Torun Town Hall (Ratusz)

... of our friend Copernicus, which is mostly why this place is famous, I think. There's a statue of him in front of the Town Hall, which is the coolest-looking Town Hall I've ever seen, much more impressive than Place des pionniers though it, too, is made ...

... and so characteristic that you can't mistake them with anything else in the world. Here, on the market square, you can also find the Town Hall with a tower that you can climb and see a panorama of the city and of the whole region with its river, sand, ...

... an old town that you could walk around in 1/2 day but i took my time and enjoyed the sights and smells!  Went up the town hall tower (just when the bells were tolling - oh my eardrums) and into the regional museum, more like a gallery tho but ...

... see as much of the city as we could the next day. The rynek was somewhat different to others I'd seen in Poland, with a giant red brick town hall in the centre. Two interesting statues were located next to it, one of Torun's own pied piper, a peasant ...

... camp, we rode into town. Dan immediately found the only tourist attraction with numerous stairs and we climbed up to the top of the Town Hall tower for a view of the city. It was quite pretty with lots of houses having roof terraces. We then tried a bit ...

... buildings and I found myself photographing them before reading about their history such as the fish building brightly coloured next to the town hall.  I walked down some side streets and bought some fruit in one place.   Back to the hotel to ...

... get to the ecclesiastic main town of Polan: Toruń. It has a medieval centre recognized by the UNESCO, and a huge Rynek with a nice town hall in the middle. This was the native town of Copernic, and lived for 7 years in one its houses. There is ...

... agreed. We made our way to the beautiful and historic town of Torun, home to the great Nicholas Copernicus. The old town of Torun was a major trading centre and is filled with 13th, 14th and 15th century buildings. The city walls and gates still ...