Sejny
city and urban gmina of Poland
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.
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Tourist Information is in the museum at ul. J. Piłsudskiego 28.
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PKS Suwałki[dead link]. There are connections from Sejny to Augustów, Białystok and other nearby towns.
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Sejny has good connection to Suwałki and Augustów, it lies on the road to Polish - Lithuanian border crossing Ogrodniki/Lazdijai.
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Map of Sejny
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- 1 White Synagogue (Biała Synagoga), Piłsudskiego 41.
- 2 Former Synagogue.
- Sejny Land Museum (Bishops' Palace), ul. J. Piłsudskiego 28.
- Former Dominican Monastery, plac Sw. Agaty 6.
- 3 Church of St. Mary (Bazylika Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny).
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- Check what is going on in White Synagogue, where Ośrodek "Pogranicze - sztuk, kultur, narodów" (Borderland of arts, cultures, nations) [1] resides.
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In summer there is a youth hostel at one of the schools.
- Hotel Skarpa, ul. J. Piłsudskiego 13, ☏ +48 87 516 20 65, skarpa-sejny@su.home.pl. Also a restaurant.
- Lithuanian House (Dom Litewski), ul. 22 Lipca 9, ☏ +48 87 51 62 908.
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- Alytus and Druskininkai in Lithuania
- Suwałki – the largest nearby town