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A year in review · 2013
2013
Twelve months of measured going and returning, orbiting Minsk between everything else, with spring-edged April running fastest of all. 8 fresh flags appeared on the map, and Гуманитарный факультет БГУ turned into your steady fixture.
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2013
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By the numbers
2013, distilled
A year measured in steps and stamps — eight ways to see the shape of it.
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Month by month
Twelve panels of 2013
A pace check, month by month. The dial below sets the shape of the year at a glance — each wedge sized to that month's volume. Below, the photo on each row is from those weeks; the line beside it picks the city, the rhythm, and the landmark events that broke the routine.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1,753CHECK-INS
2013 · ring of months · tap a wedge to jump
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January
122 check-ins
Split between Minsk and Chișinău, grocery loops, with walks in Ștefan cel Mare și Sfânt Central Park (Grădina Publică „Ștefan cel Mare și Sfânt”) · Chișinău (3×) and a slow visit to Стела «Минск — город-герой» · Minsk (2×). The Forth and back between two homes 🚂 trip departed mid-month, 2 first-time countries — Ukraine and Moldova, 59 new places on the map. 29 active days — barely a gap.
English stylistics.
— Академкнига · Minsk
02
February
181 check-ins
Across 4 cities, anchored in Minsk, shopping-mall rounds, with a stop at Якорь · Odesa (9×) and long hours in Ștefan cel Mare și Sfânt Central Park (Grădina Publică „Ștefan cel Mare și Sfânt”) · Chișinău (6×). Гуманитарный факультет БГУ the recurring anchor (11×), returning home from Forth and back between two homes 🚂, 98 new places on the map. 25 active days — barely a gap, good days adding up.
↑ upbeat
информация стоит денег О_о
— Main Odessa Train Station (Залізничний вокзал «Одеса-Головна») · Odesa
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03
March
207 check-ins
Minsk set the rhythm — weekend errands. Гуманитарный факультет БГУ the recurring anchor (19×), 28 new places on the map. 29 active days — barely a gap, a buoyant month.
↑ upbeat
Закупиться на 90000 бесценно.
— Столовая БГТУ · Minsk
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04
April
258 check-ins
Warsaw set the rhythm — on the move, with walks in Saxon Garden (Ogród Saski) (11×) and a slow visit to Помнік Тысячагоддзя Брэста / Памятник Тысячелетия Бреста · Brest (8×). Гуманитарный факультет БГУ the recurring anchor (10×), the Study tours to Poland #1 🚂 trip departed mid-month, a first stamp in Poland. 29 active days — barely a gap, a warm note running through it.
↑ upbeat
Минус вторая наценочная категория.
— Кирмаш · Minsk
↺ from February
05
May
170 check-ins
Minsk set the rhythm — hotel-and-runway weeks, with long hours in Dreamland (4×) and a stop at Brest Fortress (Брэсцкая крэпасць) · Brest (4×). Гуманитарный факультет БГУ the recurring anchor (17×), the ISWI #1 🚂 trip departed mid-month, a first stamp in Germany. 31 active days — barely a gap, good days adding up.
↑ upbeat
The very last day. Happiness is in the air.
— Гуманитарный факультет БГУ · Minsk
↺ from February
06
June
202 check-ins
Across 3 cities, anchored in Ilmenau, weekend errands, with outdoor stretches at Valea Morilor Lake (Lacul „Valea Morilor”) · Chișinău (17×) and walks past Goldener Reiter · Dresden (13×). 4 first-time countries — Czech Republic and Slovakia and Hungary, 160 new places on the map. 27 active days — barely a gap, a buoyant month.
↑ upbeat
Он тут действительно cel mare.
— Piața Ștefan cel Mare · Cluj-Napoca
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07
July
97 check-ins
Chișinău set the rhythm — on the move, with walks in Parcul Serghei Lazo (11×) and a slow visit to Kilometrul Zero (6×). Retro Moldova Hostel the recurring anchor (12×), 44 new places on the map. 30 active days — barely a gap.
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08
August
192 check-ins
Across 3 cities, anchored in Chișinău, shopping-mall rounds, with long hours in Grădina Botanică · Chișinău (22×) and a stop at 12th Chair Monument (Пам’ятник 12-му стільцю) · Odesa (20×). Maximus the recurring anchor (11×), returning home from ISWI #1 🚂, 106 new places on the map. 30 active days — barely a gap.
все универы красивее тех, где я учусь:(
— National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Національний університет «Києво-Могилянська академiя») · Kyiv
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September
100 check-ins
Minsk set the rhythm — weekend errands, with outdoor stretches at Комсомольское озеро (4×) and walks past Стела «Минск — город-герой». Гуманитарный факультет БГУ the recurring anchor (18×), the Join Veloby trip departed mid-month, 20 new places on the map. 29 active days — barely a gap.
а вот тут баксов нет.
— ПриорБанк · Minsk
↺ from February
10
October
69 check-ins
Minsk set the rhythm — after-work pints, with a slow visit to Стела «Минск — город-герой». Гуманитарный факультет БГУ the recurring anchor (17×).
↺ from February
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November
50 check-ins
Minsk set the rhythm — hotel-and-runway weeks. Гуманитарный факультет БГУ the recurring anchor (15×).
Финал socialweekend.
— Crowne Plaza Minsk · Minsk
↺ from February
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December
105 check-ins
Minsk set the rhythm — travel days and transit lounges, with wandering through Belarusian National History Museum (Нацыянальны гістарычны музей Рэспублікі Беларусь) (5×) and live music at Белорусская государственная филармония (2×). Гуманитарный факультет БГУ the recurring anchor (14×), 33 new places on the map. 26 active days — barely a gap.
Anchors
The places that kept showing up
Some venues become rituals. Some cities pull you back without trying. Here's the gravity of 2013.
Top venues
#1Гуманитарный факультет БГУ126×
#2Суперпрод53×
#3Факультет радиофизики и компьютерных технологий БГУ40×
#4Fialta30×
#5Столовая30×
#6Шафарнянская 628×
#7Остановка «Поворот на филиал БГУ»22×
#8Retro Moldova Hostel22×
Top cities
#1Minsk853×
#2Chișinău287×
#3Warsaw153×
#4Kyiv100×
#5Odesa74×
#6Ilmenau51×
#7Prague39×
#8Dresden22×
Top categories
#1Bus Stop132×
#2College Arts Building129×
#3Metro Station98×
#4Plaza69×
#5Home (private)65×
#6Department Store61×
#7Park54×
#8Rail Station53×
Firsts
New ground in 2013
Borders crossed for the first time — the dots that turned gold.
Czech Republic
Germany
Hungary
Moldova
Poland
Romania
Slovakia
Ukraine
Journeys
4 trips this year
Departures and returns — tap any card to enter the trip in full.
Forth and back between two homes 🚂
2013-01-18 → 2013-02-10 · 24 days · 177 check-ins
Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus
Study tours to Poland #1 🚂
2013-04-12 → 2013-04-26 · 15 days · 184 check-ins
Poland · Belarus
ISWI #1 🚂
2013-05-28 → 2013-08-31 · 96 days · 533 check-ins
Moldova · Ukraine · Germany · Czech Republic · Romania
Join Veloby
2013-09-29 → 2013-09-29 · 1 days · 5 check-ins
Belarus
Memory
2 frames kept
The pictures you held onto. Tap to open any one full-screen.
Chișinău Railway Station (Gara Feroviară Chișinău) · Chișinău
Plaja „Valea Morilor” · Chișinău
Words
2013 in your own voice
A handful of the year's longest shouts — fragments you wrote as you stood there.
The very last day. Happiness is in the air.
— Гуманитарный факультет БГУ · Minsk · Belarus
все универы красивее тех, где я учусь:(
— National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Національний університет «Києво-Могилянська академiя») · Kyiv · Ukraine
Минус вторая наценочная категория.
— Кирмаш · Minsk · Belarus
Через 10 минут закрываемся. Хмык.
— ТЦ «Кирмаш» · Minsk · Belarus
Он тут действительно cel mare.
— Piața Ștefan cel Mare · Cluj-Napoca · Romania
Закупиться на 90000 бесценно.
— Столовая БГТУ · Minsk · Belarus
The most epic story recently.
— Ciao A Tutti · Warsaw · Poland
Девки тут всё-таки красивые.
— МГЛУ | Минский государственный лингвистический университет · Minsk · Belarus
Bist du spät bist du allein.
— Thüringer Wald · Ilmenau · Germany
First ice-cream in Warsaw;)
— CH Land · Warsaw · Poland
информация стоит денег О_о
— Main Odessa Train Station (Залізничний вокзал «Одеса-Головна») · Odesa · Ukraine
Ну что, поехали в Дрезден.
— Pendlerparkplatz · Ilmenau · Germany
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