What to eat in Toruń

Toruń has baked gingerbread since the Middle Ages, and that is what the town is known for. Lunch, though, is żurek in a bread bowl, oven-baked pierogi and naleśniki. A main course at a milk bar costs €4.56–7.07, a set lunch €6.39–10.27.

Żurek is a soup of fermented rye dough, sour and thick, served with white sausage. In Toruń it's eaten for both lunch and dinner, especially when it's cold outside. A bowl runs €7.98.

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Piecuchy are a pierogi-dough variant filled with potato, fresh cheese and onion, but instead of being boiled in water they're baked in the oven until the crust browns. A portion of three runs €9.58.

Manekin is a pancake-house chain founded in Toruń, before it spread across the rest of Poland. The pancake with yellow cheese and herbs runs €4.34, large enough to replace a full meal.

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Piernikowa is a 32% gingerbread vodka, sold as a drink that exists only in Toruń. A 50 ml glass runs €4.78. Order it after dinner.

For quick street food budget €5.48, for a main course without sides at a milk bar €4.56–7.07, and coffee and beer run €4.10 and €4.33.

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Hidden gemsWhat the guides skip:Toruń after the gingerbread: a fortress, the stars and a boulevard named after Philadelphia →