Friday December 30th, 2022
The EnergaCAMERIMAGE Festival was born 30 years ago in Toruń – the city of gingerbread and angels. Especially during the Christmas and New Year period, the symbols of the city take on a unique meaning. Fragrant gingerbread cookies on richly decorated tables and figurines of angels hung on Christmas trees are elements that have been present in the Christmas tradition for years.
The tradition of the baking of these aromatic cookies in the town of Copernicus is almost as long as the history of Toruń. One says that no visitor to our city can leave Toruń without gingerbread The products used for the Toruń gingerbread are: top quality flour, oriental spicy flavouring, and honey that is exceptional in taste, and in which abound only the forests and fields around Toruń that are situated on the Vistula river. In the past the beautiful Toruń was located at the crossing of the most important European trade routes. Therefore, there were no problems with transporting from the Levant countries some of the ingredients indispensable for the baking of gingerbread: ginger, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, etc Toruń gingerbread baked today is distinguished by its taste thanks to the traditional recipes of masters of gingerbread craft who have jealously guarded the secrets of their product for years.
The profile of the angel appeared in in the crest of Toruń in the 15th century and has survived to our times. The Toruń angel is not only the guard of the long and extremely interesting history of the city, but also one of its most important symbols, which can be found in many places in the Old Town of Toruń. Presented with the keys to the city, he greets and invites all guests of Toruń- the city to which the EnergaCAMERIMAGE Festival returned in 2019.
We invite everyone to the city of gingerbread, angels and the EnergaCAMERIMAGE Festival. Let's meet in Toruń in 2023!
Gingerbread in the shape of an angel
and an old wooden gingerbread form with the coat of arms of Toruń
photo: Krzysztof Deczyński / District Museum in Toruń
CO-FINANCED BY: THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND NATIONAL HERITAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND, THE CITY OF TORUŃ, KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE REGION AND POLISH FILM INSTITUT
PROJECT IS CO-FINANCED BY THE EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND WITHIN THE REGIONAL OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE REGION FOR THE YEARS 2014-2020
