Poland
Things to do in Toruń
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Sightlore has 28 places to explore in Toruń, and 25 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Toruń's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Old Town Hall in Toruń
The Old Town City Hall in Toruń is the main secular building of Toruń's Old Town, a Gothic building created in stages during the 13th and 14th centuries, reconstructed in the 17th century and rebuilt after destruction in the 18th century, one of the most outstanding examples…
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St. George Guildhall in Toruń
Gothic building that was the summer seat of the patrician Brotherhood of St George in Toruń.
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Muzeum Piernika
Żywe Muzeum Piernika is a hands-on experience tourist attraction located in medieval old town of Toruń, Poland, that is famous for its gingerbread.
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Artus Court in Toruń
The Artus Court is a building located in Toruń, Poland.
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Bridge Gate in Toruń
One of the three surviving gates of medieval Toruń, on the Vistula riverside.
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Ethnographic museum, Toruń
Museum founded in 1959 presenting folk art and traditional rural life.
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Statue of a raftsman in Toruń
Fountain with the statue of a raftsman playing the violin, in Toruń's Old Town.
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Church of the Assumption of Our Lady in Toruń
One of the main churches of Toruń, a 14th-century Gothic brick building; part of the UNESCO World Heritage old town.
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Toruń Castle
Toruń Castle is a 13th- or 14th-century castle of the Teutonic Order located in Toruń, Poland. The castle is part of the Medieval Town of Toruń, one of the World Heritage Sites in Poland and Historic Monuments of Poland.
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Nicolaus Copernicus native house in Toruń
The Copernicus House is a historic, Gothic tenement house in Toruń, Poland, which belonged to the Copernicus family in the second half of the 15th century.
Discovery routes in Toruń
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Toruń: Copernicus's Town and the Vistula
From Copernicus House to the Monastery Gate and the Leaning Tower, along the Vistula boulevard to the Gingerbread Museum and the cathedral; the Crane Tower, the Bridge Gate, the Teutonic castle ruins and the New Town.
Toruń: the Old Town Market Square
The Gothic heart of Toruń: the Old Town Hall and its museum, the Copernicus Monument, the Raftsman Fountain, the Royal Pharmacy, Artus Court, St Mary's Church, the Planetarium and the Travellers' and Ethnographic museums.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Bulwar Filadelfijski in Toruń
The Philadelphia Boulevard in Toruń is a wharf located on the right bank of the Vistula River in Toruń, Poland.
Crane Tower in Toruń
Crane Tower is one of the nine remaining defensive towers within the city walls of Toruń, Poland.
Bridge Gate in Toruń
One of the three surviving gates of medieval Toruń, on the Vistula riverside.
Toruń Castle
Toruń Castle is a 13th- or 14th-century castle of the Teutonic Order located in Toruń, Poland. The castle is part of the Medieval Town of Toruń, one of the World Heritage Sites in Poland and Historic Monuments of Poland.
New Town Market Square in Toruń
The New Town Market Square is the central point of the New Town in Toruń, Poland, designed in 1264, when the city was founded.
Old Town Market Square
Main square of Toruń's Old Town, 109 by 104 metres, with the Old Town Hall in the middle.
Old Town Hall in Toruń
The Old Town City Hall in Toruń is the main secular building of Toruń's Old Town, a Gothic building created in stages during the 13th and 14th centuries, reconstructed in the 17th century and rebuilt after destruction in the 18th century, one of the most outstanding examples…
Dybów Castle
Dybów Castle is a castle in Toruń, Poland. It is a national Object of Cultural Heritage.
Fort IV
Prussian artillery fort of the Toruń Fortress, built in the 1880s.
Museums
Nicolaus Copernicus native house in Toruń
The Copernicus House is a historic, Gothic tenement house in Toruń, Poland, which belonged to the Copernicus family in the second half of the 15th century.
Muzeum Piernika
Żywe Muzeum Piernika is a hands-on experience tourist attraction located in medieval old town of Toruń, Poland, that is famous for its gingerbread.
District Museum in Toruń
Toruń Regional Museum, located in the Ratusz hall of Toruń, is one of the oldest and largest museums in Poland. It started in 1594 as the mere Cabinet of Curiosities at the library of the academic Gimnazjum, called Musaeum in Latin.
Tony Halik Explorers’ Museum
Branch of the Toruń Regional Museum showing objects collected by the traveller Tony Halik.
Ethnographic museum, Toruń
Museum founded in 1959 presenting folk art and traditional rural life.
Places of worship
Toruń Cathedral
The Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist (Polish: Bazylika katedralna św.
Church of Saint James the Greater
Gothic church in Toruń's New Town, at the eastern corner of the New Town Market Square.
Church of the Holy Trinity in Toruń
Former church on the New Town Market Square of Toruń, no longer used for worship.
Church of the Assumption of Our Lady in Toruń
One of the main churches of Toruń, a 14th-century Gothic brick building; part of the UNESCO World Heritage old town.
St Nicholas Orthodox Church in Toruń
Orthodox parish church in Toruń.
Monuments
Convent Gate
The Monastery Gate also the Gate of the Holy Spirit or the Gate of the Lady - one of the three gates of medieval Toruń that have survived to this day.
Leaning Tower of Toruń
The Leaning Tower of Toruń is a medieval tower in Toruń, Poland. It is known as a leaning tower because the top of the tower is displaced 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) from where it would be if the tower were perfectly vertical.
Esken House in Toruń
Gothic town house in Łazienna Street, also called the Red Granary.
St. George Guildhall in Toruń
Gothic building that was the summer seat of the patrician Brotherhood of St George in Toruń.
Nicolaus Copernicus Monument in Toruń
The Nicolaus Copernicus Monument in Toruń is a monument of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus erected in his home town in 1853 by a "monument committee" of the city's residents.
Statue of a raftsman in Toruń
Fountain with the statue of a raftsman playing the violin, in Toruń's Old Town.
Royal Pharmacy in Toruń
Historic pharmacy on the Old Town Market Square that operated from 1389 to 2011.
Artus Court in Toruń
The Artus Court is a building located in Toruń, Poland.
Toruń Planetarium
Planetarium and space science centre in Franciszkańska Street in Toruń's Old Town.
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