Travel time will increase by at least 4 hours

Poland announced that it will close the road through Bobrovniki from February 10.

Now, only one of the six checkpoints between Belarus and Poland will operate - through Brest.

The most convenient way for townspeople to Bialystok used to be the road through the Bruzgi - Kuznica checkpoint.

It takes half an hour to drive from Hrodna.

However, it has not been working for more than a year, Poland closed the transition due to the "migrant crisis".

Closed (red) and open (green) crossings on the border of Belarus and Poland

Then, first of all, the townspeople began to travel to Poland through the checkpoint "Berestavitsa - Bobrovniki".

It is also located in the Horaden region.

The road to the border already took 1-1.5 hours, but this point was also very popular.

Now it is closed.

Now Belarusians can go to Poland either through Brest or through two checkpoints on the Lithuanian border.

The road from Hrodna to Brest takes three hours, from Terespal to Bialystok - another three hours.

That is, the total time of the road "Horodnya - Bialystok" (80 km between them) increases by 4 hours, while the time at the border itself is not taken into account.

The trip to Poland via Lithuania will be even longer.

"Maybe the Forge will be opened tomorrow?"

"The question is whether Babrovnki will be closed or not.

Let's wait until tomorrow and find out for sure.

Or maybe Kuznitsa (the closest border crossing with Poland to Hrodna, closed in the midst of the "migrant crisis" - RS) will be opened tomorrow?

It has been said for a long time that repairs will be made in Babrovniki, but they are also going to bring the road to Kuznitsa under another route," - the city dweller Henrikh* (the names of the characters have been changed for the safety of the interlocutors) does not want to believe until the last that another route to Poland will disappear .

He still remembers the times when he traveled to Poland via Kuznica.

"Bobrovniki were never important for the townspeople until Kuznitsa was closed.

Now it is the closest way to get to Bialystok.

It is not clear what will happen if it is also closed," he says.

Henry thinks that then he will have to go either through Brest or through Lithuania.

"There will be a collapse at the Lithuanian crossing.

Everything will depend on the work of Lithuanian customs and border guards.

If they let it go like it is now, it will be full of shit.

There are not enough tracks for transport," the interlocutor suggests.

"Before, it was always possible to leave every day"

Anzhalika from Mianchen also periodically travels to Poland.

"If you needed to go to Bialystok, it was convenient to go through Bobrovniki.

It was always possible to book a minibus and leave every day, despite the fact that, if you travel from the Belarusian side, you had to stand in line for 8-10 hours, which is also a very big test," she admits.

The Mianchenko woman sometimes chose the route through Lithuania before, because it was psychologically easier to bear.

"Although the journey is longer in hours, it was easier to cross the Lithuanian border, you spend less time standing directly at the border - 2-3 hours.

When you drive, the picture outside the window changes, it is better tolerated than if you stand for 10 hours and wait for the minibus to move 10 meters closer to the barrier," she thinks.

If now the main flow of Belarusians is redirected to Vilnius, then they will have to stand at the border for 10 hours, she thinks.

Anzhalika thinks that now she and other Belarusians will go to Poland less often, because the road will become even more difficult and long.

"It is a pity that such a decision was made.

Spending a day on the road is like that," she sums up.