What do you know about Torun, Poland?

chizThreads: 1 Posts: 2 Joined: Nov 26, 07 ♂	Nov 26, 07, 11:39 #1
Hi there. I am probably moving there sometime in January. I was just curious if anyone has been there before, what the town is like, etc. I am also a musician and am interested in the music scene, so my second question concerns what you know about that. Thanks.

BubbaWooThreads: 46 Posts: 4,438 Joined: Sep 26, 06 ♂	Nov 26, 07, 11:50 #2
much of torun is a beautiful city - havent been there for over a decade so cant say what the music scene is like that said, there was a group of posters here awhile ago that would have us believe that the neighbouring city of bydgoszcz is the most hip and happenin city that poland has to offer... strange the things some people say...

wildroverThreads: 180 Posts: 8,188 Joined: Jun 7, 07 ♂	Nov 26, 07, 22:52 #3
A nice historic city , and there is a really great night club in the cellars of the town hall......Too drunk to remember much else.....

randompalThreads: 7 Posts: 431 Joined: Jul 10, 07 ♂	Nov 27, 07, 03:04 #4
lots of students, quite a few decent pubs...

MichalThreads: - Posts: 2,408 Joined: Feb 27, 07 ♂	Edited by: Michal Nov 27, 07, 10:11 #5
I have never been to Toruń but I have heard that there are lots of old and interesting buildings. I do, however, know Bydgoszcz very well indeed from personal experience and my God! What a dump! Not the worst town in Poland but by far the worst town in all of Europe!

PolsonThreads: 15 Posts: 2,812 Joined: May 9, 07 ♂	Nov 27, 07, 10:27 #6
Toruń, the city of Copernic ;) I've been there once, last year, and i really liked it, very nice city ;)

MrBubblesThreads: 13 Posts: 768 Joined: Nov 13, 07 ♂	Nov 27, 07, 13:37 #7
Great place. Beautiful city. Good beer, great women. Definitely go there.

chizThreads: 1 Posts: 2 Joined: Nov 26, 07 ♂	Nov 29, 07, 16:21 #8
Wow, thanks for all the feedback. I'm moving there in a month and really looking forward to it.

plk123Threads: 30 Posts: 6,412 Joined: Aug 29, 07 ♂	Nov 29, 07, 17:18 #9

daviddThreads: - Posts: 1 Joined: Dec 1, 07 ♂	Dec 1, 07, 12:34 #10
Went to Polish language school, 4 years ago for two weeks at the university. I had a great time.

Wyspianska	Edited by: Wyspianska Dec 1, 07, 12:36 #11
Quoting: chiz What do you know about Torun, Poland? All i know about is that it's the most lucky city ever, because Wyspi is gonna study there soon :)

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May 22, 10, 16:33 #12

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Is Torun a nice studentcity for foreigners??

Hello,

I'm a student planning to attend an intensive Polish language course at a Univesity starting in september for 1 semester. I'm thinking about Torun, but ive never been there.

Does anyone know if this is a nice studentcity? Are there international students as well?
Or has anyone recommendations on which city should be the best?

Hope someone can answer my question!
Thanks!

internaldialogThreads: 9 Posts: 425 Joined: Apr 25, 10 ♀	May 22, 10, 16:54 #13
some links that might helps you out: http://www.umk.pl/en/ http://www.torun.pl/portal/index.php?lang=en also if use the search function you could read through the other threads connected to Torun and find some possible answers there PF Threads on Torun

richasisThreads: 5 Posts: 833 Joined: Jul 25, 09 ♂	May 22, 10, 17:17 #14
From what I experienced from my visit there, I can say YES and YES. :)

LodzSAThreads: 2 Posts: 3 Joined: Oct 13, 10 ♀	Aug 7, 11, 18:04 #15
Merged: Weekend in Torun Hi, Is it worth going to Torun for a weekend or will it be boring? I can't find that much to do there? If not where can we go that is not that far from Lodz? We've been to Poznan, Warsaw, Wroclaw and Krakow already. Thanks

groovygThreads: 1 Posts: 51 Joined: Jun 18, 07 ♂	Edited by: groovyg Aug 14, 11, 00:11 #16
OP - been to torun a few times, I second the opinions here, beautiful little town and a lot of students. Don't know about the artist scene though.

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Edited by: Richfilth Aug 14, 11, 09:19 #17

Torun is pretty much like any other mediaeval city. Just bounce around from restaurant to cafe to bar in the Old Town, stroll around, admire the renovation and ruin of the place. Keep your ear tuned, and you'll find a few quirky little places in the evening, but during summer when the students are away, the place can be a ghost town.

A one night stay in Torun would be rather charming, even romantic, but anything more than that would get boring quite quickly. You could always go off and explore the ring of derelict fortresses , although as a tourist I'm not sure how easy they are to get to, and climbing around in collapsing piles of brick isn't everyone's idea of fun.

RysiekKThreads: 8 Posts: 44 Joined: Jul 3, 10 ♂	Aug 14, 11, 21:41 #18
Pierniki :)

catsoldierThreads: 90 Posts: 698 Joined: Sep 27, 09 ♂	Aug 14, 11, 22:43 #19
I don't know anything about Torun but I used to look at pictures in this blog if you want to see what it is like. http://torundailyphoto.blogspot.com/

Amenthes

Apr 24, 12, 16:26 #20

Hello, I am Gizem from Turkey. I live in İzmir and study in Ege University. I will come to Torun Nicholaus Copernicus University next year by Erasmus Programme I hope so in spring time I look forward to meet new friends who will help me and be my friend when I arrive there and informations about Torun. Truly I loved the town, gothic medieval place with the beauty of nature, the longest river and very beautiful architectures as far as I searched on the internet. as I said I am looking for friends let us meet each other I am new here just registrated but I will discover it more as time passes Loves....

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Apr 24, 12, 16:29 #21

Amenthes:

Truly I loved the town, gothic medieval place with the beauty of nature, the longest river and very beautiful architectures

The old centre is beautiful (watch out for the police there though - they are not beautiful) however a lot of the rest is uninspiring. The river is nice, as is the area across the river near the station.

You'll find a great and very cheap pizza restaurant there - all the locals know it.

local_felaThreads: 5 Posts: 18 Joined: Feb 20, 12 ♂	Apr 24, 12, 16:57 #22
Nice City, the market is very cool! And I think theyve got 2 big shopping centres! I am new here as well but I saw lots of American, Black and Asian students around the City... One of the finest girls in the City.... nice and friendly! ;)

bdgrulez	Apr 24, 12, 18:48 #23
If your in Toruń you have to visit Ojciec Tadeusz Rydzyk its the city's hero,

pawianThreads: 90 Posts: 5,415 Joined: May 30, 08 ♂	Apr 24, 12, 23:58 #24
Torun is like Krakow but less polluted: Leaning Tower http://www.torun.webd.pl/galeria.html

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