Town hall
A tall Gothic tower.
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Toruń Old Town is the oldest district of the city of Toruń on the Vistula in northern Poland, about 184 km northwest of Warsaw and 149 km south of Gdańsk in a straight line. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997 and is one of the «Seven Wonders of Poland». The town received its charter in 1233 and grew into a major trading centre and a key member of the Hanseatic League, with the New Town developing to its east from 1264. UNESCO describes Toruń as a small historic trading city that has kept its original street pattern and early buildings to a remarkable extent. The astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was born here in 1473, and his house is now a museum. The great red-brick Gothic town hall with its tall tower fills the middle of the Old Market Square, ringed by narrow merchants' houses with colourful fronts and decorated gables. Towering brick Gothic churches rise among the lanes, and the old town walls and gates run along the riverbank. Visitors stroll between the square, Copernicus's house and the riverbank, and climb the town hall tower for a view over the roofs. Toruń is famous for its gingerbread, called «piernik», and has a hands-on museum about how it is made.
A tall Gothic tower.
A museum.
A hands-on museum.
Old Town Market Square, Toruń, northern Poland
Local «piernik» gingerbread.
From the town hall tower.