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Admission to ArkDes and all exhibitions is free.
Yes, ArkDes offers pre-booked guided tours for schools and the general public.
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Gingerbread House 2016 is a fragrant exhibition of imaginative gingerbread houses. It is also a competition in which children, young people, adults, amateurs and professionals build and create side by side.
This year’s theme: Secrets at home
In the nooks and crannies of the houses, we find reflected our most personal and uncompromising home secrets. All the bakers were encouraged to translate their innermost secrets and private ideas of home into design using gingerbread dough.
Gabriel di Grado, Swedish Baker of the year 2015
Bea Szenfeld, Fashiondesigner
Liz Agneskog, Architect of Utopia
Kerstin Brunnberg, Journalist and f.d. superintendent of ArkDes
This year’s winners
All the entries submitted competed to be the Gingerbread House of the Year. The jury has selected a winner in each category and the votes of the public prize have been counted. Here, all winners are announced!
Public prize
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Children under 12
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Anyone else who loves baking
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Architects, designers and bakers
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Eklund Stockholm New York Special Prize
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Admission to ArkDes and all exhibitions is free.
Yes, ArkDes offers pre-booked guided tours for schools and the general public.
Read about school programmes
Read about guided tours