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
Tourist Information is in the museum at ul. J. Piłsudskiego 28.
Get in
By bus
PKS Suwałki. There are connections from Sejny to Augustów, Białystok and other nearby towns.
By car
Sejny has good connection to Suwałki and Augustów, it lies on the road to Polish - Lithuanian border crossing Ogrodniki/Lazdijai.
Get around
See
- White Synagogue (Biała Synagoga), Piłsudskiego 41, 54.106°, 23.349°.
- Former Synagogue, 54.1059°, 23.3505°.
- Sejny Land Museum (Bishops' Palace), ul. J. Piłsudskiego 28.
- Former Dominican Monastery, plac Sw. Agaty 6. 2021-01-13
- Church of St. Mary (Bazylika Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny).
Do
- Check what is going on in White Synagogue, where Ośrodek "Pogranicze - sztuk, kultur, narodów" (Borderland of arts, cultures, nations) resides.
Buy
Eat
Drink
Sleep
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.
Go next
- Alytus and Druskininkai in Lithuania
- Suwałki – the largest nearby town