3. Toruń – history
1233 – a City Charte r for the Old
Town
1264 – a City Charter for the New
Town
1454 – two towns united
1466 – Toruń in Poland
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4. Toruń – history
16th& 17th c. – a thriving city of
trade and craft
19th
c. – a military city on the
German/Russian border
20th c. – a city in central Poland
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5. Location on the Vistula
http://www.kpodr.pl/epoka/e2000/t2500c.html
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40. City functions – tourism
2006 – tourist facilities
- 33 hotels with about 2,500
beds (and growing rapidly)
- 350,000 museum tickets sold
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41. City functions – tourism
2006 – visitors
- 1,5 million tourists (25%
growth compared to 2005)
- 30% visitors from abroad
- almost 50% foreigners from
Germany
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42. City functions – tourism
2006 – visitors
- come for architecture & history
- about 70% come for a day
- 60% associate Toruń with
Copernicus, while 40% with
gingerbread
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66. National and international
cooperation
1996 – Association of the Vistula Cities
1997 – UNESCO Heritage List
1998 – New Hanseatic League
Copperation with Copernicus cities
Cooperation with twin cities of
Leiden, Swindon, Gotingen, Czadca, Kalinigrad,
Hameenlinna, Philadelphia,
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67. Cultural events
Song of Songs Festival
International Theatre
Festival
Probaltica
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68. Cultural events
2007 – year of Samuel Linde
Days of Pamplona
Music and Architecture
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69. Cultural events
Music in the Moat
King Jagiełło in Toruń
Summer Film Festival
City Festival
Folk Festival
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70. City marketing - websites
http://www.torun.pl/
http://www.turystyka.torun.pl/
http://www.it.torun.pl/
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71. Seven wonders of Poland
http://www.hotelfilmar.pl/content/view/94/101 /
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