Saturday, the Christmas market in Gdańsk begins

This year's edition of the Christmas Fair in Gdańsk will begin on 1 December and will also cover the space in front of the Gdańsk forum, where stands and icebergs will also be present. In Węglowy Targ, a rich gastronomic area will be open until 13 January. In Gdynia, a Christmas tree began to work on weekends.

At Targ Węglowy , which is usually the heart of the Christmas market, work on staging and scenography is underway. The organizers of the Gdańsk International Fair have prepared several new products for the upcoming fair, whose stands will be open from 11 on Saturday.

A huge gastronomic area and a carousel

The implementation of the two-level carousel of Gdańsk is already underway, and we met this year at St. Dominika (she was at the fish market). The residents of Gdańsk – holders of the Dweller card – will be able to use the carousel for a symbolic zloty once. The fees will be transferred to the Hospice Foundation for the leisure activities of orphaned children.

Another novelty is the restoration zone, which will dominate the central part of the coal market.

– It will be a large consumption area, where you can also warm up. There will also be new places to eat – spacious and covered kiosks, equipped with furniture and radiators. It will last until January 13th. It will be delicious here – announcement Joanna Czauderna-Szreter of MTG.

We will be able to taste some Spanish dishes there (churrosy), Hungarian (kurtosze and langos), Alsatian (flatbreads), Chinese (meatballs and poultry), German (Wurst and gluhweiny in different flavors), Greek (bugatsa of Filo cakes), Belgian (wafers and fries), Kashub and Polish. As in previous years, you can buy ceramic collector cups.

Craft and help for the Basilica Saint. Nicholas

After the Christmas gifts, you will be able to go to the Armory, where will be held the craft fair. There will be attractions for lovers of modern design, crafts, art ceramics, silver jewelry, titanium, amber and unconventional materials.

There will also be gift ideas for kids: educational puzzles, wooden toys, cotton swabs and stuffed toys. At the Armory on Saturdays and Sundays from 12 artistic workshops for the youngest will also take place.

There will also be a huge chest, on which an even larger image of St. Nicholas. These two elements will not be accidental. They come from Saint Basilica. Nicholas, which has been closed for several weeks, as it was a disaster in construction.

Residents and tourists will be able to donate to the temple rescue in the box installed in the armory on the side of the coal market.

New scenography and fair at the Gdańsk Forum

– This year, for the first time, we will have what is called mapping, or bright displays displayed at the Katownia Tower. They will not be long, but very effective and, importantly, they will not take place every day, but only on Saturdays and Sundays at 18 and 20 – announces Czuderna-Szreter.
The Angels Mill will be at the fair, an enchanted car and – making a splash last year – Lucek's moose, speaking in human voices (and in multiple languages).

Last Saturday in the courtyard, with the opening of the May Forum Mall in May, a 28-meter Christmas tree and Christmas lights were installed. There will now be craft and craft stalls, a light reindeer and an iceberg with toboggan runs.

Fairy Orchery, parades and Santa Claus

Saturday, the Fair will be inaugurated at 17 The parade of elves, in addition to parades and the suite of silver characters and angels accompanying the party, will be held every day of the week.

In the first week, we will be entertained by elves, to whom Saint. Nicholas. In the second week, the snow queen will come to Targ Węglowy with his entourage, and in the third, a feast of singers.

Feta theater actors will play fairytale characters. Nicolas will also be available from 6 to 8 December (12 to 18 years old) on the historical bridge of the Gdańsk forum.

– Shopping is no longer the main attraction of the fair, the idea is to meet or sing Christmas carols – he says Elwira Twardowska, responsible for the artistic part of the fair. – We are, with the exception of the Netherlands, the only city in Europe where Santa Claus comes to us. When that happens, we will start the winter together on December 6th.
With Mikołaj, you can take a picture of yourself and get the certificate signed by him.

Christmas market from December 1st
Stands: arts and crafts at Targ Węglowy on a chair. 11-20
Stands: crafts at the Gdańsk Forum on Mondays. – Sat 9-22, Sunday 9-21
Restoration area at the coal market, Monday. – Thursday 13-20, pt.-Sun 11-21

Illuminations in Oliwski Park and in the main streets

With the Christmas market, also on Saturday, December 1, Christmas lights are lit up on the main streets of Gdańsk during the "Celebrate Christmas" campaign. They will shine until February 2, 2019.

What and where we will see the illuminations:

• A 17-meter artificial Christmas tree decorated with more than 170 sets of light yarns and a hundred other toys and decorations will be placed in Długi Targ, in the main town
• Christmas trees will be decorated in Nowy Port on p. Marian Górecki and Sobieszewo at the confluence of Nadwiślańska and Turystyczna Streets
• in Oliwa Park, vegetation and infrastructure along the park's main avenues will be enhanced. They will be there, among other things lantern decorations, LED gates, light figurines in the shape of sailboats or inscription "Gdańsk" in LED
• Luminous structures: Fahrenheit thermometer on Długi Targ, four quarters well on ul. Grobla, Lions of Gdańsk with the coat of arms of the city of Targ Węglowy, in the courtyard of the Gdańsk Forum, a Space Light Gate will be enriched with Kashubian elements, on the place Dariusz Kobzdej, a light boy with a drum and of a pergola decorated with LED icons, and surroundings with astronomer Jan Heweliusz of Gdańsk, a light frame will be placed on the green bridge and a shipyard crane at the intersection of Stągiewna streets and Chmielna
• Illuminations on trees at Maria Konopnicka monument in Wałach Jagiellońskich
• three-dimensional light decorations on lampposts and trees on ul. Długa and Długi Targ, ul. Szeroka, wood market and place więtopełk
• star-shaped lighting, tree branches or snowflakes will be lit on lighting poles on the Gdańsk main road in Oliwa, as well as on pillars and pillars. trees on Wybickiego Square, ul. Wajdeloty, along ul. Abbot of Jacek Rybiński

Together to create an illumination at these places, they will be used, among others, 203 sets of ornaments in the streets and street lamps, 859 sets of bright wires on the trees, 77 sets of lantern decorations (44 sets of 3D and 33 sets of 2D), 100 toys and more than 500 Christmas balls and 40 LED strings.