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Places of interest:

The Old Town Marketplace - the oldest part of the city, with a layout that has not changed for more than 700 years. Nowadays the square is home to all the more important ceremonies that take place in the city. During the Christmas period, one of the biggest nativity scenes is created here using life-size figures and live animals.

The Old Town Hall - this brick-built city hall dates from the XIV century. The present outline of the structure dates from the XVIII century when it was reconstructed after a great fire. It is worth visiting the Town Hall Tower to see the unique view stretching over the Old Town.

Artus Manor - the present-day building was erected in the place of the former Artus Manor, pulled down in 1802. The present edifice was designed by R. Schmidt. The interior of the building is unfortunately closed for most of the time; therefore it is worth coming for a concert. On the ground floor there is a shop selling gingerbread.

The Tenement under the Star - originally a Gothic tenement converted into the Baroque style at the end of XVII century. It is distinguished by its magnificent facade adorned with a golden star on top.

The Crooked Tower - the former sentry donjon was most probably reconstructed on the turn of the XIII century. Nowadays it is one of the greatest architectural curiosities of the city. Nobody knows when the tower started to tilt. Today tilts from the perpendicular by nearly 1.5 m.

St Mary’s Church - one of many Gothic temples of the city. This stands out from its surroundings with its hall-like layout and its lack of towers. Special attention should be paid to the organ in the nave, comparable to the one in the Oliwa Cathedral in Gdańsk, as well as the headstone of the Swedish princess, Anna Wazówna, a sister of the King Sigmund III.

The Copernicus House - in all likelihood Nicolas Copernicus was born here in 1473 – this is not certain because the family possessed another tenement at the time of his birth, one which no longer exists today. In the museum located inside the tenement you can see a model of medieval Toruń.

St Johns’ Cathedral - the building of this church was started in the XIII century. The St John the Baptist font in the southern nave, crowned with a sculpture of St John the Baptist, is worth visiting. Nicolas Copernicus was baptized here.
The cathedral tower contains the second largest bell in Poland – Tuba Dei. It is over 2 m in diameter and is second only to the Bell of Sigmund in Cracow.

Places to visit close to Toruń:

Golub - Dobrzyń - situated about 40 km north-east from Toruń, and famous first and foremost for its Teutonic Castle. This building towers over the city and was built in the XIV century. In the XVII century, at request of the princess Anna Wazówna, who resided there, it was converted into the Polish Renaissance style. It is rumoured that the castle is haunted by the princess’s ghost in the form of a White Lady walking the corridors of the building.

Chełmno - one of the most beautiful Polish towns, situated on several picturesque hills very close to the Vistula. It still contains many valuable monuments as well as an intact example of urban planning. It is worth visiting the Town Hall, the Church of the Assumption and the Cistercian Monastery.

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