Gingerbread Museum


Learn about the history of Toruń gingerbread and create a spicy concoction of your own under the enlightened instruction of a mock-medieval gingerbread master. All of this takes place in a renovated 16th-century gingerbread factory. Tours in English and German at 1pm and 4pm only; best to book in advance on the website.


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