On 24 November at 12:00 the Christmas chalets on Targ Węglowy will open, and the Gdańsk Christmas Market will begin. It will be full of attractions, illuminations, a rich programme and, above all, stalls, of which there will be more than 170. It is time to say officially: We celebrate Christmas in Gdańsk!
On 24 November at 12:00 the Christmas chalets on Targ Węglowy will open, and the Gdańsk Christmas Market will begin. It will be full of attractions, illuminations, a rich programme and, above all, stalls, of which there will be more than 170. It is time to say officially: We celebrate Christmas in Gdańsk!
Time to start the Gdańsk Christmas Market! One of the most eagerly awaited events in Pomerania will light up Targ Węglowy, ul. Bogusławskiego, ul. Tkacka, Zbrojownia and Zespół Przedbramia from Friday. The stalls will open at 12:00. They will offer handicrafts, food and drink and regional products. There will be more than 170 stalls in total, brought to life by 150 exhibitors.
The first day will be a trading day, and the exhibitors will tempt the first visitors with their creations and specialities. It is also an excellent opportunity to admire the beautiful Christmas decoration of the Market. It was looked after by, among others, the State Forests, which supplied Christmas trees. Thanks to this, Targ Węglowy became green and smells of Christmas.
Opening Ceremony
The Market’s artistic programme begins on Saturday, 25 November. For that day the organisers have planned the official Opening Ceremony. Actors and stilt walkers of Teatr Gdańskiego Archipelagu Kultury, children from four artistic and creative groups of Pałac Młodzieży and children from ZPiT GAK will form a procession of winter and Christmas figures. They will be accompanied by the band “Taraban”, that is the re-enactment group “Garnizon Gdański”, and an ensemble of instrumentalists from the Academy of Music in Gdańsk. Together they will set off in a parade at about 15:30 from ul. Tkacka (from the Zbrojownia side) towards ul. Długa, and then head through the Golden Gate to Targ Węglowy and towards the Market stage.
The Opening Ceremony will begin at 16:00 on the stage of the Christmas Market. First we will meet the winners of the competition for the Market fanfare, organised in cooperation with the Academy of Music in Gdańsk. Its students will perform the winning composition.
After the official opening the parade will set off again to Targ Węglowy and ul. Bogusławskiego, to celebrate the start of the Market there with visitors, performing various scenes.
The audience’s favourites, Mr and Mrs Orzechowski, will also be waiting by the stage or in Zbrojownia, between 17:00 and 19:00.
Weekly plan
Saturday will be the first day with programme events. The rich schedule, available in full on https://bozonarodzeniowy.pl/program/ covers all days of the event, except Mondays, which are trading days.
Here is the detailed programme from 26 November (Sunday) to 1 December (Friday):
26 NOVEMBER / Sunday
/ near the stage, Wielka Zbrojownia Sztuki ASP
15:00–18:00 Christmas Freeze Frames – MR AND MRS ORZECHOWSKI: THE MARKET’S GRANDPA AND GRANDMA AS NUTCRACKERS
Our Market’s calling card! They love to pose for souvenir photos
/ Targ Węglowy, stage
15:00 RUDOLPH’S CHRISTMAS CHALLENGES,
that is, activities and games with Manufaktura Wydarzeń
15:30–17:30 Feel Childlike Joy – TEATR QFER presents…
15:30 Christmas Hyde Park: speak up on stage
16:00 “Keep Your Nerves in Check, the Elves Are Coming” – games, fun and competitions
16:30 A Christmas classic, “Snow White and the 7 Elves” – performance:
Elf Koszałek Opałek will tell stories about Snow White. He will invite you to play together. “Snow White” is a show – a game for children and their parents. Humorous dialogues, catchy songs – action songs – and wintry scenery will not let anyone get bored! A Polish Sign Language (PJM) INTERPRETER will be present during the performance.
event partner: Joanna Kozłowska lodziarnia – kawiarnia palce lizać
28 NOVEMBER / Tuesday
/ near the stage, Wielka Zbrojownia Sztuki ASP
16:30–19:30 Christmas Freeze Frames – MR AND MRS ORZECHOWSKI: THE MARKET’S GRANDPA AND GRANDMA AS NUTCRACKERS
Our Market’s calling card! They love to pose for souvenir photos
/ Targ Węglowy, stage
17:00 RUDOLPH’S CHRISTMAS CHALLENGES,
that is, activities and games with Manufaktura Wydarzeń
17:15 WYBRZEŻE THEATRE READS FAIRY TALES: MAŁGORZATA BRAJNER
17:45 RUDOLPH’S CHRISTMAS CHALLENGES,
that is, activities and games with Manufaktura Wydarzeń
18:30 Let Christmas Play –SŁOWIAŃSKA DUSZA at Christmas
SŁOWIAŃSKA DUSZA is an international vocal and instrumental band whose members come from Poland, Ukraine and Belarus. A love of music and a desire to preserve the cultural wealth of the Slavic peoples brought them together.
The band features violin, accordion, double bass, piano and drums.
29 NOVEMBER / Wednesday
/ Targ Węglowy, Wielka Zbrojownia Sztuki ASP
16:00–19:00 Santa’s Workshop – CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATION MAKING WORKSHOPS
WITH GDAŃSKI ARCHIPELAG KULTURY
produced by: Gdański Archipelag Kultury
/ Targ Węglowy, stage
17:00–20:00 Let Christmas Play – CHRISTMAS KARAOKE
Anyone can sing! We are waiting for you!
During the karaoke Rudolph will also be there and will not hesitate to throw one
or two Christmas challenges at you! Are you ready?
30 NOVEMBER / Thursday
/ Targ Węglowy, Wielka Zbrojownia Sztuki ASP
16:00–19:00 WELCOME, SANTA CLAUS!
Meet Santa, take a photo and whisper in his ear what you dream of for Christmas
/ Targ Węglowy, Wielka Zbrojownia Sztuki ASP
16:30–19:30 Christmas Freeze Frames – MR AND MRS ORZECHOWSKI: THE MARKET’S GRANDPA AND GRANDMA AS NUTCRACKERS
Our Market’s calling card! They love to pose for souvenir photos
/ Targ Węglowy, stage
17:00 RUDOLPH’S CHRISTMAS CHALLENGES,
that is, activities and games with Manufaktura Wydarzeń
17:15 MEET OUR EXHIBITORS
At the Market you can find many products – handicrafts, preserves, decorations. But who made them, and why? What interesting things there are to find, who our exhibitors are and what their passion for creating is all about, you can learn from interviews conducted by our Rudolph on the Market stage! Spot the best!
18:00 WYBRZEŻE THEATRE READS FAIRY TALES: DOROTA KOLAK
/ Targ Węglowy, Advent Gate
18:30 FIRE THEATRE – SHOW
A show full of dance and circus, with fire, at the Christmas Market. There will be no lack of joy, power, tenderness and madness.
produced by: Teatr Młodych
1 DECEMBER / Friday
/ Targ Węglowy, Zbrojownia Sztuki ASP
16:00–18:00 In Santa’s Workshop: LYNX CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATION WORKSHOP
Together with Gdańsk Zoo you can make Christmas tree decorations inspired by Rysio the lynx, whose guardian is AMBEREXPO.
organiser: Gdański Ogród Zoologiczny
/ Targ Węglowy, stage
17:00–19:00 Feel Childlike Joy: THE SNOW QUEEN AND SANTA CLAUS IN MEXICO
Once again we travel to the land of the Snow Queen, who this time has lost her sleigh and is searching for it all over the world. This time the search takes place in Mexico. Kay and Santa accompany her on the journey. Will you join us too?
produced by: Akademia zabawy i edukacji Wykrzyknik
event partner: PREMIUM Gracjan Gacek
19:00–20:00 Let Christmas Play – CHRISTMAS DANCE PARTY
DJ set with Christmas hits
/ Targ Węglowy, Advent Gate
18:00 SECRETS OF THE ADVENT CALENDAR. WE OPEN WINDOW NO. 1
produced by: Gdański Archipelag Kultury, Garnizon Gdańsk
co-organiser of the Advent Calendar: E. Wedel brand
Come and find the magic of Christmas
The Christmas town is a place where you can find inspiration and discover special, unique gifts. A special offer of crafts and handicrafts will appear at over 80 stalls – 45 of them in Zbrojownia. There, too, will be the debut of a special
display case – “Christmas Treasury of Ideas”, where the Market’s exhibitors will present the most interesting gift inspirations.
Over 60 Christmas stalls will be filled with the flavours of different cuisines of the world. Among them are Polish, Kashubian, oriental, Crimean Tatar and Hungarian cuisines, to name a few. Fans of sweets will not walk past Dutch poffertjes, doughnuts, churros or chimney cakes without a glance. Those who prefer savoury flavours will be able to choose between battered sprats, roasted chestnuts, pierogi, lángos or raclette.
Hot chocolate and various kinds of tea will turn up the heat. Connoisseurs can look forward to spiced, raspberry and orange mulled wine. It tastes best in the original Christmas Market mug, which is ideal for all kinds of drinks. And most importantly, part of the revenue from their sales will go to Fundacja Hospicyjna.
AmberSky Christmas Travel Corner
New on the map of the 2023 Christmas Market is the Christmas Travel Corner
with AmberSky. This is a special place with attractions prepared for the youngest: the VR simulator Santa’s Magic Sleigh, the Gdańsk Carousel, the Observation Wheel on Ołowianka and new this season: a spinning coaster – Spinning Barrels. In the pre-Christmas rush it is worth finding time for moments of joyful abandon and fun with family and friends. One shared ticket makes it easy to use all the attractions.
The attractions price list is available on the website bozonarodzeniowy.pl.
Let’s Light Up Christmas! We start on 5 December
The Let’s Light Up Christmas! campaign will not be missing. Together with Gdańsk City Hall we will launch it on 5 December 2023.
Magical illuminations and decorations in various compositions will appear at Targ Węglowy and on ul. Tkacka, in Park Oliwski, Park Oruński, Park Kuźniczki and Park Jana Pawła II, on the promenade in Brzeźno, on Zielony Most and ul. Stągiewna, and also at Skwer Heweliusza and Skwer Kobzdeja.
The illuminations comprise over 160 figures, among which you will see both forms already familiar to residents and tourists, and new ones. For the first time, we will see Floating Lilies in Park Oliwski. On the Brzeźno promenade there will be a Port Gantry Crane almost 8 metres wide, accompanied by the already familiar shipyard cranes, 11 and 12 metres tall. The sponsor of this light composition is the Port of Gdańsk Authority. A fairytale Rocking Horse will stop on ul. Tkacka. We will walk through a Gate with a plant motif near Zbrojownia, and in Park Oruński we will find Lightships and a romantic, illuminated Little Bridge. Right at the entrance we will be greeted by the Gate Illumination, which will also appear in Park Kuźniczki.
The figures mentioned will form compositions. Thanks to the popularity of the campaign and the interest of further sponsors, impressive single illuminations can also be found. The 6-metre-tall Carillon will light up at Skwer Młodej Polski, the Solidarność sign will stand on Droga do Wolności. #GDN will light up Rybackie Pobrzeże, and the Baltic HUB Christmas tree will light up Skwer Stogi.
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.
20 illuminations will light up earlier, because they can be found on the grounds of the Gdańsk Christmas Market.
For the duration of the Market, the streets of Gdańsk’s historic centre, thanks to beautiful illuminations, will turn
into a Christmas town. 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.
MARKET ATTRACTIONS NON-STOP
– YOUNG GDAŃSK RESIDENTS' CHRISTMAS TREE
– AMBERSKY CHRISTMAS TRAVEL CORNER
– Gdańsk Carousel
– Flight simulator SANTA’S SLEIGH
– Spinning Coaster SPINNING BARRELS
– Observation Wheel
KATARZYNKA THE TALKING POSTBOX
CHRISTMAS STAGE WITH SANTA’S THRONE
SANTA’S WORKSHOP
ADVENT GATE – SURPRISES FOR CHILDREN
GPEC MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS
LUCEK THE MOOSE
ANGELIC MILL
GROVE WITH A WAYSIDE SHRINE
ENCHANTED FOUNTAIN BY WEDEL
ILLUMINATIONS AT THE MARKET 20 figures!
ILLUMINATED SIGN: CHRISTMAS MARKET
LIGHT CANOPY ON UL. BOGUSŁAWSKIEGO
LIGHT CANOPY and GATE AT THE ENTRANCE TO ZBROJOWNIA
FIGURES – CLOCK, CANDELABRAS, ARMCHAIR, BAUBLE
THREE LUMINOUS GATES, GAZEBO, WEDEL CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN, WINGS
Key information:
Stalls open to visitors:
Sunday – Thursday 12:00–20:00, Friday – Saturday 12:00–21:00
Christmas Market: 24 November – 23 December
Targ Węglowy, ul. Bogusławskiego, ul. Tkacka, Zbrojownia, Zespół Przedbramia
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