Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Toruń, Poland

Dybów Castle is a castle in Toruń, Poland. It is a national Object of Cultural Heritage.

Wikipedia: Dybów Castle (EN)

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 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)

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 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), Website

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

Wikipedia: Brama Żeglarska w Toruniu (PL), Website

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 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)

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)