Toruń gingerbread

Toruń is well known for gingerbread, a type of piernik often made in elaborate molds. Museum of Toruń Gingerbread is a large museum dedicated to it.^[78] There are also several gingerbread workshops in the town that offer hands-on experiences for tourists, including the popular Living Museum of Gingerbread. The 15-year-old composer Fryderyk Chopin was smitten with Toruń gingerbread when he visited his godfather, Fryderyk Skarbek, there in the summer of 1825.

Toruń is a center of conservative Roman Catholic culture. Redemptorist Tadeusz Rydzyk has organized here Radio Maryja, Telewizja Trwam, a college whose students contribute to the mentioned media.^[79] Now^[when?] a museum is being constructed.

The 12999 Toruń asteroid is named after the city.

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