Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Toruń, Poland

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)

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)

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

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

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)

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)

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

Toruń Castle is a 13th- or 14th-century castle of the Teutonic Order located in Toruń, Poland. The castle is part of the Medieval Town of Toruń, one of the World Heritage Sites in Poland and Historic Monuments of Poland.

Wikipedia: Toruń Castle (EN), Website

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

Wikipedia: Brama Żeglarska w Toruniu (PL)

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 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)

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)