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Center of Contemporary Art

In Torun was set up by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland in February 2006 as a part of the operational programme “Znaki Czasu”, carried out by the Ministry. Setting up this institution was possible thanks to the agreement of four partners: the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, the Municipality of Torun and Fine Art’s Friends Association  “Znaki Czasu”.Thanks to the Municipality’s own resources, the financial grant from UE (as part of the Integrated Regional Operational  Programme) as well as the subsidies from the Ministry, in 2006 the building of the Center was begun.On the 27th of October  2006 the corner-stone was fixed.The construction of CoCA was completed  in December 2007, as the first building fulfilling the aims  of  the Ministry’s programme “Znaki Czasu”.CoCA in Torun is  the first completely newly built venue dedicated to contemporary art in Poland since 1939.

Torun Centre for Astronomy

It houses two single-dish antenna telescopes, 32 metres and 15 metres in diameter, as well as the largest Polish optical telescope - 90-cm Schmidt-Cassegrain camera.The facility is operated by the Nicolaus Copernicus University. Also, photometry using 60-cm Cassegrain telescope is made and radio measurements of the Sun at 127 MHz frequency are recorded on a daily basis since 1958 using 23m interferometer.Since 1981 the observatory has been a part of world wide network of radio telescopes participating in VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry).The 32 m telescope is a 620-ton construction designed by Zygmunt Bujakowski based on initial geometric parameters created by Dr Jerzy Usowicz.It is used in VLBI experiments, as well as spectroscopic, flux, polarisation measurements and pulsar observations.

Nicolaus Copernicus Museum

Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was born in Torun in 1473.The museum is situated in Copernicus's house which is a pretty building. Unfortunately the museum's "collection" mostly comprises of copies and facsimiles with very few explanations.Planetarium is situated in the belfry, Called also the Radziejowski's Tower.It is Equipped with Carl Zeiss machinery and projects on the dome (8 m in diameter), the images of the sky seen from any place on the Earth, any time of day or year. It depicts on Artificial sky the course of the Sun, planets, Comets, Artificial satellites, and images of over 6000 stars.

Ratusz Staromiejski

One of the most beautiful gothic town halls in Europe.Despite its many treasures it is however not too rewarding for foreign visitors as it is almost entirely explained in Polish. Translations are very sparse or non-existent.The Museum consists of Gallery of Gothic art, Exhibition of old Torun 1233-1793, Exhibition of Torun coins, Court hall, Hall of Polish kings etc. Climb the tower for a beautiful view.

Torun Fortress

Built from 1872–1894 by the Kingdom of Prussia and located in Torun (now Poland), is one of the largest fortresses in Central and Eastern Europe.The fortress complex – a chain of forts surrounding the city, as well as numerous smaller fortifications supplementing it – was intended to defend the eastern border of Prussia (with the Russian Empire).Despite much planning and investment, the fortress did not play a significant role in the First World War nor in any later conflict.

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