Sejny is a town in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland 12 km from the Polish - Lithuanian border. Sejny was always a multinational and multicultural town - Poles, Lithuanians, Jews, Germans, Belarussians and others lived here together. Today it is a rather sleepy town counting a little more than 5000 inhabitants.
Understand
[edit]Tourist Information is in the museum at ul. J. Piłsudskiego 28.
Get in
[edit]By bus
[edit]PKS Nova. Regional carrier serving Podlaskie voivodeship. There are connections from Sejny to Augustów, Białystok and other nearby towns.
By car
[edit]Sejny has good connection to Suwałki and Augustów, it lies on the road to Polish - Lithuanian border crossing Ogrodniki/Lazdijai.
Get around
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Map of Sejny
See
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- 1 White Synagogue (Biała Synagoga), Piłsudskiego 41.
- 2 Former Synagogue.
- 3 Sejny Land Museum (Bishops' Palace), ul. J. Piłsudskiego 28.
- Former Dominican Monastery, plac Sw. Agaty 6.
- 4 Church of St. Mary (Bazylika Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny).
Do
[edit]- Check what is going on in White Synagogue, where Ośrodek "Pogranicze - sztuk, kultur, narodów" (Borderland of arts, cultures, nations) [1] resides.
Buy
[edit]Eat
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[edit]Sleep
[edit]In summer there is a youth hostel at one of the schools.
- Hotel Skarpa, ul. J. Piłsudskiego 13, ☏ +48 87 516 20 65, [email protected]. Also a restaurant.
- Lithuanian House (Dom Litewski), ul. 22 Lipca 9, ☏ +48 87 51 62 908.
Cope
[edit]Consulates
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1 Lithuania, ul. Wileńska 9, ☏ +4887 5173790, [email protected].
Go next
[edit]- Alytus and Druskininkai in Lithuania
- Suwałki – the largest nearby town