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

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Explore interesting sights in Toruń, Poland. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 34 sights are available in Toruń, Poland.

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1. Alpinarium

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The Alpinarium in Toruń is a small alpinarium in the centre of Toruń, located between the following streets: under the Crooked Tower, Nicolaus Copernicus Street, Snail of Göttingen, as well as the monument of Rev. Jerzy Popiełuszko. Between 1954 and 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, erected in the 20th century on the traces of medieval walls. The originator of the idea of erecting the walls was Jerzy Remer, a conservator from Toruń. The Struga Toruńska River flows through the alpinarium. In August 2017, revitalization works began in Alpinarium. 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)

2. Pomnik kolejarzy - ofiar faszyzmu

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Monument to railway workers – victims of fascism – a monument located in the southern part of the 18 January Square in Toruń, near the building of the Toruń Miasto railway station. The author of the monument is Michał Rosa. The monument was erected on the initiative of Alojzy Liegmann – a railwayman and former Nazi prisoner imprisoned in 1939 in Fort VII in Toruń. The monument was solemnly unveiled on May 8, 1976. The monument consists of four granite blocks and an obelisk situated on a low pedestal. The obelisk is crowned with a bronze winged circle. On one of the blocks there is a commemorative plaque with the inscription: Glory to the railway workers – 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)

3. Park na Bielanach

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The Bielański Manor in Toruń is 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, Janitzen's manor 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)

4. Kościół pw. Błogosławionego Stefana Wincentego Frelichowskiego

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The Church of Blessed Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski in Toruń is a Roman Catholic church located at 15 Szubińska Street. It was built between 2002 and 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

5. Jordanki

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Jordanki in Toruń – an area in the centre 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 was developed in the mid-twentieth century. The 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 19th and 20th centuries.

Wikipedia: Jordanki w Toruniu (PL)

6. Fort XVII Przyczółek Mostowy

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The Bridgehead Fort in Toruń is a fort located on the left bank of Toruń, in Stawki at 6/10 Podgórska Street. It was built between 1824 and 1828. It was designed to protect a wooden bridge, then the Toruń Main Railway Station. In 1827, a monument to the Austrian colonel Franz Brusch von Neuberg was erected on the grounds of the Fort. A part of the Fort's area was separated for the construction of the Toruń Główny railway station.

Wikipedia: Fort Przyczółek Mostowy w Toruniu (PL)

7. Krzywa Wieża w Toruniu

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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)

8. Muzeum Etnograficzne

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The Maria Znamierowska-Prüffer 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 approx. 68 thousand objects from all over Polish.

Wikipedia: Park Etnograficzny w Toruniu (PL)

9. Park Na Skarpie

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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 Street, Konstytucji 3 Maja Street and Cardinal Stefan Wyszyńskiego Street. In 2014, design work began to renovate the park. Work began in 2016 and was completed in 2018.

Wikipedia: Park Na Skarpie w Toruniu (PL)

10. Piekarskie Góry

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Piekarskie Mountains - an area covering a leveled dune hill in Bydgoszcz Przedmieście in Toruń. This area extends from ul. Kraszewskiego to ul. Słowackiego in the north-south line and from ul. Matejki to ul. Sienkiewicza in the east-west line. The hill was leveled before 1832, as part of the expansion of the Toruń Fortress.

Wikipedia: Piekarskie Góry (PL)

11. Kościół pw. Świętego Józefa

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St. Joseph's Church is a Catholic church in the jurisdiction of St. Joseph's Parish and the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Toruń. It is located at 23/35 St. Joseph's Street. It was built between 1958 and 1963 according to a design by Edmund Płocki and Stefan Modrzejewski. It was consecrated on June 14, 1964.

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

12. De revolutionibus

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The "De revolutionibus" monument in Toruń – a monument located between the seat of the Rectorate of the Nicolaus Copernicus University and the University Hall in Toruń, at Jurija Gagarina Street. The monument was unveiled in 1973, during the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the birth of Nicolaus Copernicus.

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

13. Pomnik Ofiar Stalinizmu

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Monument of the Victims of Stalinism in Toruń – a stone commemorating the victims of Stalinism, situated on the square at the conjunction of al. John Paul II and ul. Mickiewicz, from Bydgoszcz Przedmieście. It was designed by Ryszard Kacor. The ceremonial unveiling of the monument took place on November 11, 1991.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Ofiar Stalinizmu w Toruniu (PL)

14. Dom Mikołaja Kopernika

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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)

15. Pomnik Lotników Toruńskich

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The Monument to the Toruń Airmen – an obelisk located at 4 Street. 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)

16. Cerkiew Świętego Mikołaja

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The Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas is an Orthodox parish church in Toruń, Poland. It belongs to the Kuyavian-Pomeranian deanery of the Łódź-Poznań diocese of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church. It is located at 69 Podgórna Street in the Mokr district.

Wikipedia: Cerkiew św. Mikołaja w Toruniu (PL)

17. Kościół pw. Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny i Błogosławionego księdza Stefana Wincentego Frel

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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 by the Bernardines, from 1830 a parish church.

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

18. Glazja

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Glazja Park is a park in Jakubskie Przedmieście in Toruń. It covers an area of 5.5 hectares. The park is located in the area from the roundabout at the plan of Pokój Toruńskiego to the intersection of Waryńskiego Street and Antczaka Street.

Wikipedia: Park Glazja (PL)

19. Kościół pw. Opatrzności Bożej

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The Church of Divine Providence in Toruń is a historic Catholic church 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.

Wikipedia: Kościół Opatrzności Bożej w Toruniu (PL), Facebook

20. Pomnik Ofiar II Wojny Światowej

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The Monument to the Victims of Hitlerism 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)

21. Kościół pw. Świętego Ducha

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The Church of the Holy Spirit in Toruń is a historic Catholic church 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 14 Old Town Square.

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

22. Cathedral church of SS. John the Baptist and John the Evangelist

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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)

23. Fort IX Bolesława Chrobrego

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Fort IX Toruń Fortress - an intermediate artillery fort, built under the name Zwischenfort IVC, then bearing the name of Heinrich von Plauen, and from 1920 bearing the name of Bolesław the Brave. It is located at Szosa Okręna 4.

Wikipedia: Fort IX Twierdzy Toruń (PL)

24. Bavarians monument

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Bavarians monument

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 grounds of a non-existent military cemetery.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Żołnierzy Bawarskich w Toruniu (PL)

25. Kaplica pw. Świętej Barbary

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

Wikipedia: Kaplica św. Barbary w Toruniu (PL)

26. Kościół pw. Matki Bożej Zwycięskiej i Świętego Jerzego

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The Church of Our Lady of Victory in Toruń, formerly known as St. George's Church, is 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), Url

27. Kościół pw. Najświętszego Ciała i Krwi Chrystusa

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The Church of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ is a Roman Catholic church in Toruń. The church and the presbytery were designed by architects Andrzej and Bożena Poźniak, and the constructor was Jerzy Mulaw.

Wikipedia: Kościół Najświętszego Ciała i Krwi Chrystusa w Toruniu (PL)

28. Kościół pw. Najświętszej Maryi Panny Częstochowskiej

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The Parish of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Czestochowa is a Roman Catholic parish in the Diocese of Toruń, in the deanery of Toruń I. The parish is served by the Order of St. Paul the First Hermit (Pauline Fathers).

Wikipedia: Kościół Najświętszej Maryi Panny Częstochowskiej w Toruniu (PL), Website, Url

29. Jan Paweł II

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The Monument of John Paul II in Toruń is a monument to 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)

30. Park Miejski na Bydgoskim Przedmieściu

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Toruń City Park – the oldest park in Toruń and one of the oldest public urban parks in Poland. Its surface area is 25 ha. The park area is limited by Bydgoska and Rybaki, Konopnicka and Przybyszewski streets.

Wikipedia: Park Miejski w Toruniu (PL)

31. Kościół pw. Błogosławionej Matki Marii Karłowskiej

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The Parish of Blessed Maria Karłowska is a Roman Catholic parish in the Diocese of Toruń, located in Toruń. The patron saint of the parish is Blessed Maria Karłowska, a Polish nun who lived from 1865 to 1935.

Wikipedia: Kościół bł. Matki Marii Karłowskiej w Toruniu (PL), Url

32. Kościół pw. Miłosierdzia Bożego i Świętej Siostry Faustyny Kowalskiej

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The Church of Divine Mercy and St. Faustina Kowalska in Toruń is a Roman Catholic church in 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

33. Pomnik Żołnierzy Wojsk Balonowych

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

Wikipedia: Pomnik Żołnierzy Wojsk Balonowych w Toruniu (PL)

34. Cmentarz ewangelicki na Rudaku

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The Rudak Cemetery in Toruń is 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 hectares.

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

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