Last chance to buy from Scandinavian Christmas market
BUSY: Some of the more than 800 people who visited the market last Saturday
By Simon Bristow, Co-Editor
Organisers of the Scandinavian Christmas market in Hull are offering shoppers a last chance to buy from their array of unique festive gifts and food.
More than 800 people visited the Danish Church on Saturday to snap up Scandinavian cheeses, chocolates, herring, pickles, gifts and decorations
A mini market will take place at the church on Saturday, December 7 to welcome people who missed out on the main event.
The event will take place from 10am until 2pm at the Danish Church on the corner of Ferensway and Osborne Street. Admission is free and tea, coffee and biscuits will be available for a small charge.
The first St Nikolaj Danish Seamen’s Church in Hull was built in May 1871 in the same location. It was bombed on the eve of its 70th anniversary and a replacement, consecrated in 1954, celebrated its 70th anniversary earlier this year.
The Scandinavian Christmas Market has been taking place since 1966 and used to run over two days. It missed a year because of Covid and in recent years it has struggled with availability of products because of Brexit, but church manager Charlotte Theill said demand is building again.
Charlotte said: “We used to attract 1,200 people over two days and although I don’t see us returning to those numbers any time soon we had another amazing turnout this year with people coming from far and wide, including the local community, and queueing down the street.
“We sold out of some items so will be bringing in more stock this week to give people another chance to buy some lovely Christmas food, gifts and decorations that you don’t normally find elsewhere.
“It’s much more laid back than the main market so people can browse and buy at their leisure and maybe find out a bit more about what we’ve been doing for seafarers and the wider community since we first opened in 1871.”
The number of religious events at the church is limited because there is no longer a regular pastor but there will be two special services over the festive season. A Christmas service will be held on Saturday, December 14 at 2pm, and a new year service and lunch will take place on Sunday, January 5.