Suwałki
Suwałki is a town with population of 70 thousand in Podlachia, Poland lying next to Czarna Hańcza river.
Understand
Suwałki is known for having the lowest average temperature in Poland, it's sometimes called "the Polish pole of cold", but the climate is not really different than in other parts of the country.
Get in
By train
PKP timetable [1] There is one train per day from Warsaw, four from Białystok.
By bus
There are bus connections from Vilnius in Lithuania, Riga in Latvia, Tallinn in Estonia, and large Polish cities such as Warsaw, Białystok and Olsztyn.
- PKS w Suwałkach SA
- Eurolines and Ecolines stop in Suwałki on their cruises to Baltic States.
By car
International transit road linking Baltic States and Western Europe Via Baltica is being constructed next to the city.
Get around
Centre is manageable on foot. There is public communication (around 15 bus lines) and taxis.
See
- Classicist architecture of Kościuszko street [2]
- Co-cathedral
- Complex of cemeteries of four faiths (Jewish was destroyed by Nazis but there are some remains - a wall made of broken matzevas)
- Regional Museum [3], ul. Kościuszki 81
- Modern Art Centre [4], ul. Kościuszki 45
- Maria Konopnicka Museum, ul. Kościuszki 31
Do
- Aquapark, =Ul. Jana Pawła II 7.
- Artificial lake Arkadia is used as a recreational area in summer, there's a guarded beach, boat rent, bar etc. You can also go fishing in the lake.
- 3D Cinema Lumiere, Ul. Dwernickiego 15 (in the mall).
- Suwałki Blues Festival. July
Buy
- ulica Chłodna pedestrian zone
- Suwałki Plaza, Mall, ul. Józefa Dwernickiego 15.
Eat
Drink
Sleep
- Camping and Hostel OSiR Suwałki, ul. Zarzecze 26. Camping prices: adult 8 zł, tent 8 zł, car 10 zł.
- Hotel Hańcza, ul. Wojska Polskiego 2, ☏ +48 87 566 66 33. Free WiFi, parking 10 zł. Sinlge 100 zł, double 150 zł.
- Logos Hotel, ul. Kościuszki 120, ☏ +48 87 566 69 00. Single from 140 zł.
Connect
Go next
- Sejny
- Wigry and its former Camaldolese Priory
- Augustów and its 19th century Canal that was part of connection between Baltic and Black seas (listed on tentative UNESCO World Heritage List)
- Stańczyki Viaducts - unused viaducts from between the wars, one of the highest in Poland. Shapes inspired by aqueducts of Le Pont du Gard. 30 km north-west from Suwałki.
There is one train per day to Sestokai (Polish: Szostaków) town in Lithuania where you can change to train to Kaunas or bus to Marijampolė