Toruń Gingerbread (Lebkuchen)

In this shop of the firm Kopernik you can buy all
kinds of ginger breads (Lebkuchen).

"Lebkuchen" are already baked from the 14th century.

Not only because of the the good flour and honey from the neighbourhood Torun was the right city for these cakes.

Also the fact that Torun was situated at the European trade roads, made it possible to obtain the right spices.

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Here you can read more about the firm or about the history in a virtual book format.