Vobla (meaning “dried salted fish”) is a pub, of course, what else can it be? If you associate dried salted fish with glass-walled pubs and beer mugs of good old Soviet times, a jolly, frumpy crowd filling the place as soon as it opens up in the morning, then you are not right. Progress has gone far, and today’s Vobla, though not refined, but quite respectable, features a relatively expensive and original interior, a wide selection of draft and bottled beers, a table to play American pool, a beautiful summer terrace on the Svisloch river and an average per person cost of 250,000 to 300,000 BYR (two beers included) – almost a bargain by Minsk rates. Another obvious plus of this place: the pub works almost around the clock.