49 Sights in Toruń, Poland (with Map and Images)

The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Blessed Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski in Toruń – originally Franciscan, in the years 1557–1724 in the hands of Protestants, in the years 1724–1821 Bernardines, from 1830 parish.

Wikipedia: Kościół Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny w Toruniu (PL), Url

Church of the Holy Spirit in Toruń – a historic Catholic temple under the jurisdiction of the Jesuit Order in Toruń. Until 1945, the building served as an Evangelical-Union church, after which it passed into the hands of the Jesuit order. It is located at the Old Town Square 14.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Ducha w Toruniu (PL), Website

The Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas is an Orthodox parish church in Toruń. It belongs to the Kuyavian-Pomeranian deanery of the Diocese of Łódź and Poznań of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church. It is located at 69 Podgórna Street in Mokrem.

Wikipedia: Cerkiew św. Mikołaja w Toruniu (PL)

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.

Wikipedia: Toruń Castle (EN), Website

The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Star of the New Evangelization and St. John Paul II in Toruń – a Catholic church in the jurisdiction of the Redemptorist Congregation. It also serves as an academic church for students of the Higher School of Social and Media Culture. It is located at 1 Droga Starotoruńska Street.

Wikipedia: Kościół Najświętszej Maryi Panny Gwiazdy Nowej Ewangelizacji i św. Jana Pawła II w Toruniu (PL), Website

The Maria Znamierowska-Prüfferowa Ethnographic Museum in Toruń is an ethnographic museum founded in 1959 on the initiative of Maria Znamierowska-Prüffer in Toruń. It is involved in educational and publishing activities, organizes folk art fairs and traditional music concerts. In 2019, it had about 68 thousand facilities from all over Polish.

Wikipedia: Muzeum Etnograficzne im. Marii Znamierowskiej-Prüfferowej w Toruniu (PL)

St. Stephen's Church in Toruń – the church of the Evangelical-Augsburg parish in Toruń. It is located at 14 Wały gen. Sikorskiego Street. The dimensions of the church are 22 × 11.5 meters. The height of the tower is 49.5 meters.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Szczepana w Toruniu (PL)

St. Joseph's Church in Toruń – a Catholic temple in the jurisdiction of the parish of St. Joseph and the sanctuary of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Toruń. It is located at 23/35 St. Józefa Street. It was built in the years 1958–1963 according to the design of Edmund Płocki and Stefan Modrzejewski. The consecration took place on June 14, 1964.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Józefa w Toruniu (PL), Website, Facebook

City Park in Toruń – the oldest park in Toruń and one of the oldest public city parks in Poland. Its area is 25 ha. The park area is limited by Bydgoska and Rybaki Streets, Konopnicka and Przybyszewskiego Streets.

Wikipedia: Park Miejski w Toruniu (PL)

The Church of Our Lady of Victory in Toruń, formerly: the Church of St. George – a historic neo-Gothic Catholic church in the jurisdiction of the parish of Our Lady of Victory in Toruń, located at 76 Podgórna Street.

Wikipedia: Kościół Matki Boskiej Zwycięskiej w Toruniu (PL), Website, Url

The Church of Divine Providence in Toruń – a historic Catholic temple in the jurisdiction of the parish of Divine Providence in Toruń. The church is located in the left-bank part of the city, in the Rudak district, at the intersection of Okólna and Kościelna streets. The church is historic.

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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 from where it would be if the tower were perfectly vertical. Located on Pod Krzywą Wieżą street, it is one of the most important landmarks in Toruń's Old Town. As part of the Medieval Town of Toruń it is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a Historic Monument of Poland.

Wikipedia: Leaning Tower of Toruń (EN)

Jordanki in Toruń – an area in the center of Toruń, located in Chełmińskie Przedmieście, in the quarter between Solidarności Avenue, Wały gen. Sikorskiego Street, Jana Pawła II Avenue and Czerwona Droga Street. The name of this area developed in the mid-twentieth century. This area is dominated by a park created in the 50s of the twentieth century. The name refers to the Jordan gardens, established at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Wikipedia: Jordanki w Toruniu (PL)

The John Paul II Monument in Toruń is a monument of Pope John Paul II located in the Planty Park at the intersection of Wały Gen. Sikorskiego Street and Jana Pawła II Avenue, near the Polish Artillery Square.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Jana Pawła II w Toruniu (PL)

Fort IV of the Toruń Fortress – an artillery fort, built under the name Fort II Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, since 1926 bearing the name of Stefan Żółkiewski. It is located at 86 Chrobrego Street.

Wikipedia: Fort IV Twierdzy Toruń (PL)

The Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist, also called Toruń Cathedral, is a Gothic cathedral and minor basilica located in the Old Town of Toruń, Poland, seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toruń.

Wikipedia: Toruń Cathedral (EN)

The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Toruń – a Gothic Catholic church in the jurisdiction of the parish of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Toruń, located at the intersection of Wieżowa and Szczęśliwia Streets.

Wikipedia: Kościół Podwyższenia Krzyża Świętego w Toruniu (PL), Website, Url

Fort XV of the Toruń Fortress – the largest artillery fort of the Toruń Fortress, built under the name Fort VII Hermann von Salza. It is located at 6/10 Rypińska Street in Rudak in Toruń. It belongs to a private owner.

Wikipedia: Fort XV Twierdzy Toruń (PL)

The Chapel of St. Barbara in Toruń – a Roman Catholic historic filial chapel in the jurisdiction of the parish of St. Anthony in Toruń, located at the cemetery of St. Barbara, at 12 Przysiecka Street, in Barbarka in Toruń.

Wikipedia: Kaplica św. Barbary w Toruniu (PL)

The Valley of Dreams in Toruń – a small park located in the center of Toruń, between the Philadelphia Boulevard, 500-lecia Avenue, Fryderyka Chopina Street, Marian Rapacki Square. She belongs to the Planty team. From the south, it is limited by fortifications from the nineteenth century. In the 70s of the twentieth century, the park was cleaned up and expanded.

Wikipedia: Dolina Marzeń w Toruniu (PL)

Church of St. Archangel Michael and Bl. Father Bronisław Markiewicz in Toruń - Roman Catholic church in the jurisdiction of the parish of St. Archangel Michael and Bl. Father Bronisław Markiewicz. Michalites priests use it. Located at ul. Rybaki 59.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Michała Archanioła i bł. ks. Bronisława Markiewicza w Toruniu (PL), Website, Url, Facebook

The bust of Stanisław Moniuszko in Toruń is a bust of the composer, musician and teacher in Toruń, unveiled in 1986 on the site of the former monument to Stanisław Moniuszko from 1923. It is the first monument in Poland commemorating the composer. It is located at the corner of Bydgoska and Chopina Streets.

Wikipedia: Popiersie Stanisława Moniuszki w Toruniu (PL)

The Monument to the Victims of the Pomeranian Crime of 1939 in Toruń – a monument commemorating the victims of the Pomeranian Crime of 1939, located in the Memorial Park of the Victims of the Pomeranian Crime, at Uniwersytecka Street.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Ofiar Zbrodni Pomorskiej 1939 w Toruniu (PL)

The Church of Divine Mercy and St. Faustina Kowalska in Toruń is a Roman Catholic church under the jurisdiction of the Parish of Divine Mercy and St. Faustina Kowalska, located at 7 St. Faustina Street in Toruń.

Wikipedia: Kościół Miłosierdzia Bożego i św. Faustyny Kowalskiej w Toruniu (PL), Website

Alpinarium in Toruń – a small alpinarium in the center of Toruń, located between the streets: under the Leaning Tower, Mikołaja Kopernika, Ślimak Getyński, as well as the monument of priest Jerzy Popiełuszko. In the years 1954–1983, there was a monument of a raftsman in the alpinarium, currently located on the Old Town Square. In the alpinarium there are historic Remerowskie Walls, built in the twentieth century on the traces of medieval walls. The initiator of erecting the walls was the Toruń conservator Jerzy Remer. The Struga Toruńska flows through the alpinarium. In August 2017, revitalization works in the Alpinarium began. As part of the works, m.in: stone stairs were rebuilt, alleys were renovated, new street lamps were installed, a viewpoint was built and the water system was improved. The works were completed at the beginning of 2018.

Wikipedia: Alpinarium w Toruniu (PL)

The Memorial Park of the Victims of the Pomeranian Crime of 1939 in Toruń – a square located in the center of Toruń, near the Maria Znamierowska-Prüffer Ethnographic Museum, put into use in October 2018.

Wikipedia: Park Pamięci Ofiar Zbrodni Pomorskiej 1939 w Toruniu (PL)

St. Maximilian Kolbe Church in Toruń – a Catholic church in the jurisdiction of the parish of St. Maximilian Kolbe in Toruń, located at 7/9 Stefana Wyszyńskiego Street. The church was designed by Zdzisław Klemp.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Maksymiliana Kolbego w Toruniu (PL)

The Monument to the Bavarian Soldiers in Toruń – a monument located at the back of the Technical School Complex at 19/25 Legionów Street in Toruń. The monument is located on the site of a non-existent military cemetery.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Żołnierzy Bawarskich w Toruniu (PL)

Glazja Park – a park on Jakubskie Przedmieście in Toruń. It covers an area of 5.5 ha. The park is located in the area from the roundabout at the Toruń Peace Plan to the intersection of Waryńskiego Street and Antczaka Street.

Wikipedia: Park Glazja (PL)

The Monument to Railwaymen – Victims of Fascism – a monument located in the southern part of 18 Stycznia Square in Toruń, near the building of the Toruń Miasto railway station. The author of the monument is Michał Rosa. The monument was created on the initiative of Alojzy Liegmann – a railwayman and former Nazi prisoner imprisoned in 1939 in Fort VII in Toruń. The monument was ceremoniously unveiled on May 8, 1976. The monument consists of four granite blocks and an obelisk located on a low pedestal. The obelisk is crowned with a bronze winged wheel. On one of the blocks there is a commemorative plaque with the inscription: Glory to the railwaymen – victims of fascism. The monument was renovated during the construction of the interchange at the Toruń Miasto railway station.

Wikipedia: Pomnik kolejarzy – ofiar faszyzmu (PL)

The Józef Piłsudski Monument in Toruń is a statue commemorating the first Marshal of Polish Józef Piłsudski, located in the western part of Rapacki Square in Toruń. The ceremonial unveiling of the monument took place on August 15, 2000.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Józefa Piłsudskiego w Toruniu (PL)

Schiller's Bench in Toruń – a bench placed in the park on Rybaki Street, in Bydgoskie Przedmieście in Toruń, commemorating the poet, playwright and historian Friedrich Schiller. Originally, it was supposed to be unveiled in 1905, on the 150th anniversary of Schiller's birth, but only a commemorative linden tree was planted on time. It was made in 1909 or 1910. The initiator of the construction was the principal of the Toruń high school, Dr. Maydarn. The bench was restored and moved to another part of the park in 2004, thanks to the efforts of Toruń photographer Jacek Chmielewski. It was put into use again on September 21, 2005.

Wikipedia: Ławka Schillera w Toruniu (PL)

The Church of Blessed Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski in Toruń is a Roman Catholic church in the jurisdiction of the parish of Blessed Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski in Toruń, located at 15 Szubińska Street. It was built in the years 2002–2011. In 2013, the furnishing of the temple began. The consecration of the church took place on June 7, 2019, on the 20th anniversary of John Paul II's visit to Toruń. The church was designed by architect Andrzej Ryczek. The church was built on the plan of the papal altar from the pilgrimage of John Paul II to the diocese of Toruń in 1999.

Wikipedia: Kościół bł. Stefana Wincentego Frelichowskiego w Toruniu (PL), Website

The Copernicus House in Toruń is a historic, Gothic tenement house in Toruń, Poland, which belonged to the Copernicus family in the second half of the 15th century. It is considered by many historians to be the birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus, and it houses a museum dedicated to the astronomer.

Wikipedia: Copernicus House in Toruń (EN)

Monument of Blessed Father Jerzy Popiełuszko in Toruń – a monument depicting Jerzy Popiełuszko, a Polish Roman Catholic priest, chaplain of the Warsaw "Solidarity", murdered by officers of the Security Service. The monument was unveiled on 19 October 2011, on the 27th anniversary of the death of Fr. Jerzy Popiełuszko.

Wikipedia: Pomnik bł. ks. Jerzego Popiełuszki w Toruniu (PL)

The Zoo and Botanical Garden in Toruń is a zoological and botanical garden located in Toruń, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The botanical garden was established in 1797, which makes it one of the oldest such gardens in Poland. In 1965, the botanical garden was merged with a newly opened zoo. Since 2007, it has been a member of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA).

Wikipedia: Zoo and Botanical Garden in Toruń (EN), Website

The Bielański Manor House in Toruń – a Baroque manor house built at the beginning of the 18th century, located at 64 Grunwadzka Street in Toruń. It belonged to a merchant, city councillor and director of the royal post office in Toruń, Christoph Daniel Janitzen. By virtue of the will of 1709, the Janitzen farm became the property of the city. In the years 1890, 1919, 1926 and during World War II, the building was rebuilt. Shortly after the end of the war, the manor house housed the seat of the president of Toruń. The building housed the headquarters of the "Light" Hospice.

Wikipedia: Park na Bielanach w Toruniu (PL)

The Rudak Cemetery in Toruń – a closed cemetery of the Evangelical faith in Toruń, located on the edge of the forest at 27 Rudacka Street. It had the shape of a trapezoid. It had an area of 0.22 ha.

Wikipedia: Cmentarz na Rudaku w Toruniu (PL), Url

The complex of hillforts V and VI of the Toruń Fortress – preserved hillforts located at Jana Pawła II Avenue in Toruń, near the Józef Piłsudski road bridge, part of the Toruń Fortress. The complex consists of two out of six preserved hillforts, constituting the nineteenth-century defense system of Toruń. They were built in the years 1819–1824 and were used to fill the city moat surrounding the city from the outside. This system made it possible to immediately drain water from Kaszownik in order to raise its level in the moats. This system has never been tested in combat conditions.

Wikipedia: Zespół grodzy V i VI Twierdzy Toruń (PL)

The Monument to the Soldiers of the Balloon Troops in Toruń – a monument celebrating the soldiers of the 1. Balloon Battalion, killed in the years 1918–1920. The author of the monument was Michał Kamieński.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Żołnierzy Wojsk Balonowych w Toruniu (PL)

General Tokarzewski Jordan Garden in Toruń – a former small park, which once served as the Jordan Garden. It was located at St. Joseph's Street in Bielany in Toruń. It was designed by Lieutenant Eugeniusz Kubasik. It was established on the initiative of Lieutenant Colonel Józef Grodecki. The park was created by soldiers of the 8th Sapper Battalion. The park was opened on July 7, 1939. In the park, in addition to the traditional greenery, there were, among m.in, sandpits, swings and a paddling pool. In 2020, the remains of the garden were found.

Wikipedia: Ogród Jordanowski im. gen. Tokarzewskiego w Toruniu (PL)

Piekarskie Góry – an area covering a levelled dune hill on Bydgoskie Przedmieście in Toruń. This area stretches from Kraszewskiego Street to Słowackiego Street in the north-south line and from Matejki Street to Sienkiewicza Street in the east-west line. The hill was leveled before 1832, as part of the expansion of the Toruń Fortress.

Wikipedia: Piekarskie Góry (PL)

The "De revolutionibus" monument in Toruń is a monument located between the Rector's Office of the Nicolaus Copernicus University and the University Hall in Toruń, at Yuri Gagarin Street. The monument was unveiled in 1973, during the celebrations of the 500th anniversary of the birth of Nicolaus Copernicus.

Wikipedia: Pomnik „De revolutionibus” w Toruniu (PL)

Lucjan Broniewicz Square in Toruń – a square located in front of the Collegium Minus of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Its patron is Lucjan Broniewicz, popularizer of astronomy, creator and director of the Planetarium in Toruń. The square includes, among m.in, the Cosmopolis fountain, the monument of the asteroid (12999) Toruń and the Oak of Astronomy.

Wikipedia: Skwer im. Lucjana Broniewicza w Toruniu (PL)

Monument to the Victims of Nazism in Toruń – a stone commemorating the fallen and murdered in the years 1939–1945. Initially, it was located at Wały gen. Sikorskiego Street, now it is located at Jana Pawła II Avenue in Toruń.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Ofiar Hitleryzmu w Toruniu (PL)

The Monument to Toruń Aviators – an obelisk located at 4. Aviation Regiment in Toruń, near the buildings belonging to the Pomeranian Aero Club. It commemorates the Aviation Squadron established in 1920, on the basis of which the 4th Aviation Regiment was formed.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Lotników Toruńskich (PL)

Monument to the Victims of Stalinism in Toruń – a stone commemorating the victims of Stalinism, located on the square at the intersection of Jana Pawła II Avenue and Mickiewicza Street, from the side of Bydgoskie Przedmieście. It was designed by Ryszard Kaczor. The ceremonial unveiling of the monument took place on November 11, 1991.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Ofiar Stalinizmu w Toruniu (PL)

Park Na Skarpie in Toruń – a housing estate park located in the eastern part of Toruń Na Skarpie, behind the "Maciej" shopping pavilion, between Przy Skarpie, Konstytucji 3 Maja and Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński Streets. In 2014, design work began to renovate the park. The work began in 2016 and was completed in 2018.

Wikipedia: Park Na Skarpie w Toruniu (PL)

Monument to the Polish Artillery in Toruń – an artistic installation commemorates Polish artillerymen from the army of the Duchy of Warsaw, who fought in the defence of Toruń in 1809 and 1813. It is located on the Polish Artillery Square, near Jana Pawła II Avenue and Wały Gen. Sikorskiego Street.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Artylerii Polskiej w Toruniu (PL)