Tripto Guide
28 places. The best places, landmarks and ideas for exploring the region. Open a place to see all details.

Golub-Dobrzyń
High above the town of Golub-Dobrzyń rises a **four-winged conventual castle** built by the Teutonic Knights at the turn of the **13th and 14th centuries**. It is one of the few Order residences of this kind to survive as a coherent whole,…

Chełmża
Lake Chełmżyńskie reaches into the centre of Chełmża and is one of the town’s main attractions. This glacial channel lake covers about 299 hectares and offers a promenade, beaches and views of the Gothic co-cathedral. It is easy to combine…

Chełmża
The Holy Trinity Co-Cathedral in Chełmża is one of the most valuable examples of Gothic brick architecture in the Chełmno Land. The church stands on a slope above the lake, while its twin-tower façade, transept and tall chancel create the…

Wenecja
Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja in Wenecja offers an introduction to the history, culture or heritage of the area. Its displays bring together local objects, artworks and stories connected with the place, making it a natural additio…

Strzelno
Saint Procopius church in Strzelno in Strzelno is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan and combine it with other nearby places. Check current opening hours and access…

Strzelno
Holy Trinity Basilica in Strzelno is compact but exceptionally rich in meaning. Its origins reach back to the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries, and its interior preserves one of Poland’s most valuable ensembles of Romanesque figural scu…

Kruszwica
The Collegiate Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Kruszwica is one of Poland’s best-preserved Romanesque monuments. It stands on the eastern shore of Lake Gopło, where austere stone walls, rounded arches and simple forms contrast with the…

Kruszwica
Mouse Tower (Poland) in Kruszwica is an interesting stop connected with the area’s history, culture or landscape. Include it in a sightseeing plan and combine it with other nearby places. Check current opening hours and access details befo…

Mogilno
**The former Benedictine monastery in Mogilno** is one of Poland’s oldest and best-preserved Benedictine complexes. It was established on a small hill above Lake Mogilno in the 11th century, and its church is dedicated to St John the Apost…

Grudziądz
The granaries of Grudziądz form one of the most distinctive historic complexes on the lower Vistula. The brick buildings stand on the escarpment between the Castle Hill and the Water Gate, creating the city’s best-known river panorama. The…

Wenecja
Over the Brda river, between Mostowa Street and the Jerzy Sulima-Kamiński Bridge, a figure with a balancing pole hovers above the water. This is **“Crossing the River”**, popularly known as the Rope Walker — a sculpture that has become a s…

Golub-Dobrzyń
## Marshy Drwęca Valley The Marshy Drwęca Valley is a Natura 2000 area in the Drwęca river valley near Brodnica. The easiest way to experience it is the short forest-nature trail in the Długi Most forest district, near Bobrowiska. The path…

Wenecja
The Barbican Tower in Żnin, also known as the Town Hall Tower, is a Gothic part of the former town hall and one of the city’s symbols. It stands on Plac Wolności in the centre of Żnin, but it was not a typical defensive tower built into th…

Wenecja
## The Town Hall Tower in Żnin The “Tower” in Żnin is the common name for the Gothic Town Hall Tower at 1 Wolności Square. It is one of the town’s most distinctive landmarks and a branch of the Pałuki Land Museum. The visit is museum-based…

Grudziądz
The Citadel in Grudziądz is the main part of the Grudziądz Fortress, a Prussian fortification complex above the Vistula escarpment, about 1.5 km north of the centre. Construction began in 1776 on Frederick II’s orders and ended in 1789. Th…

Golub-Dobrzyń
**The Church of St Catherine of Alexandria in Brodnica** is a Gothic parish church near the Drwęca river and market square. Its brick structure developed in stages from the late 13th to the 14th century, while the interior preserves works…

Golub-Dobrzyń
**The Church of St Catherine of Alexandria in Golub** is a Gothic fortified church in the oldest part of Golub, a short walk from the Teutonic castle. Its oldest and most distinctive element is the late-13th-century chancel. ## A chancel f…

Chełmża
Between Sądowa and Strzelecka streets, a few steps from the market square of Chełmża, stands the church of St. Nicholas — the oldest sacred monument in town, built before 1248. This Gothic brick building yields in importance only to the co…

Wenecja
From the outside, St Nicholas Church looks like a modest wooden country church. Step inside, however, and you will discover one of the most remarkable historic interiors in the Pałuki region: more than 700 m² of wall and ceiling paintings,…

Chełmża
Gothic Chełmno has one of the best-preserved stretches of medieval town fortifications not only in Poland but in Europe. In a circuit roughly **2 kilometres** long, walls, a dozen-plus bastions and gates still stand — all within a single w…
Chełmża
The Museum of Toruń Gingerbread is located at 4 Strumykowa Street in the former factory of Gustav Weese. This is not a museum made up solely of display cases: the history of gingerbread is brought to life through the smell of spices, histo…

Golub-Dobrzyń
The Museum in Brodnica arranges its exhibitions in three historic buildings in the town centre. The main seat is a baroque granary from the **first half of the 17th century** with a decorative Renaissance gable at St James Street. The othe…

Wenecja
The Pałuki Land Museum operates in the heart of the historic Pałuki region, with its main seat in the former town hall (Magistrat) on the market square of Żnin. The red-brick building was raised in **1906** to house the town authorities; t…

Chełmża
At Mennonitów 14 in Wielka Nieszawka, about 10 km from Toruń, stands the first open-air museum in Poland devoted to the Olęderzy — settlers who tamed the Vistula marshes and floods. On **5 hectares** the landscape of a village from the tur…