Toruń from above — guided 360° films with captions
6 films · 27 min in total · 8K 60 fps · every word on screen
Author: Andrii ShramkoWhat you will see in the films
Each place has its own film — choose one to watch it.
- The Old Town Market Square and town hallArtus Court, Copernicus House and the Leaning Tower — porridge, the post and the argument over where the astronomer was born.
- The Old Town and the Church of the Holy SpiritA Lutheran church that had to look like a modest burgher's house.
- Philadelphia Boulevard and the Sailors' GateWalls above the Vistula, the Swedish Granary, the Crane Tower and the ruins of a castle that the townspeople captured.
- The New Town and St James' ChurchA town of craftsmen. One of St James' bells is now in Uppsala Cathedral.
- St Catherine's Church, the ramparts and JordankiBuilt where the walls came down — from churches to a theatre and a concert hall.
- Dybów Castle and the left bank of the VistulaThe ruins of Jagiełło's castle and the story of Nieszawa, the town Toruń had moved upriver.
Films
Each film is one guided flight. The guide speaks English (a synthetic voice) and every word is on screen, so you can also watch with the sound off.
360°Open captionsThe Church Disguised as a House
Gothic roofs of the Old Town, Artus Court and a church built to look like an ordinary house.
360°Open captionsThe Rival Bank of Toruń
The red-brick ruins of Dybów Castle, the Piłsudski Bridge and the left bank of the Vistula facing the Old Town.
360°Open captionsThe Town of Craftsmen
The chessboard streets of the New Town, its Gothic churches and a railway bridge with towers at its ends.
360°Open captionsThe Town That Took the Castle
Walls and gates on the Vistula side, the Swedish Granary, the Crane Tower and the ruins of a castle taken by townspeople.
360°Open captionsPorridge, Post and a Leaning Tower
The town hall, Artus Court, Copernicus House and the Leaning Tower: the heart of Gothic Toruń from above.
360°Open captionsBuilt Where the Walls Came Down
The Horzyca Theatre, Jordanki with its "cracked" concrete and the New Town churches where the walls once stood.
How to watch
On a phone: swipe across the picture or turn the phone itself — it works best in the YouTube app.
On a computer: drag the picture with the mouse to look around.
In a VR headset: open the film in DeoVR or YouTube VR.
Why visit Toruń
Toruń is a Gothic town whose burghers stormed the Teutonic Knights' castle in 1454 and blew up its main tower. The ruins still stand above the Vistula, right next to the Old Town walls.Teutonic Castle, Toruń — Polish Wikipedia
From the Vistula, the Sailors' Gate leads into the town: here the mayors and the council welcomed kings, and from here the Royal Route climbed to the Market Square. The river port took in seagoing ships from the Middle Ages onwards, and from Philadelphia Boulevard you can see the Swedish Granary, the Crane Tower and the Bridge Gate.Sailors' Gate, Toruń — Polish Wikipedia
On the Old Town Market Square stands Artus Court, where the Second Peace of Toruń was sworn — the treaty that gave Poland Gdańsk Pomerania and access to the sea. A few steps away is Copernicus House, although for years people argued over which house the astronomer was actually born in. And under the Leaning Tower it is worth testing the legend: a sinner, they say, cannot keep their balance there.Artus Court, Toruń — Polish WikipediaLeaning Tower, Toruń — Polish Wikipedia
On the opposite bank are the ruins of Dybów Castle, which Władysław Jagiełło began building in 1424. Next to it lay Nieszawa — Toruń demanded that it be moved up the Vistula because it was taking away Toruń's trade. And its inhabitants really were moved.Dybów Castle — Polish Wikipedia
The New Town was a town of craftsmen. The Swedes carried off the largest bells of St James' Church — one of them is now in Uppsala Cathedral. By the ramparts stands the Jordanki concert hall: in places its pale concrete is “cracked” to reveal a brick-red texture — a nod to Toruń's Gothic.
Films about Toruń have been watched 1,000+ times on YouTube and DeoVR. YouTube + DeoVR, public counters, as of 29 October 2026. Only the films of this series about Toruń.
How we count
We add up the public view counters of YouTube and DeoVR — views are events, so they can be summed. We never add up subscribers or the number of films, because the same film is on both platforms. Hours watched are shown only when a platform has reported them, never worked out from film lengths. Facebook is not included. Numbers are rounded down and refreshed once a month.
- YouTube: 100+ (views of the films about Toruń, 29 October 2026)
- DeoVR: 900+ (views of the films about Toruń, 29 October 2026)
YouTube + DeoVR, public counters, as of 29 October 2026
Questions
Is there a 360° video tour of Toruń with subtitles?
Yes — 6 films. Each one has captions burned into the picture: every word of the guide is on screen, in three places around you, so you can watch without sound. The captions and the narration are in English.
What does Toruń look like from above?
From above you can see how the Gothic Old Town comes down to the Vistula behind its walls: the Market Square with the town hall, the Sailors' Gate, the ruins of the Teutonic castle and, across the river, Dybów Castle. Next to it lies the New Town with St James' and St Catherine's churches.
Where can I watch a virtual tour of Toruń in VR?
In the DeoVR app or in YouTube VR — every film has a DeoVR link. On a phone, the YouTube app is enough: turn the phone or swipe across the picture.
What is there to see in Toruń?
The Old Town Market Square with the town hall and Artus Court, Copernicus House, the Leaning Tower, the Sailors' Gate and Philadelphia Boulevard, the ruins of the Teutonic castle, the New Town with St James' Church and, across the Vistula, the ruins of Dybów Castle.
Who films Toruń with a 360° drone?
Andrii Shramko, an engineer and filmmaker who lives in Bydgoszcz. The series is his independent initiative — not a city hall publication.
Andrii Shramko
Engineer and filmmaker, living in Bydgoszcz. I have been filming 360° in motion since 2015.
What you can check
- My 3D scan illustrates the NVIDIA Omniverse documentation, credited to Andrii Shramko
- World Labs: my scene “Poland”, 106 million splats — the largest in their Spark 2.0 article
- “Touching the Sky” — a VR film by Red Bull × Meta, 2025 (making-of on Red Bull TV)
- Immersive Warsaw 2026: speaker, “The Camera Doesn't Exist Yet”, 5 November 2026, Kinoteka
- Lublin's Old Town as a 3D scene: 259 million splats, 13 levels of detail — the largest scene on my profile
- ShramkoGSFPV: a drone simulator in the browser, flying over real 3D scans — open source
I almost always work with a team — that is why I write “we”. We will agree how to work together when we meet.