Turn on the border with Poland for motorists

Everyone who is going to travel personalby road to Europe, border crossings Belarus-Poland or Ukraine-Poland will meet on the way. It is necessary to take into account the peculiarities of the passage and congestion of these transitions.

Overview from the Belarusian border crossings

The turn on the border with Poland on the part of Belarus,as a rule, depends on the time of day and the day of the week in which you are going to cross the border; less often - from state and religious holidays both in Poland and in Belarus.

As a rule, on weekdays on the way to Poland, asand back, practically at any time of the day there are no big lines. To a long standing should be prepared, if you plan to cross the border in the evening of Friday or Saturday. The queue on the border with Poland (Berestovitsa - one of such transitions) begins to accumulate from Friday evening and stays stable all night from Friday to Saturday, in the opposite direction - from lunch Saturday or Sunday.

This is the most popular direction for constantly traveling to Poland to earn extra money or purchase local residents.

A similar situation awaits you at border crossingsBruzgi (Grodno) and the Warsaw Bridge (Brest). The general advice for all who are worried about the queue on the border with Poland or Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine: use the services of the State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus.

On the same site there are many more useful servicesfor travelers. Webcams on transitions, up-to-date information on the number of vehicles to enter or leave, archive queues of different modes of transport.

It is not superfluous to recall that for rapidIt is useful to arm the border with up-to-date information on the rules for customs clearance of goods that you import or export. Knowing in advance what awaits you there, you will shorten the very procedure of registration on the border and will not cause a queue on the border with Poland. The most current information can be found on the website of the Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus in the section "Travelers". Such an information service exists in Poland. If you approach the study of the waiting line on the border from different sides, then you can compare information with Belarusian and Polish online services.

Border crossings of Belarus for private cars

Total number of border crossings on the siteBelarus-Poland borders - six, namely: Bruzgi (Grodno), Berestovitsa (Volkovysk), Peschatka (Kamenets), Kozlovichi (this crossing point is used exclusively for freight transport), Warsaw Bridge (Brest), Domachevo (this crossing point, on official information, was closed until 01.10.2016, in connection with the repair of the bridge over the river Bug).

The most popular places of passage of the border by personalby motor transport - Berestovitsa, Bruzgi and Warsaw Bridge; The sand is not so popular because of its location, but there the turn on the border with Poland is the exception rather than the rule, at any time.

The situation at the border crossings Ukraine-Poland

It is also important to note that Ukrainians, Poles,living in the border areas, actively cross the border on the weekend, both in that and in the opposite direction, so the main advice will be to plan a trip to rest days so as not to intersect with the main stream. Try to leave early on Friday. Arriving at the border on Friday or on a weekday, most likely, you will be able to avoid long standing in the line at the Ukraine-Poland border.

It is worth noting one important nuance concerningUkrainian-Polish border. A lot of cars with Polish numbers in the queue are people who have to leave every five days across the border because they just bought a car in the EU and did not change the registration. From the practice of experienced travelers: when passing through passport control, make sure that you put a stamp on your passport, sometimes border guards simply forget to do it. And given that the technical equipment of the Ukrainian border crossings leaves much to be desired and technical malfunctions, without a mark it will be difficult for you to prove where you came from in Ukraine or why you leave if you are already there. In no case this is not the rule, and it's hard to find fault with the work of Ukrainian border guards, but, unfortunately, such exceptions have already happened many times, just be careful.

Border crossing points at the Ukraine-Poland border

There are 5 main border crossings onPolish-Ukrainian border. 4 of them are located in Lviv region: Smilnitsa, Shegini, Rava-Russkaya, Krakovets; 1 in the Volyn region - Yagodin. All these transitions are designed for cars and trucks. The most popular, especially after the opening of a new route to Kiev (Varshavka) - Yagodin, is located next to the village Starovoitovo. Yagodin is located on the road E373 (motorway M07). This is the shortest way for those who go from Kiev to Warsaw or back. The checkpoint has been working for more than 10 years and has developed infrastructure, nevertheless it is possible to get stuck in the queue from 1.5 to 9 hours.

Your attentiveness and elementary politeness will help you not to stay at any point of admission for longer than necessary.