Monuments & mounds
In the Podlaskie village of Bolcie, in the municipality of Wiżajny — around 7 km from Żytkiejmy and 40 km from Gołdap — the borders of Poland, Lithuania and Russia meet. This is one of the most north-easterly corners of the country and one of six places where Poland touches three neighbours at a single point. The site is open around the clock, free of charge.
At the point where the three borders meet stands a two-metre monolith of pink granite bearing the coats of arms of the three states. Around it a circle has been paved, in which red blocks trace the lines of the three borders. The border with Russia must not be crossed from either the Polish or the Lithuanian side.
A 400-metre educational path named „Trójstyk granic – biegun zimna" (Tripoint — the Pole of Cold) leads from Bolcie to the monument. Next to the tripoint there is also an MOR cyclists' service point on the Green Velo long-distance cycling route, so the site combines well with a longer cycling trip around the Suwałki region. It is worth including the municipality of Wiżajny itself: its seat was once a town, granted town rights in 1620 and downgraded in 1870.
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