Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Toruń, Poland
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7.4 km
70 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 ToruńSight 1: Fort IX Bolesława Chrobrego
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.
Sight 2: Park Miejski na Bydgoskim Przedmieściu
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.
Sight 3: Pomnik Żołnierzy Wojsk Balonowych
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.
Sight 4: Piekarskie Góry
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.
Sight 5: Skwer Inwalidów Wojennych
The Old Lutheran Cemetery in Toruń is a non-existent Protestant cemetery located in Chełmińskie Przedmieście in Toruń.
Sight 6: Pomnik Ofiar Stalinizmu
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.
Sight 7: Pomnik Ofiar II Wojny Światowej
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.
Sight 8: Jan Paweł II
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.
Sight 9: Jordanki
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.
Sight 10: Muzeum Etnograficzne
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.
Sight 11: 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.
Sight 12: Kościół pw. Matki Bożej Zwycięskiej i Świętego Jerzego
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
Sight 13: Cerkiew Świętego Mikołaja
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.
Sight 14: Kościół pw. Chrystusa Króla
Church of Christ the King in Toruń - a historic Catholic temple in the jurisdiction of the parish of Christ the King in Toruń.
Wikipedia: Kościół Chrystusa Króla w Toruniu (PL), Website 2
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