On the way

What to see on the way from Gdańsk to Toruń

It is about 170 km from Gdańsk to Toruń, roughly 1 h 44 min of driving without breaks.

Along the way we suggest 6 stops worth leaving the road for: heritage, nature and curiosities. A typical detour is 15 minutes: the extra time to drive to a stop and back to the route.

Stops are listed in driving order, each with the time it adds and its distance from the start.

  • 170 km
  • 1 h 44 min
  • 6 stops
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Stops on the way

  1. Stop 1

    +16 min detour 22 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Lawrence in Różyny

    Photo: Church of St Lawrence in Różyny
    Andrzej Otrębski CC BY-SA 3.0

    A Roman Catholic church in Różyny (Pszczółki Commune, Gdańsk County), built in the mid-18th century and listed in the heritage register.

    • History and culture

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  2. Stop 2

    +7 min detour 41 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Andrew Bobola in Swarożyn

    Photo: Church of St Andrew Bobola in Swarożyn
    Polimerek CC BY-SA 3.0

    A former Evangelical, now Roman Catholic church in Swarożyn (Tczew Commune, Tczew County), built in 1894–1895 and listed in the heritage register.

    • History and culture

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  3. Stop 3

    +25 min detour 69 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Martin in Barłożno

    Photo: Church of St Martin in Barłożno
    Gdaniec CC BY 3.0

    A Roman Catholic church in Barłożno (Skórcz Commune, Starogard County), built in the 14th–15th centuries and entered in the heritage register in 1962.

    • History and culture

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  4. Stop 4

    +14 min detour 113 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Andrew Bobola

    Photo: Church of St Andrew Bobola
    Ciacho5 Public domain

    A Roman Catholic church in Grudziądz Commune (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship), built in 1908–1911 as a Protestant church in the Neo-Gothic style.

    • History and culture

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  5. Stop 5

    +21 min detour 130 km from the start Show on map

    Castle Ruins in Lipienek

    Photo: Castle Ruins in Lipienek
    Margoz CC BY-SA 4.0

    Ruins of an early 14th-century Teutonic castle in Lipienek (Lisewo Commune, Chełmno County), listed in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  6. Stop 6

    +10 min detour 151 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Nicholas the Bishop in Gronowo

    Photo: Church of St Nicholas the Bishop in Gronowo
    Sławomir Milejski CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

    A 14th-century Roman Catholic church in Gronowo (Lubicz Commune, Toruń County), listed in the Polish heritage register.

    • History and culture

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Driving the other way?

Driving from Toruń to Gdańsk, you reach the same stops in reverse order – read the list from the bottom.

Plan the route from Toruń to Gdańsk

How stops are chosen: the planner routes the drive, checks places up to 5 km from the road and routes the real detour to each; it keeps those that add at most 30 minutes. Data: OpenStreetMap (ODbL), Wikidata, Wikipedia, the NID heritage register (CC BY 4.0), Opencaching.PL (CC BY-SA 3.0 PL), photos from Wikimedia Commons with their author and licence.

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