Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Toruń, Poland

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)

St. Catherine's Church in Toruń (garrison) – a historic Catholic church under the jurisdiction of the military parish in Toruń.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Katarzyny w Toruniu (PL)

The Church of Saints James and Philip in Toruń – the former parish church of the New Town of Toruń, located at the eastern corner of the New Town Square.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Jakuba w Toruniu (PL)

The Toruń Fortress Museum is one of the seven branches of the District Museum in Toruń. It is located in the former Barracks of the Chełmno Gate at 23/25 Wały Generała Sikorskiego Street.

Wikipedia: Muzeum Twierdzy Toruń (PL), Website

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)

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)

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)

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)

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 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 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 Sailing Gate in Toruń – one of the eight gates of the Old Town in Toruń.

Wikipedia: Brama Żeglarska w Toruniu (PL)

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)

The Monastery Gate in Toruń 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.

Wikipedia: Monastery Gate in Toruń (EN)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

The Pomeranian Voivodes Park in Toruń – a park located at Aleksandra Fredry Street in the center of Toruń. It was revitalized in 2017.

Wikipedia: Park Wojewodów Pomorskich 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)

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 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

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

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 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)

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)