Things to do in Torun, Central Poland: The Best Classes & Workshops

September 7, 2021 Matilde Konrad

Famous for its native son, the astronomer Copernicus, Torun was founded by the Teutonic Knights in the 13th century. You can still see the ruins of their castle, left pretty much unchanged from when it was destroyed by disgruntled medieval townsfolk. Torun was one of the few Polish cities to escape major damage in World War II. Its beautifully preserved Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Don’t miss the striking Old Town Hall. Torun is also famed for its gingerbread.
Restaurants in Torun

1. Master Bogumil Gingerbread Bakery

ul. Krolowej Jadwigi 24, Torun 87-100 Poland +48 56 678 18 00 [email protected] http://www.piernikarniatorun.pl
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5.0 based on 8 reviews

Master Bogumil Gingerbread Bakery

We warmly invite you to Gingerbread Bakery Master Bogumil, just in the heart of the beautiful Toruń's Old Town! If you are looking for a unique place to meet with unusual, somewhat mysterious but full of smiles and atmosphere of joy, we are best site for your needs! Gingerbread Bakery Master Bogumil organize unique Medieval Gingerbread Feasts. Our Guests celebrate together with taste of excellent gingerbread cookies, special gingerbread tee and coffee, delicious honey mead, along with candlelight and music of the Middle Ages. After every Feast, our Honourable Guests, like medieval artisans prepare decorative, ornamental, souvenir gingerbreads. All participants of our workshops are working with the matured raw gingerbread dough, root spices and wheat flour. Our Guests roll out dough and work with hand- carved wooden gingerbread molds. During each workshop, Guests learn about the colorful history of the most famous, spice cookie from Toruń, listen to legends and stories of gingerbread, and also learn the secrets of oldest gingerbread recipes.

2. Akademia Kulinarna

Lelewela 33 I. floor, Torun 87-100 Poland +48 506 177 366 [email protected] http://akademia.cooking/
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Akademia Kulinarna

THE ACADEMY AT A GLANCE: • located in Torun’s city center, just a ten minute walk from medieval old town on UNESCO World Heritage list, • state-of-the-art equipment provided by the Academy’s tech partner Samsung, • a dedicated team of passionate chefs and culinary experts, • spacious and comfortable work spaces / multifunctional room (over 100 sq. m surface), • opened in November 2015. OUR CULINARY WORKSHOPS FOR TOURISTS: • hands on preparation of Polish and local cuisine, both classic an modern, • introduction to Polish and local history and culinary traditions, • presentation and degustation of local food products, • duration time: from 2 to 8 hours, workshops held in English, German, Russian, Italian and Spanish, • workshop participants are provided with: individual working places and cookware; aprons for use during class; high-quality ingredients for meal preparation; cleaning services during cooking time and eating time; printed receipts and ingredient lists; support from our team member, • for customized offers, please mail contact us.

3. Manufaktura Cukierkow

Szeroka 33, Torun 87-100 Poland +48 669 919 969 [email protected] http://www.cukiereczek.com.pl
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5.0 based on 29 reviews

Manufaktura Cukierkow

Candy Manufactory is a place to produce sweets such as lollipops and candies. At every full hour we start with the production that everyone can see. On weekends, in addition to odd hours, we invite you to a lollipop workshop, you can twist your own lollipop! We also invite you for sweet shopping

4. Pszczele Cuda

Rynek Staromiejski 18, Torun Poland +48 503 133 116 [email protected] http://www.facebook.com/Pszczele-Cuda-263767661176811
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5.0 based on 5 reviews

Pszczele Cuda

5. Muzeum Czekolady Warsztatownia

ul. Lazienna 30, Torun 87-100 Poland +48 500 284 103 [email protected] http://www.muzeumczekolady.edu.pl/
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Muzeum Czekolady Warsztatownia

Each visit to our museum is a journey into the depths of Africa and cacao tree plantation. Here you'll learn everything about cacao and chocolate history, its cultivation and road to Europe. You'll get familiar with packagings and various items connected to chocolate history. During the tour you'll have the opportunity to try our real chocolate, pralines and cacao beans.

6. Centrum NowoczesnoSci Mlyn Wiedzy

ul. Wladyslawa Lokietka 5, Torun 87-100 Poland +48 56 690 49 90 [email protected] http://mlynwiedzy.org.pl/
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4.5 based on 84 reviews

Centrum NowoczesnoSci Mlyn Wiedzy

Reviewed By HaniM408

This place has 6 floors that cover most areas of knowledge and because it's brand new the exhibits are all wonderful. There is something for every age here, from 2-13 years of age. We went with our 2-year old and she obviously couldn't gain knowledge but she had a blast. Personally, there is so much it's better to go multiple times but you can spend the whole day there easily. Family place with tons for kids to do. great educational experience especially if you have some background knowledge before going. Highly recommend.

7. Muzeum Torunskiego Piernika

Ul. Strumykowa 4, Torun 87-100 Poland +48 56 656 70 86 [email protected] https://muzeum.torun.pl/muzeum-torunskiego-piernika/
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4.5 based on 217 reviews

Muzeum Torunskiego Piernika

Museum of Toruń Gingerbread The Museum of Toruń Gingerbread, a branch of the District Museum in Toruń, in the 19th c. gingerbread factory formerly owned by the Weese family, can be found at 4 Strumykowa St. It has taken three years to convert the building into a museum and prepare an exhibition space of some 1200 m2. The Museum of Toruń Gingerbread is likely to become a unique tourist attraction. Not only is it Poland's largest museum dedicated to the history of gingerbread but it is designed to be modern and interactive and solely dedicated to the long-standing European tradition of gingerbread making. Things to see and do in the museum Once you enter the former Gustav Weese gingerbread factory you are offered a tour during which you can learn many secrets about Toruń gingerbread: the ingredients necessary to prepare the dough, the baking techniques used as well as the gingerbread trade across the centuries. The Museum of Toruń Gingerbread features three exhibition floors. There are many surprises to be found here and attractions to enjoy, including a film about katarzynka (Little Kate), the most famous Toruń gingerbread biscuit, and an exhibition of early gingerbread moulds and ovens. In addition you will find an interactive recipe book, a multi-media show on the modern techniques used in Toruń-based Fabryka Cukiernicza 'Kopernik' S.A., and a 'meeting' with our own 'Gustav Weese', the former factory owner. You will also be invited to participate in a workshop giving you the hands-on experience of making your own gingerbread souvenir from dough prepared according to the original recipe, and then given a chance to taste this delicacy. The exhibition tour allows you to become familiar with a wide variety of gingerbread biscuits, a unique collection of former packagings, as well as gingerbread production techniques both past and present. On your own you can visit a café-club arranged in the style of the 1970s. Why is the Museum of Toruń Gingerbread worth a visit? Because Toruń is beautiful and the Museum of Toruń Gingerbread adds a taste and scent to its history. Welcome to the Museum of Toruń Gingerbread!!

Reviewed By elenasR9908SV - Warsaw, Poland

On a wet and rainy October day we booked the 1 pm tour of the museum. We entered a charming old building and were suddenly thrown into an old bakery with giant wooden tables, rolling pins, wooden containers full of spices and several young actors who taught us how to make the original Pierniki!! In Polish and in English! It was great fun and very interactive. We mixed, rolled, shaped, cut and baked our gingerbread! It tasted very peppery!! Delicious. The cost for the whole family was just over 10 GBP! My only recommendation is that the actors should speak English more slowly..I know that they speak their mother tongue quickly, but when English is spoken as a second language too quickly, it becomes very difficult to understand! ..and their property of language was amazing, so it is such a shame that they literally ate some of their words in the process of speaking so quickly. But they were incredibly vibrant, entertaining and great fun! ????

8. Mydlo i Pachnidlo

ul. Browarna 4 Kamienica Alchemika, Torun 87-100 Poland [email protected] http://www.mydlarnia.torun.pl/
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Mydlo i Pachnidlo

We invite everyone to a unique workshop on soap making decorative and scented candles. Of course, each participant has their own single workplace and makes soap / candle. Participant can take their own prepared things to home as a souvenir.

9. Piernikarnia Starotorunska

Franciszkanska 16 Opposite the Planetarium, Torun 87-100 Poland +48 605 725 835 [email protected] http://www.piernikarniastarotorunska.pl
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Piernikarnia Starotorunska

10. Phumin - Salon Masazu Tajskiego

Phumin - Salon Masazu Tajskiego

Good morning lady and gentlemen, Welcome to the first original Thai massage in Toruń. Relax all over the body with a massage service at Phumin Thai Massage Salon. We specialize in Thai massage, head back and shoulder including feet massage. Detoxify by the massage to stimulate the flow of lymph nodes. Relieves aches due to hard work or exercise.

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