St Dominic's Fair 2024 will charm the festival atmosphere, trade zones and gastronomy, it will be woven into the elements of surprise, educational and cultural values, as well as various events, during which everyone will find something interesting. Festival Of Wonders will start in Gdańsk on July 27 and will last until August 18. There will be 613 merchants on the streets of the Old Town, there will be new products.
St Dominic's Fair is taking shape that from next Saturday one of the largest and coolest outdoor events in Europe could again enjoy the inhabitants of Gdańsk and tourists.
St Dominic's Fair is of course a centuries -old tradition of indulgence fairs. However, we in Gdańsk, seeing what is happening in the modern world, we try to adapt it so that it is attractive to the inhabitants of our city and numerous guests from Poland and the world. Last year's St Dominic's Fair was visited by over a million people. This is a great result! - says Aleksandra Dulkiewicz , president of Gdańsk.
St Dominic's Fair is over 700 stands and over 600 exhibitors. Almost 1/4 of them are entrepreneurs from Gdańsk who will be able to work their daily work, what they can do best, offer visitors. The fair is therefore an economic event. It is an element that stimulates our Gdańsk, Pomeranian and Polish economic life. However, this is not only a trade festival, but also a social event. For many years, as part of such events as the Equality Przystanek, such as the children's zone, or various other places where you can get to know our Gdańsk culture or economy, we are also trying to talk about important social matters. All this is created in partnership with our advice, even with the Youth City Council or with the Gdańsk Senior Council - adds President Dulkiewicz.
Among 613 exhibitors who will take 760 stands, 210 traders from Pomerania will appear, including 130 from Gdańsk. There will be guests from other regions of Poland and from abroad, including from: Lithuania, Ukraine, Great Britain, Hungary, France, the United States and Italy. From the first day, St Dominic's Fair will operate the city and regions zone on the Świętopełka square. It is a space in which regions and cities will present themselves, inviting tourists and the inhabitants of Pomerania to visit them. The hosts of the zone will be, among others: Pomeranian, Lublin, Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodships or the Żuławy and Cyprus Association.
The tradition of regional self -government is promoting our brand during St Dominic's Fair - Pomorska Street. I cordially invite you to get acquainted with the craftsmanship of our craftsmen and taste delicious products. I especially encourage and urge you to visit the stands of social economy entities that combine craftsmanship with social sensitivity. I invite you today on August 2 to the Pomeranian holiday of social economy entities - said Leszek Bonna , deputy marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship.
I hope that the Pomeranian Development Agency begins a new tradition and we will try to be present at St Dominic's Fair every year. However, with a slightly different message: through our most colorful brand Live More Pomerania, we will try to say about what we as Gdańsk and the inhabitants of Pomerania, we know perfectly well that here is phenomenally alive and is phenomenally working and phenomenally rests. We will encourage those who will come into this space, that maybe they make such a crazy decision and think that it is worth living here. Because there is plenty of work here, and I do not have to speak quality of life - says Piotr Ciechowicz , vice president of the Pomeranian Development Agency.
The fair is not only shopping and catering zones. It is also a rich festival daily program. It is inextricably linked with fair stops, which will constitute zones where visitors can combine business with pleasure.
We try to provide new, interesting sensations and attractions with each edition. What is important and we are proud of it is culture. We focus on its level. This does not mean that there are to be great, loud concerts, because we do not want nuisance to Gdańsk residents, but on the other hand we want to touch the real culture. We also want St Dominic's Fair to be a festival, that we would all be dealing with miracles here that always accompanied the Fair historically, but also that we all have the joy and pleasure of being in these beautiful, wonderful places of downtown - said Andrzej Bojanowski , president of the International Gdańsk Fair.
Fair stops will be integrated into the urban space to constitute a kind of haven between shopping and catering zones. Themed zones will attract not only those seeking relaxation, but also those looking for interesting activities and cultural events.
St Dominic's Fair is an event that connects Gdańsk residents, Pomeranian with tourists. It is our promotional anchor that allows us to appear on the tourist map of Europe and the world. A million people who visited Gdańsk last summer are a mix of local community and tourists. Thanks to the fair, we get to know each other. We show what is local, Pomeranian, Gdańsk and thanks to this we build authenticity. We can go to the world, showing Gdańsk as a place where not only lives well, but also spending time well and you can try a great kitchen - believes Łukasz Wysocki , president of the Gdańsk Tourist Organization.
Each subsequent edition of St Dominic's Fair brings equally great interest in the collectors' zone. Antiques or items with "soul" are a magnet not only on those who want to buy unique things. The popularity of the zone meant that this year it will gain a new part. It will be a retro stop, where professional auctions of valuable items will be carried out. The "from the collector's life" series is also planned. It contains interviews with the stars of the "Treasure Hunter" program. It is also worth paying attention to the "young collector's guide", thanks to which we will learn, among others, how to distinguish a valuable prey from the sell and how to care for your treasures through renovation and maintenance. The collector's zone and the retro stop will be at ul. Long gardens.
The retro stop will be one of five stops during 764. St Dominic's Fair . Where will you find another one?
During St Dominic's Fair holidays will be celebrated: equality, craft, social economy or volunteering. One of the parts of the fair will be the jubilee 30th International Run of St. Dominika, to which the entries are conducted on the website https://www.taddominika.com/rejestracja/ .
Visitors will also find special, thematic streets. And so the Graphics and Poster Zone - Digital Art. will be located at ul. Tkacka, the Street of Polish Fashion Designers will be located at ul. Staganiarska. The Artistic Podwale Street will, of course, be located in Podwale Staromiejski, the Collectors' Zone - historical wonders in Długie Ogrody, and at Świętopełk you will be able to visit the Pomorska and Litewska streets. Pomorska Street on ul. Szeroka is a unique place that will tempt everyone with regional delicacies and natural products. You will be able to meet Pomeranian craftsmen with their beautiful handicrafts. There will also be stands with products and services of entities that combine economics with social sensitivity.
There will also be debuts here. One of them will be the Dobre Jadło Grand Prix, which will bring emotions and culinary competition during a gastronomic competition on August 2. The fair's exhibitors will compete for a prestigious award. A professional jury, composed of experienced chefs such as Andrzej Polan and Sebastian Cichy, will look at each dish with the greatest attention. They will take a closer look at not only the taste, but also the history of the dish and its aesthetic appearance. This is a unique opportunity to discover the most creative and exquisite flavors offered by regional cuisine.
Permanent, valued points are of course: opening ceremony of St Dominic's Fair - July 27, at 12.00 in front of the Artusian court - which will not only be crowned with a parade, but also the opening of each of the stops, as well as the event ending ceremony - August 18, at 16.00.
All program items, and there will be over 150 of them, can be found at https://jarmarkswdominika.pl/program/ .
The fair traffic organization applies from July 15 to August 25. Details related to changes in the functionality of the streets of the Old Town are available at https://jarmarkswdominika.pl/dla-mieszkancow/ . Also on July 15, the installation of the fair infrastructure began. Currently, it takes place in the areas of Motława and Ołowianka. On July 18, the street was closed. Rajska, and from July 22, the organizers will start preparing the collectors' zone at Długie Ogrody. Podwale Staromiejski is scheduled to close on July 25.
The fair will last until August 18, the infrastructure will be dismantled on August 19-25, and the summer traffic organization will return from August 26
Listening to the voices of residents who share their place of residence with the St. Fair during the holiday season. Dominika, the Gdańsk City Hall and the event organizers are trying to introduce amenities that will allow you to enjoy the days spent together with one of the coolest outdoor events in Europe. Among them is a parking lot for residents located at Targ Węglowy. It is also a move of the Park and Ride zone from the Polsat Plus Arena stadium to Plac Zebrań Ludowych - the price of the parking ticket will include a free tram ride to and from the Fair.
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Meetings with the inhabitants of Śródmieście, which take place before and after a given edition of the Fair, bring many positive exchanges of opinions and suggestions. Residents are informed about changes taking place in the Old Town through banners on information poles, posters distributed throughout housing communities and kindergartens, or through the Resident Card newsletter, as well as a special tab on the website jarmarkswdominika.pl.
Taking into account the discussions about the location of the Fair, just like last year, the stalls will not be located on Długie and Rybackie Pobrzeże. This place is intended for walks and is ideal for admiring beautiful Gdańsk. In return, just like last year, stalls will appear on the street. Podwale Staromiejskie and Grobla IV.
Every day of the Fair's operation, the organizers also listen to the Gdańsk Contact Center, with which they have been cooperating for years.
The fair organizers also work for the local community. After last year's edition, some of the benches on Hevelius Square were replaced. Lawns in selected squares are also being replaced .
