A thousand exhibitors and traders from 11 countries will take part in the ongoing three weeks of the Fair St. Dominic in Gdansk. This one of the largest commercial and cultural open air events in Europe will begin on Saturday, July 25.
Market St.. Dominic will take place once 755 on the streets of the historic center of Gdansk. Gdansk, in addition to national retailers, exhibitors come from Belarus, France, Spain, India, Israel, Lithuania, Nepal, Germany, Ukraine, Hungary and the United Kingdom.
The attractions will be quite a lot – said the program director of the event, Joanna Czauderna-Szreter of Gdansk International Fair (MTG).
For visitors to the fair will wait exotic treats and goods. The stands will be found, among others, Strudels Hungarian, Spanish tapas, Balkan pilaf, rosewater Turkish, Moroccan and Egyptian cosmetics and curiosity: umbrellas and raincoats for dogs – I mentioned Czauderna-Szreter.
July 26 at the Long Market will be held Bread Day, and 14-15 August at the Fish Market you will participate in the event under the name “Great barbecue with Norwegian salmon,” organized by the Norwegian Council. Export of fish and seafood.
July 25, when Fair opening ceremony of St. Dominica planned, among others, a colorful parade, during which passers-by will be given away hundreds of red klownowskich noses. This admittedly summer, but Fair St. Dominica is still Gdansk carnival time, hence those attributes clownish – explained Czauderna-Szreter.
As every year, the Long Market Gdansk able to fifteenth gate equipped with a mechanism for counting people passing through it and display showing the actual result. After passing every thousandth of people will hear fanfare.
The program of this year’s fair also provides many cultural and entertainment events, including 29 concerts, artists such as: Bednarek, beard, Fisz Emade material, Mel Koteluk, Julia Marcell, Pablopavo, Pogodno and RENATA PRZEMYK. The Gazebo music lover scheduled to classical music concerts.
The tradition of the fair of St.. Dominic dates back to 1260., When Pope Alexander IV Gdansk allowed the Dominicans to grant indulgences studniowych feast day of their founder. This fair was accompanied by a religious ceremony. On August holiday to the Gdansk port zawijało more than 400 ships from all over Europe. Taking place over the centuries in Gdansk Fair St.. Dominic had a break after the Second World War. The event was revived in 1972.
Fair St. Dominic will end on 16 August.
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