Let’s Light Up Christmas in Gdańsk! The popular and well-loved campaign has returned. It will light up even more places than a year ago, thanks to more than 160 light figures that can be admired in 13 locations in Gdańsk. From 5 December we can see most of them. We invite all lovers of the Christmas atmosphere to a city lit up with Christmas decorations. The illuminations will be with us until 2 February 2024.
Can you imagine the pre-Christmas period in Gdańsk without the Christmas Market? It is very difficult. It is the same with December and January without the Gdańsk illuminations. That is why they cannot be missing this year either! The City of Gdańsk and AMBEREXPO are making sure that from 5 December 2023 the light figures once again gather thousands of visitors around them.
The illuminations have very positive associations for residents of Gdańsk and tourists. A study conducted by the Pomorski Instytut Naukowy im. prof. Brunona Synaka on behalf of Międzynarodowe Targi Gdańskie showed: 91% of respondents believe that the Christmas illuminations are needed. This was also confirmed by surveys carried out on the trójmiasto.pl website. They showed unequivocally that the project is needed and gives the city a special atmosphere.
Magical illuminations and decorations in various compositions have appeared at Targ Węglowy and on ul. Tkacka, in Park Oliwski, Park Oruński, Park Kuźniczki and Park Jana Pawła II, on the promenade in Brzeźno, at Zielony Most and on ul. Stągiewna. You will also find them at Skwer Heweliusza and Skwer Kobzdeja.
The illuminations comprise more than 160 figures, among which we see both forms already familiar to residents and tourists, and new ones. For the first time in Park Oliwski you can admire the Floating Lilies. On the promenade in Brzeźno stands the Port Gantry Crane, almost 8 metres wide, accompanied by the previously familiar shipyard cranes, 11 and 12 metres high. The sponsor of this light composition is Zarząd Morskiego Portu Gdańsk. On ul. Tkacka a fairytale Rocking Horse has appeared. You can walk through the Gate with a plant motif near Zbrojownia, and in Park Oruński there are the Lightships and a romantic, illuminated Little Bridge. The Gate Illumination greets you right at the entrance, and it has also appeared in Park Kuźniczki.
The figures mentioned form compositions and can be admired from 5 December, when Christmas was officially lit up! (the illuminations at the Christmas Market had lit up earlier, in connection with its opening, which took place on 24 November). Together with the light compositions, the Christmas tree on Długi Targ also lit up. The Mayor of Gdańsk, Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, switched on 20,000 lights on the 17-metre Christmas tree.
Thanks to the popularity of the Let’s Light Up Gdańsk! campaign and the interest of further sponsors, there will also be impressive individual illuminations. On 15 December these will light up: the 6-metre-high Carillon at Skwer Młodej Polski, the Solidarność inscription on Droga do wolności and #GDN at Rybackie Pobrzeże. Three days earlier the Baltic HUB Christmas tree at Skwer Stogi will be switched on.
It is worth adding that illuminations well known from previous years also attract sponsors. GPEC is the sponsor of the modern Christmas tree at Plac Kobzdeja, GAiT of course sponsors the glowing bus and tram at Zielony Most and on ul. Stągiewna. GOT has taken a liking to Hewolion the Lion at Targ Węglowy, and Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport, for obvious reasons, the aviation zone in Park im. Jana Pawła II. Lasy Państwowe is patron of the Christmas Gazebo at Targ Węglowy, nearby is a sleigh sponsored by Forum Gdańsk, and on ul. Tkacka the Wedel fountain.
All the illuminations use soft, yellow light. They were made with energy-saving eco LED technology, which means they need 9 times less electricity than traditional bulbs.
We invite you to admire, photograph and spend pleasant time by the Gdańsk illuminations.
For the duration of the Market, the streets of Gdańsk’s historic centre will be turned into a Christmas town by the beautiful illuminations. This is partly thanks to the Strategic Partner of the Christmas Market and Gdańsk Illuminations – Gdańskie Wodociągi.
The supporting partner of the Gdańsk Christmas Market is Grupa GPEC – sponsor of the Gdańsk illuminations.
