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Famous guests during this weekend Christmas Market in Torun
The Toruń Christmas Market is a place where the magic of holiday traditions meets the joy of celebrating a beautiful time of the year together. This year's Fair will feature special guests, including Robert Makłowicz, a journalist, YouTuber, author of books and television programs on culinary, cultural and historical topics. On December 6, the culinary critic will visit Toruń to grace the celebration with his presence.
The Christmas Market attracts residents and guests from all over the region every year. The illuminated alleys, the smell of spices, Christmas music and stands full of handicrafts, regional delicacies and original gifts create a unique atmosphere that is hard to find anywhere else. However, on December 6 at 4:00 PM, all fans of culinary travel will have an unusual opportunity, because Robert Makłowicz will appear at the Market. This is a unique chance to meet our guest during an author's meeting. His YouTube channel, which is followed by over 600 thousand people, has gained huge popularity thanks to over 200 episodes full of passion for cooking and traveling.
The Toruń Christmas Fair takes place from November 23 to December 22 in the Old Town Square. Each of the fair weekends will be full of extraordinary, winter attractions. It is worth checking out the full schedule, because the organizers have planned a lot of attractions for everyone.
The full schedule of the event can be found at: https://jarmarktorun.pl/harmonogram/
Visit the house located on the Old Town Square and high-five Santa Claus and his helpers!
This place is impossible to miss - a small house decorated with Christmas decorations and standing near the Church of the Holy Spirit. And what is going on inside? The owner of the house himself is waiting for the children. St. Nicholas is happy to welcome the children, high-fives them, listens to their wishes and poses for photos. There is also no shortage of Christmas treats, which are given by helpers from the Toruń Social Services Center.
St. Nicholas' House is open on weekends, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Christmas tram and the "Mikołajki" stop in Torun
In just a few days, like every year on December 6, on St. Nicholas Day, the Municipal Transport Company's Christmas tram will start its first run this season. During the inaugural run, we have prepared surprises for passengers not only on the tram, but also at the St. Nicholas stop.
It is already a tradition that every year on St. Nicholas Day a festive, illuminated tram starts. It is decorated with lights, stars, snowflakes and other festive, shiny and other accents. Inside it is also decorated with garlands and lights, and passengers are accompanied by Christmas songs.
The inaugural run of the Christmas tram will take place on December 6, 2024. Our illuminated tram will start at 3:54 p.m. from the Olimpijska loop and will travel along the route of line no. 1 to the Uniwersytet loop and back . During the first run, passengers will be able to listen to Christmas songs performed by children from the After-School Work Center "Dom Harcerza".
The Christmas atmosphere will be felt not only on the tram, but also at the stop at the transfer hub on al. Solidarności (from the Ethnographic Museum side), where another group of young artists from the Scout House will make the waiting time for the tram more pleasant. You can listen to their recital from approx. 4:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Both on the tram and at the stop, sweet and other surprises as well as warm wishes will await passengers.
The tram will go to the Uniwersytet loop and return to the Olimpijska loop, and after the inaugural run that day it will continue to run on line No. 1.
On December 12th, a special event - the Bolesławiec Christmas of Kindness
We are pleased to invite you to a unique event that has been bringing the magic of the holidays to the hearts of the residents of Bolesławiec for over a dozen years.
On December 12 , in the beautiful scenery of the Bolesławiec Market Square, the Bolesławiec Christmas of Kindness will take place - an annual pre-Christmas meeting that brings together residents to celebrate the joyful time of waiting for Christmas.
In the magical atmosphere of the evening, with the glow of lights and the sounds of Christmas carols, we will have the opportunity to meet with the Mayor of the City, Piotr Roman. This is a unique moment when we share the Christmas wafer, wish each other and sing Christmas carols together, getting into the holiday spirit.
The Bolesławiec Christmas of Kindness is not only a joint Christmas Eve, but also a beautiful artistic program that has been prepared especially for this occasion. Before the evening meeting, there will be a review of the creativity of children from kindergartens, who will present their Christmas performances. The joy and smiles of the youngest residents of Bolesławiec will certainly make this day even more special.
We cannot forget about the Christmas Market (December 12-14) and the charming nativity scene, which attracts children and adults every year. It is the perfect place to feel the magic of Christmas and find beautiful, handmade gifts.
Join us on December 12 to celebrate the joy, kindness and community that are the essence of the holidays. We are waiting for you with open hearts and hope for unforgettable moments spent with loved ones and neighbors. See you at the Bolesławiec Christmas of Kindness!
This year, the organization of this event was supported by an exceptional number of associations, companies, artists and institutions. The Bolesławiec Cultural Center - International Ceramics Center would like to express its heartfelt thanks to all those who contributed to the fact that this extraordinary event would once again visit our city.
At 18.30 there is a plan of 1st CAV Band concert – good to support our guys !
Nativity scenes from the collections of Czech museums may find in Boleslawiec
At the Ceramics Museum in Bolesławiec we have prepared for you a Christmas exhibition presenting nativity scenes, traditionally made before Christmas in the Karkonosze Mountains in the 19th and early 20th centuries by folk artists of Czech and German origin.
These elaborately made genre scenes are the cultural heritage of this area. Thanks to many years of cooperation with the friendly Museum of the Krkonoše National Park (Krkonošská muzeum) in Vrchlabí and its branch in Jilmenice, you can see the so-called betlemas in Bolesławiec.
If you want to learn about the customs associated with St. Barbara, find out how the weather was predicted for the following year in the Karkonosze Mountains and who brought children Christmas presents, we invite you to visit the museum. During the visit, to the sounds of traditional Karkonosze carols, surrounded by fragrant Christmas trees, which were donated to us by the Bolesławiec Forest District, the State Forests, you can make your own nativity scene-hanger, which will work great as a Christmas tree decoration.
We invite you to visit!
A book printed here 222 years ago has returned to Bolesławiec!
The aforementioned old print was published in 1802 in the first known Bolesławiec printing house, which had been operating for almost three decades at the Royal Orphanage. A few years earlier, the management had built a new building for it, which was later called the Red House due to the characteristic color of the facade. In addition to the printing house, for which a large room in the southern wing was allocated, several research laboratories and a school library were located there.
From the very beginning, the printing house was managed by a pastor, teacher and publicist known in Lower Silesia, Erdmann Friedrich Buquoi. Born in 1750 in Sorau, today's Żary, he was one of the first graduates of the orphanage and decided to take up employment there shortly after graduation. In 1802, when his next book was published, he was already deputy director and inspector, sending reports on the activities of his boss, the aged pastor Christian Ludwig Woltersdorf, to the higher authorities. As he himself wrote in the introduction, he decided to write a textbook for teachers of technology, which could help them prepare lessons on various technologies and crafts. He also smuggled in his own opinions, writing for example that the best porcelain in the world is made by the Persians and the Chinese, followed by Meissen and Berlin porcelain, and others are not worthy of attention.
What happened next with this book? It's hard to say. At that time, the orphanage's printing house printed mainly for the local market, so the book probably didn't stray too far from Bolesławiec, and it may even have remained somewhere in the city. On the title page, a certain Weidner signed it , and it can be assumed that he was one of the local teachers. This is evidenced not only by the subject of the book, but also by the fact that his signature is made in a calligraphic style and written in the Latin alphabet, not the German neo-Gothic typical of that time.
Shortly after World War II, Buquoia's book ended up in Kalisz in circumstances that are not fully explained. At that time, Bolesławiec was part of the "Recovered Territories", from which everything of any value was being taken away on a mass scale. The almost 150-year-old book could have been considered by someone to be just such an item... It was a time of mass looting, the flourishing of the black market, and everything German was treated as if it belonged to no one. In any case, someone was found to take the Bolesławiec old print to Kalisz and eventually it became part of a larger collection belonging to one of the local families.
Today, the Red House is the seat of the 3rd Public High School in Bolesławiec (former Oxpress), and the former printing house serves as a relaxation area for students with couches and a billiard table.
The only St. Nicholas Fair in Zagan
Ho, ho, ho! Dear Residents, we cordially invite you to the only St. Nicholas Fair in our region. Let's spend this extraordinary pre-Christmas time together, have fun and share the joy! On December 6 and 7, great artists and plenty of attractions await you - numerous concerts, a meeting with St. Nicholas, a play zone for the youngest and a zone of good taste. The event is part of the Eska Music Tour. Cleo, Ikarus Feel and Tymek will perform on the St. Nicholas stage. The event will be hosted by radio journalists Kamil Nosel and Kasia Węsierska.
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