Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Toruń, Poland

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Number of sights 15 sights
Distance 6.3 km
Ascend 120 m
Descend 100 m

Explore Toruń in Poland with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in ToruńIndividual Sights in Toruń

Sight 1: Ruiny Zamku Dybowskiego

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

Wikipedia: Dybów Castle (EN)

1184 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 2: 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)

167 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: 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)

136 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Brama Klasztorna

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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

153 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: 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)

121 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: 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

213 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: 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

218 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Kamienica Pod Gwiazdą

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The Under the Star Tenement House in Toruń - a townhouse located in Toruń.

Wikipedia: Under the Star Tenement House in Toruń (EN)

285 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: Brama Żeglarska

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The Sailors' Gate is one of the eight gates of the Old Town in Toruń.

Wikipedia: Brama Żeglarska w Toruniu (PL), Website

232 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: 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)

225 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Dom Eskenów

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House of Ekenów - a Gothic tenement house, located at ul. Łazienna 16 in Toruń. Currently the headquarters of the Museum of the History of Toruń.

Wikipedia: Dom Eskenów (PL)

602 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 12: Kościół pw. Świętego Jakuba Apostoła

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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)

572 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 13: 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)

900 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 14: 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)

1312 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 15: Dawny cmentarz żydowski

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Jewish cemetery in Toruń – the closed cemetery of the Judaist religion in Toruń. It is located on Jakubski Przedmieście, on the hill at the present ul. Kazimierz Pułaski.

Wikipedia: Cmentarz żydowski w Toruniu (PL)

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