SUWAŁKI
is the youngest, but also the most densely populated town in
Suwałki Region.  Until
quite recently it was the capital of the Suwałki Province. The
town was founded by the Wigry Cameldolite Order within their
vast properties. It was built near the Czarna Hańcza meanders,
where historical routes from Grodno to Królewiec and from the
Mazovia to Lithuania met. At first, about 1690, it was a little
settlement. As it was developing very fast, the Cameldolites
decided to convert it into a town. In 1710, King August II granted
them the privilege of holding markets and fairs. In 1715, the
monks freed the inhabitants from the villein service and marked
out the market square and building lots. The privilege of becoming
a town was granted by King August II in 1720. It was based on
the Magdeburg law and established markets, the fair, and the
coat of arms. After the third partition of Poland in 1795 Suwałki
Region came under Prussian rule. The new authorities confiscated
Cameldolite possessions and in 1800 the monks were made to leave
their monastery in Wigry. In this way Suwałki ceased to be a
monastic town. After the Congress of Vienna Suwałki was placed
within the borders of the Kingdom of Poland. In 1816 Suwałki
became the seat of the Augustów voivodeship, and later, after
1837 - the seat of the province. A historical value of Suwałki
is the town's layout preserved according to the plans from 1825.
 It
was then that the big market place was transformed into a pleasure
garden, the cemetery was moved behind the Czarna Hańcza River,
a Jewish district with a new market square designed and new
streets marked out. An original element of the spatial plan
was to keep the presentable structure of the town - especially
buildings of public services - along the main street, which
was a natural part of the Kaunas road leading from Warsaw through
Kaunas to St. Petersburg. This street, now called Kościuszki
Street, is still the main artery of the town. It is nice to
walk here and admire classicist buildings situated along the
street. Both sacral and secular buildings of the old part of
the town represent classicist forms of architecture, characteristic
of the 19th century style. Their creators were well known, respected
architects such as Piotr Aigner, Antonio Corazzi, Henryk Marconi
and a Polish architect Karol Majerski.
Suwałki
- the former seat of the province and a county town now - is the
center of administration, industry, trade, culture, education and
tourism of Suwałki Region. The town possesses a well-equipped tourist
base for those who want to visit Wigry National Park, Suwałki Landscape
Park, Augustów Primeval Forest, the upper part of Biebrza National
Park as well as the neighbouring areas of Mazury Garbate with Romincka
and Borecka Primeval Forests, Ełk Lakeland and Great Mazury Lakes.
A well-developed bus and coach network joins Suwałki with other
big and small towns and almost all villages of Suwałki Region. Suwałki
also has a coach connection with Warsaw, Białystok, Gdańsk, Olsztyn
and Toruń. There is a coach connection with Lithuania (through the
border crossings in Ogrodniki and Budzisko), with Belarus (through
the border crossing in Kuˇnica Białostocka) and with the Russian
Kaliningrad District (through the Gołdap-Gusiew border crossing).
Moreover, a railway connection joins Lithuania with Białystok and
Warsaw via Suwałki.
Important
addresses and telephone numbers
Directory
Enguiries:
- trunk numbers 912
- local numbers 913
Tourist information, 566 54 94
Coach station (PKS), Utrata 566 27 63
Railway station (PKP), Kolejowa 22 94 36; 565 32 35
Veterinary center, Utrata 9 566 35 88
Passport information 566 41 18
Post office - District Office, T. Kościuszki 25 566 55 93
Road Assistance 96 37; 566 42 87
Electricity emergency service 991
Gas emergency service 992
Child Care Emergency Service, Przytorowa 8 566 31 25
Ambulance service, 999
Police station, 997; 566 22 61
City Guard, T. Noniewicza 10 986; 565 33 21
Fire Station, 998; 566 82 09
Hospital, Szpitalna 60 567 25 46
Confidence telephone 988
Telegraph (telegrams sent by the phone) 905
Customs Office, M. Buczka 183 566 77 96
Town Council, T. Noniewicza 10 566 62 20
Town Office, T. Noniewicza 10 566 62 20
Accommodation
and catering services
HOTELS
Dom Nauczyciela, T. Kościuszki 120 566 69 00
"Hańcza", Wojska Polskiego 2 566 66 33
"Pod Balonem", Sejneńska 80 566 54 16
"Private" - motel, Polna 9 566 53 62
"Suwalszczyzna", T. Noniewicza 71 a 565 19 00
"Star", Sejneńska 62 565 17 53
"Wigry", Zarzecze 26 566 72 20
RESTAURANTS
The Center of Eastern Borderlands Traditional Cuisine, T. Noniewicza
12a 565 04 65
"Hańcza" (hotel restaurant), Wojska Polskiego 2 566 66 44
"Suwalszczyzna" (hotel), T. Noniewicza 7la 565 19 00
"Szanghaj", T. Kościuszki 82 565 14 60
Culture
and entertainment
Public
Library, E. Plater 33a 565 62 46
Gallery "Chłodna 20", T. Noniewicza 71 566 42 11
Photo Gallery PAcamera, T. Noniewicza 71 566 37 43
"Bałtyk" Cinema, T. Kościuszki 24 566 48 48
"Miś" Cinema, Świerkowa 54 565 60 55
Bookshop - Dom Książki, pl. J. Piłsudskiego 1 566 24 59
Bookshop "Kruk", T. Noniewicza 85 565 06 62
Bookshop "Anna", Sejneńska 1 565 02 16
Museum of Suwałki Region Soldiers' History and Tradition, Wojska
Polskiego 566 22 21
Museum of Maria Konopnicka, T. Kościuszki 31 566 41 33
District Museum, T. Kościuszki 81 566 57 50
Youth House of Culture, T. Noniewicza 42 566 27 44
Regional Center of Culture and Art, T. Noniewicza 71 56642 11
Medical
assistance
PHARMACIES
W. Gałaja 4, tel. 566 49 32;
M. Konopnickiej 3, tel. 566 50 91;
T. Ko-ściuszki 78, tel. 565 11 48;
E. Młynarskiego 9, tel. 567 13 41;
T. Noniewicza 61, tel. 566 59 75;
A. Patli 6, tel. 567 73 90;
E. Plater 45, tel. 567 91 06
DENTAL
SURGERIES
W. Andersa 4, tel. 567 88 21;
M. Konopnickiej 2, tel. 566 65 48;
A. Lityńskiego 1a, tel. 567 21 70;
R. Minkiewicza 9, tel. 567 73 45;
T. Noniewicza 93a, tel. 566 79 39;
E. Plater 45, tel. 567 37 29;
Denture repair, Klonowa 43/19, tel. 567 17 08;
Medical Analysis Laboratory "Lamed" (private), Klono-wa 41, tel.
567 82 55;
Health emergency service (private), L. Waryńskiego 26, tel. 566
25 25;
Dental service, L. Waryńskiego 25, tel. 566 79 89.
Car
service
SERVICE
STATIONS
W. Gałaja 14, tel. 566 27 24; T. Kościuszki 17, tel. 0604 54 08
12; Mechaników 23, tel. 566 76 11; G. Narutowicza 9, tel. 566 26
13; K. Pułaskiego 105c, tel. 567 22 55; Wiśniowa 8, tel. 567 16
37; Wojska Polskiego l00n, tel. 565 36 93.
AUTHORISED
SERVICES
"Daewoo", K. Pułaskiego 71, tel. 565 61 40; "Fiat" - "Motozbyt",
Wojska Polskiego 98, tel. 566 48 41; "Ford", 23 Paˇdziernika 31,
tel. 565 07 03; "Opel" - "Motozbyt", Sejneńska 63, tel. 566 48 28;
"Peugeot", "Citroen", Sejneńska 24, tel. 565 3O 92; "Renault", W.
Gałaja 39, tel. 566 39 86.
TAXI
M. Konopnickiej, tel. 565 10 06; pl. J. Piłsudskiego, tel. 565 60
18; J. Pułaskiego, tel. 566 42 40; Wojska Polskiego 2; Utrata (coach
station); Radio-Taxi: 567 40 00; 96 22; 96 23; 96 24; 96 25; 96
26.
CAR
PARKS
I. Daszyńskiego 567 50 11 J. Dwernickiego 566 68 14 M. Paca 567
57 80 Utrata 1 566 59 92
Tourist
services
TOURIST
OFFICES
"Agro-Universal", Chłodna 12 tel./fax 566 54 95
"Anabel", T. Kościuszki 60 tel./fax 566 73 93
"Euro-Bis", T. Noniewicza 44a tel./fax 566 60 61
"Juventur". Chłodna 16 tel./fax 566 39 l 0
"Gromada-Tour", T. Kościuszki 86 tel./fax 566 27 04
"Orbis", T. Noniewicza 48 tel./fax 566 59 16 PTTK, T. Kościuszki
37 tel./fax 566 59 61
"Wigry", T. Kościuszki 84 tel./fax 566 32 89
TOURIST
INFORMATION
The Center of Suwałki Region Promotion, T. Kościuszki 120 tel./fax
565 11 22
Suwałki Center of Information "Mewa", T. Kościuszki 55 tel./fax
566 69 69
Suwałki Agriculture and Tourism Chamber (SIRT), T. Kościuszki 45
tel./fax 566 54 94
SPORT
AND RECREATION
Aeroclub Suwałki, Wojczyńskiego, tel. 566 52 29
The Center of Sport and Recreation (OSiR), Wojska Polskiego 2 (watering
place, tennis courts, indoor swimming-pool), tel. 566 32 81
Equestrian Center "Ortus", W. Reymonta 149, tel. 567 47 05
"Tandem", T. Kościuszki 130 (bike rental and repair)
PTTK, T. Kościuszki 37 (tent and water equipment rental), tel. 566
59 61
SIRT, T. Kościuszki 45 (bicycle-hire service), tel. 566 54 94.
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