News and announcements

    December 8, 2023

    The best gift and the Grand Prix of the Christmas Market

    The halfway point of the Christmas Market in Gdańsk brought the results of two competitions: the Christmas Treasury of Ideas and the Grand Prix. In both, the best in two categories were honored - the votes of the fair visitors and the jury decided. Both took place for the first time in the history of the Christmas Market. We are celebrating in Gdańsk!
    December 5, 2023

    Let's start the holidays! Magical illuminations lit up in Gdańsk

    We're starting Christmas in Gdańsk! The well-liked and appreciated action is back. It will illuminate even more places than last year thanks to over 160 light figures that can be admired in 13 locations in Gdańsk. From December 5, we can watch most of them. We invite all lovers of Christmas atmosphere to the city illuminated with Christmas decorations. The illuminations will be with us until February 2.
    December 1, 2023

    The best gift and the secrets of the Advent Calendar

    Visitors to the Christmas Market in Gdańsk have until Sunday to choose the best gift in the Christmas Treasury of Ideas. Just show up at the Armory and vote. From December 1 on ul. Bogusławskiego, the Secrets of the Advent Calendar are revealed, and from December 5, the illuminations in Gdańsk will light up. We invite you to Celebrate in Gdańsk!
    November 25, 2023

    The Christmas market in Gdańsk is officially open

    A procession of festive characters, the premiere of the bugle call and a speech by the Deputy Mayor of Gdańsk, Piotr Grzelak, concluding the Opening Ceremony. The Christmas market in Gdańsk lit up Targ Węglowy on Saturday afternoon. It was a great invitation to Celebrate in Gdańsk. The partner of the Opening Ceremony was the Utilization Plant in Gdańsk.
    November 23, 2023

    The Christmas Market in Gdańsk starts on Friday.

    November 24, at At 12, the Christmas houses at Targ Węglowy will be opened, and thus the Christmas Market in Gdańsk will begin. It will be full of attractions, illuminations, a rich program and, above all, over 170 stands.
    November 20, 2023

    “Outdoors with art” – Interesting meetings with culture

    This is a unique original project, organized during the Christmas fair, the aim of which is the SYNERGY of the environment of young creators with the world of business and the promotion/raising of awareness of culture and art among society.
    November 18, 2023

    There will be a Christmas market on November 24

    The Christmas Market in Gdańsk will start on November 24. For four weeks, this event, considered one of the most beautiful in Europe, will put us in a beautiful, pre-Christmas mood. This year we are all celebrating in Gdańsk!
    November 17, 2023

    Swirling barrels are new at the Christmas Market!

    Thanks to the AmberSky Observation Wheel and the Gdańsk Carousel, the Christmas Market will gain a new family attraction in 2023. "Spinning Barrels" will thrill and warm every adventurer on a winter day.
    Santa Claus, sitting on a decorative throne, gives a child a gift in the form of a lollipop. In the background of the photo there is a Christmas tree and Christmas lights, and in the background Gdańsk's buildings.
    October 31, 2023

    New website of the Fair

    We have refreshed the Christmas Market website!
    Christmas market in Gdańsk
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    Illustration of a Fair Reindeer

    It worked! Together we won the Best Christmas Markets in Europe 2025 competition!