Sovetskaya Street
Советская улица
Brest's pedestrian main street, lined with 19th-century buildings, cafés and sculptures, where a lamplighter hand-lights kerosene street lamps every evening.
The street runs about 1 km from Lenin Square. Along the way are the Millennium Monument (marking 1,000 years since Brest was founded), the St. Nicholas Brotherhood Church and several city sculptures. The most distinctive feature is that every day before sunset, a lamplighter in uniform walks the street and lights about 17 kerosene lamps one by one, a local tradition. Restaurants, cafés and shops are concentrated here, making it pleasant for an evening stroll.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Cathedral of St. Simeon
- St. Nicholas Brotherhood Church
- Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
- Museum of Rescued Art Treasures
- Museum of Railway Technology
- Brest Fortress Memorial Complex
- Berestye Archaeological Museum
- Kamyanets Tower