METROPOLIS IN PIXELS: TORUN, POLAND

Toruń, city, one of two capitals (with Bydgoszcz) of Kujawsko-Pomorskie województwo , north-central Poland, on the Vistula River. A river port, rail and road junction, and cultural centre, it is the birthplace (1473) of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik) and the seat of Nicolaus Copernicus University (founded 1945), as well as several scientific societies, museums, and theatres. The 13th-century Church of St. John contains one of the largest bells in Poland.