routes mapped nearby
  • 1 Маршрутнае таксі 1: Мікрараён «Любенскі» → Вакзал · КТУП «Гомельоблпассажиртранс»
  • 1 Маршрутнае таксі 1: Вакзал → Мікрараён «Любенскі» · КТУП «Гомельоблпассажиртранс»
  • 14 Маршрутнае таксі 14: Мікрараён «Клёнкаўскі» → Медгарадок
  • 14 Маршрутнае таксі 14: Медгарадок → Мікрараён «Клёнкаўскі»
  • 2 Маршрутнае таксі 2: в. Уза → Мікрараён «Паўднёвы» · КТУП «Гомельоблпассажиртранс»
  • 2 Маршрутнае таксі 2: Мікрараён «Паўднёвы» → в. Уза · КТУП «Гомельоблпассажиртранс»

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Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Hanna782 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.