Sweden’s gingerbread baking competition goes online with emphasis on social distancing | Trending - Hindustan Times
close_game
close_game

Sweden’s gingerbread baking competition goes online with emphasis on social distancing

STOCKHOLM | ByReuters | Posted by: Srimoyee Chowdhury
Dec 08, 2020 10:10 AM IST

The exhibition, usually thronged with wide-eyed children and adults marvelling at the culinary creations, is normally held at Sweden’s Museum of Architecture and Design but was moved online.

With the theme of distance, this year’s gingerbread house baking competition in Sweden was bound to feature coronavirus restrictions one way or another.

Two gingerbread figures sitting apart on a bench to illustrate social distancing are seen during the annual gingerbread baking competition at Arkdes Museum of Architecture and Design in Stockholm, Sweden December 7, 2020. Due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak the competition has moved online.(REUTERS)
Two gingerbread figures sitting apart on a bench to illustrate social distancing are seen during the annual gingerbread baking competition at Arkdes Museum of Architecture and Design in Stockholm, Sweden December 7, 2020. Due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak the competition has moved online.(REUTERS)

But some of the nation’s bakers found eyecatching ways to illustrate the year of the pandemic.

Hindustan Times - your fastest source for breaking news! Read now.

With a laptop on his sleigh, Santa chatted on Skype to three piglets in one creation, while another showed Greta Thunberg with her school strike for climate placard at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport, alongside planes grounded by the virus.

A marzipan Santa Claus is seen during the annual gingerbread baking competition at Arkdes Museum of Architecture and Design in Stockholm. (REUTERS)
A marzipan Santa Claus is seen during the annual gingerbread baking competition at Arkdes Museum of Architecture and Design in Stockholm. (REUTERS)

The exhibition, usually thronged with wide-eyed children and adults marvelling at the culinary creations, is normally held at Sweden’s Museum of Architecture and Design but was moved online due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Others entries displayed in the three-dimensional scans created by the organisers showed lighthouses, the planets of the solar system or online calls between grandparents and grandchildren.

Two gingerbread smartphones to illustrate social distancing are seen during the annual gingerbread baking competition at Arkdes Museum of Architecture and Design in Stockholm, Sweden. (REUTERS)
Two gingerbread smartphones to illustrate social distancing are seen during the annual gingerbread baking competition at Arkdes Museum of Architecture and Design in Stockholm, Sweden. (REUTERS)

One baker reproduced the head of Sweden’s Chief Epidemiologist Anders Tegnell - widely seen as the architect of the country’s light-touch pandemic strategy - five times.

A gingerbread house is seen during the annual gingerbread baking competition at Arkdes Museum of Architecture and Design in Stockholm, Sweden. (REUTERS)
A gingerbread house is seen during the annual gingerbread baking competition at Arkdes Museum of Architecture and Design in Stockholm, Sweden. (REUTERS)

The reason, the baker explained, was that he wanted to be sure to get the social distancing message across.

Unveiling 'Elections 2024: The Big Picture', a fresh segment in HT's talk show 'The Interview with Kumkum Chadha', where leaders across the political spectrum discuss the upcoming general elections. Watch Now!

Get Latest Updates on Trending News Viral Video, Photos from India and around the world
SHARE THIS ARTICLE ON
Share this article
SHARE
Story Saved
Live Score
OPEN APP
Saved Articles
Following
My Reads
Sign out
New Delhi 0C
Friday, March 29, 2024
Start 14 Days Free Trial Subscribe Now
Follow Us On