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Run Toruń 2025 to Attract Hundreds for Health-Focused Race Weekend
At the beginning of the week, a conference announcing a unique sports festival was held at the Toruń PLAZA Shopping Center - the fourteenth edition of RUN TORUŃ - Visit with Health! On May 11, 2025, we will once again see crowds of runners on the Toruń "ten" and "five" routes.
The day before – on 10th May – children and young people will provide sports emotions. The race office and the start of the main race will be located near the CHR Toruń PLAZA, and the running town will be located on the premises of LABA Przystań Towarzyska. The 10 km race will start at 11:00, and the 5 km race at 12:15. The organisers expect up to 1500 participants. Registration is still possible – just report to the race office, which will be open from next Friday.
The "Run Toruń" running event is an event that debuted in 2012. The event attracts an even greater number of tourists to Toruń for the weekend every year. In addition to runners, the event is also addressed to volunteers who support the organization of the event. The organizers also recruited willing runners to act as pacemakers, i.e. a person who helps their colleagues on the route cover the distance at a set pace.
The competition for the youngest enthusiasts of physical activity, i.e. the Children's Runs from Toruń PLAZA, will take place the day before the main runs. Age categories from 2 years and numerous attractions for children after the runs have been planned. Young competitors will have to overcome from 100 to 1200 m depending on their age.
TRILOGY Medal.
Toruń races have a rich history, and their inseparable element are medals, which delight competitors with their design and craftsmanship every year! It will be no different this time! Just like last year, competitors will be able to win 3 medals, which, when combined, will create one worthy of the Finale of the Toruń Legends Trilogy.
The runners had a chance to win the first final element on March 8, because that was the day the first edition of the Trilogy took place. At the finish line of the "Legendary 5" there was a medal depicting the wing of the Toruń Angel with the image of Flisak - the hero of one of the Toruń Legends. Next weekend, taking part in the May edition of the Trilogy, regardless of the chosen distance (5 and 10 km), the competitors will win the key to the gates of Toruń, which is the second element of the final medal. In the autumn, by covering one of the selected distances: 5 kilometers or half marathon, winning the second wing of the Angel - also the hero of the Toruń Legend, the runners will complete the medal of the FINAL OF THE TRILOGY OF TORUN LEGENDS. The medals will also be separate trophies, and on their reverses there will be a place to personalize the time and the name of the competitor.
Piernikalia 2025 Returns with Concerts, Costumes and Student Spirit
Ahead of us is the Toruń festival of student culture at Nicolaus Copernicus University - Piernikalia 2025. There will be no shortage of a colorful procession, good fun and concerts. On the stage at Collegium Humanisticum we will see, among others, Pidżama Porno, Kasia Kowalska, LemON or Braci Figo Fagot.
This year, Piernikalia will envelop you in mystery, drawing you into a world where heroes fall and antiheroes take over the stage. It's time to abandon the illusion of perfect fairy tales and face your own shadow. Enter a land where virtue gives way to cunning, and determination and strength are born from chaos. Here, each mask tells a different story, and each costume shows not heroes, but those who act against the rules. Who are you in this story? A fallen ruler? A guard? You can see the costumed in the Piernikalia procession, which will set off on May 16th at 5 p.m. from the Student Activity Centre Kotłownia.
This year’s concerts also promise to be interesting:
- May 16 (Friday), 7:00 p.m. Kasia Kowalska, LemON, Chivas, Bracia Figo Fagot
- May 17 (Saturday), 7:00 p.m. Pidżama Porno, Natalia Szroeder, Meteroids, Szpaku
Place: Square at Collegium Humanisticum
Tickets are required and can be purchased >>HERE<<
In addition:
May 12 (Monday) Board games and karaoke evening
May 13 (Tuesday) Silent disco
May 14 (Wednesday) Open-air cinema
May 15 (Thursday)
9:00 p.m. Before piernikaliowy, Location: Laba
5:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Gingerbread Lan Party. Location: Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
More information: https://piernikalia.umk.pl/
Aerobatic Pilots to Compete Over Toruń in Polish Cup
In the sky of Toruń you will once again be able to admire aerobatics. In mid-May, the Polish Cup in Aerobatics will be held at the Pomeranian Aeroclub.
Pilots from all over Poland will fly to Toruń and present themselves in two classes: Advanced and Intermediate.
Due to the organisation of the event and the preceding training, we would like to inform you that from May 11-18, 2025 between 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., increased noise levels (within the permissible standard) may occur in the area of the airport arrival zones.
Dohna Spring in Żagań Offers Scenic Trail and Local History
Spring is good for walks, and there are many wonderful places in Żagań. One of them is the Dohna Spring in Żagań's "Beautiful Valley". Find out how to get to this extraordinary spring and what its history is. See how beautiful it is there! If someone hasn't been there, it's a must.
The Dohna Spring in Żagań can be reached by bike or on foot along the orange trail. You can get there from Wesoła Street on Kolonia Laski or from the area around the POW Camp Museum. On Google Maps, the address of the spring is Lotników Aliantów Street.
If we cover part of the route by car, we have to drive along Przyjaciół Żołnierza Street, Lotników Aliantów Street, then turn right onto Wesoła Street, to the very end, to the wooden bridge made by soldiers of the Black Division.
Just after the bridge, on foot or by bike, you have to turn right at the forest signpost. Then you go straight to the information board. At the fork in the road at the signpost, you turn left, up the hill. You will find the Dohna Spring on the left side of the forest road, in a small valley. From the bridge at Wesoła Street to the Dohna Spring is 0.8 km.
The Association of Walkers recommends the route starting at Szronu station, at Konopnicka Street. To get there, walk or drive to the end of M. Konopnicka Street. Overcome the railway crossing. After the crossing, go straight, down the road, turning left.
From the "Szronu" Station we set off along the path, moving away from the city. At the first fork in the paths, we turn right. This road will take us to a bridge with red railings, right next to the old paper mill. We cross the bridge, turn right again and go straight until we see an information board describing the history of the Dohna source. Here we turn left downhill. After about 30-40 m we are at the source.
Beautiful Valley in the Laski Colony
The Piękna Dolina colony was established as a result of the settlement action carried out in Silesia on the initiative of the Prussian King Frederick II. The greatest influence on the development of the colony was the neighbouring paper factory, which was robbed and then burned down right after World War II. A similar fate befell the Schönthal colony, of which only the ruins of the monument to the victims of World War I remain. In the 1960s, many sequences of the popular TV series "Czterej pancerni i pies" were filmed on the premises of the former paper mill.
Cemetery and the forester's grave
Walking towards the spring from the railway viaduct through the forest and deviating about 100 m from the route, there is an abandoned cemetery Piękna Dolina - says Artur Miemczyk (runner and winner of the Żagańin of the Year title). - Once we get to the spring and rest for a while, we can extend the route a bit, because about 500m further there is a forester's grave. There are many interesting places in our forest
The source of the former mayor and aristocrat
The forest spring was named after Fabian zu Dohna – Schlodien. The count was the starosta of Żagań in the years 1844-1862. His wife was Maria Wilson von Steinach, the illegitimate daughter of Duchess Paulina Biron. Dohna was an economic activist, distinguished for the Żagań forests. It was the foresters who honoured him.
Dohna Brunnen boulder
Some time ago, there was a small roof and a wooden shelter above the spring. Today, only a boulder with the inscription Dohna Brunnen remains. Every Easter Monday, members of the Tourist Association "Piechur" go to the Dohna Spring for an Easter family picnic.
Żagań Area Packed with Events Over May 10–11 Weekend
On the weekend of May 10-11, 2025, there will be a lot of clouds and temperatures up to 18 degrees Celsius. However, it is worth going to an event, and there will be many of them in the area
Friday, May 9, 2025 in Żagań
- The Society of Friends of Children from Żagań invites you on Friday from 10:00 to 13:00 to the Summer Chill Zone at ul. Rybacka 39 for the campaign "Second life of pallets". During the workshops, participants will make interesting objects from pallets.
Saturday, May 10, 2025 in Żagań
- 9:00 a.m., parkrun in the park. Start in the moat under the palace over a distance of 5 km. You can run, jog or do Nordic walking.
- 10.00 a.m., at the Arena indoor pool VI National Swimming Competition Sprint Cup in Żagań.
- 6:00 p.m., at the Żagań Palace of Culture "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Opera Salon". Tickets PLN 40, discount for holders of the Żagań Resident Card.
Saturday, May 10, 2025 in Małomice
- At 3:00 p.m., the municipal celebrations of Firefighters' Day will begin at the Małomicki Reservoir. The program includes: a ceremonial roll call on the occasion of Firefighters' Day, displays of firefighter equipment, and a dance party under the stars.
Sunday, May 11, 2025 in Żagań
- At 10:00 a.m. at the Arena complex on Kochanowskiego Street, a family festival will begin with the Si-gma association and the Dalej Razem kindergarten.
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