@ricksteveseurope: If you tell a Pole that you’ve been to the town of Toruń, they might ask you: “Well, then. Did you bring me some gingerbread?” Toruń is synonymous with gingerbread, and its red-brick streets are lined with shops selling every variation imaginable — from basic bulk cookies to high-end pralines.   In the Middle Ages, Toruń’s Hanseatic League trading connections gave bakers access to exotic spices — such as ginger, cinnamon, clove, and peppercorn — to aid digestion. And the honey in gingerbread dough was a natural preservative, allowing it to be traded far and wide. All of that said, come for the gingerbread…and stay for an all-around great town, as Toruń (the birthplace of Copernicus) is also simply a delightful place to hang out. #poland #ricksteves #ricksteveseurope #polandtiktok

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