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Private package tour on request
One of our most popular private tours with a fixed theme and carefully designed route
Toruń gingerbread holds a wealth of history, stories, secrets, and curiosities. Discover it all with us. Taste the famous Toruń gingerbread. Find the secret of the fame and phenomenon of Toruń gingerbread.
Gingerbread is the foundation of our tour, an inspiration, and a starting point for exploring Toruń's rich cultural and culinary heritage, and for sharing stories about the city, its history, culture, people, and places.
Ancient gingerbread had various shapes, colours, textures, and flavours, often bearing no resemblance to what we call and understand today.
Without gingerbread, there is no Toruń identity. For centuries, gingerbread has been one of the most important symbols and associations with Toruń, a source of pride and glory for the city. It has been baked here since the 13th century, and the oldest surviving archival records, mentioning a gingerbread maker named Niclos Czan, date back to 1386.
In 1760, Johann Weese began baking gingerbread in Toruń. Until 1939, the factory belonged to the heirs of the Weese family. On January 10, 1939, Gustaw Weese, unable to withstand competition from smaller gingerbread factories and due to mortgage debts, sold the factory for 500,000 złoty to the Polish Consumer Cooperative Association "Społem." When the second world war broke out in September of that year, Weese returned to Toruń and, at the behest of the Germans, took over management of the factory. Before the war ended, he exported the vast majority of the machinery to Germany. The same machinery he had already sold before the war...
Itinerary:
The Holy Spirit Gate - The Leaning Tower - Piekary St. - Old City Town Hall - Gingerbread Walk of Fame - St. Johns' Cathedral - The Sailors' Gate - Via Regia - The Fenger Palace - Piernikarka (Gingerbread Woman) statue -
Gingerbread taste - Old Town Brewery and local beer tasting (including gingerbread beer) - Toruń Gingerbread Museum: exhibitions and baking.
Additionally, it is possible to expand the tour programme with:
- a lunch featuring regional Toruń dishes, including gingerbread
- a culinary workshop featuring regional Toruń cuisine
- Tour available on request
- Availability: Year-round except for Mondays
- Walking tour
- Starting time: to be agreed
- Duration: basic version: 3 h
- What is included in basic version?
Professionally certified city guide, offering engaging explanations and storytelling,
Gingerbread tasting,
Entrance fee to Museum of Toruń Gingerbread: exhibitions and baking;
Old Town Brewery and local beer tasting
- What to bring?
Weatherproof clothing, comfortable walking shoes and good mood :-)
- Contact us for price >>>
 
Do you need additional explanations or information? Contact us: info@visittorun.pl
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