Honouring Toruń's sister relationship with Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Bulwar Filadelfijski (Philadelphia Boulevard), a long street running mostly between Vistula River and walls of the Old Town and the boulevard itself, bears its name. The Ślimak Getyński is one of the lanes connecting Piłsudski Bridge / John Paul II Avenue with Philadelphia Boulevard at their downtown interchange. It honours the relationship with Göttingen, its name derived from the street's half-circular shape (Polish word ślimak meaning "snail"). Twin towns – Sister cities Toruń is twinned with: Former twin towns: Kaliningrad, Russia (since 1995 until 2022, terminated due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine) Gallery In popular culture Thorn (Toruń) is one of the starting towns of the State of the Teutonic Order in the turn-based strategy game Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms. Toruń also makes an appearance in the alternate history RTS Command and Conquer: Red Alert; in the Soviet campaign of the game, the player is tasked on liquidating the city's inhabitants after the Soviet leadership discover resistance fighters had aided escaped test subjects. See also Tourism in Poland Gingerbread Museum Notes References External links Municipal website City counties of Poland Cities and towns in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Members of the Hanseatic League Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919–1939)