MUST SEE: Tuba Dei (God's Trumpet)

In the tower of St. Johns’ cathedral is the biggest medieval bell in Poland  - Tuba Dei („God’s Trumpet”). It was made in 1500 and weighs about 7,5 tonnes. Its sound welcomed the kings arriving in Toruń and accompanied the most important municipal festivities. A measure of importance of the bell for the inhabitants can be the 12 thousand thaler worth ransom which was paid in 1703 by the city council to Swedes in exchange for their withdrawal from the plan to recast the „God’s Trumpet” into cannons. The bell is moved in a unique way: four bell-ringers push a wooden 600-year-old platform with their feat making it swing; at the top of the beam there is a chalice which hits the clapper of the bell. We can still admire the beautiful As-dur sound till today, on the most solemn occassions in Poland.
You can also see it by climbing up the tower of the cathedral (4zł) where you can also see the breathtaking bird's view of the city!

MUST SEE: St. Jacob's Church

St. Jacobs Church, built in 1309-1424 as a parish church for the New Town o f Toruń, is considered the greatest Gothic temple in Toruń.

A system of external buttresses, very rare in Poland, but typical of Gothic churches in Western Europe was used in it. It was partly covered in the 15th century as a result of the extension of its
aisles. Inside there have remained many valuable historic objects in part stemming also from the Dominican monastery which existed in Toruń 200 years ago. The most valuable objects of the interior are Gothic paintings and sculptures from the 14th and 15th centuries, Renaissance organs
and the Baroque high altar as well as the equipment of the side chapels.



In St. Jacob’s Church there is also a monumental, mystical crucifix presenting Christ crucified on the Tree of Life out of which grow 12 branches with leaves, decorated with images of the Old Testamen
prophets. This Gothic sculpture, made at the end of the 14th century for the Domican monastery in Toruń, is considered an outstanding
and unique work of Central European medieval art.