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Hidden gems in Torun

Quieter corners and lesser-known spots around Torun, Poland.

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Living Museum of Gingerbread

Chełmża [ˈxɛu̯mʐa]; (German: Kulmsee, earlier Culmsee), is a town in northern Poland, in the Toruń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is one of the historic centers of Chełmno Land.

Toruń Castle

Toruń (Polish: [ˈtɔruɲ] ; German: Thorn [ˈtoːɐ̯n] ) is a city on the Vistula River in north-central Poland and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its population was 196,935 as of December 2021.

Old Town Hall Toruń

The Co-Cathedral Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity (Polish: Bazylika Konkatedralna Trójcy Świętej) also called Chełmża Cathedral is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church located in the city of Chełmża, Poland. The church since 1994 has been the co-cathedral or alternate cathedral of the Diocese of Toruń (Dioecesis Thoruniensis or Diecezja Toruńska) and received the status of Minor Basilica in 1982.

Copernicus House

Medieval Town of Toruń (Polish: zespół staromiejski Torunia) is the oldest historic district of the city of Toruń. It is one of Poland's World Heritage Sites (added in 1997) and Seven Wonders of Poland.

Leaning Tower of Toruń

The Gothic architecture arrived in Poland in the first half of the 13th century with the arrival of the Dominican and Franciscan orders. The first elements of the new style are evident in the foundation of the Dominican Trinity church in Kraków (1226–1250), built by Bishop Iwo Odrowąż.