Torun

Torun is Poland’s oldest city. The medieval quarter was named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1997, and in 2007 the town was named among Poland’s “Seven Wonders”. Gothic architecture lines the banks of the river Vistula here, and history is found around every corner. Visit the Cathedral of SS. John the Evangelist and John the Baptist, from the 14th and 15th centuries, to view Gothic sculptures of biblical figures, altars and the epitaph for Copernicus, who was born here. What is unique about Torun is it avoided the destruction other Polish cities suffered during WWII, so all of the buildings in Torun’s medieval center are, in fact, original.