This year, London's Gingerbread City takes place in King's Cross at Coal Drop Yards. Although I have wanted to go to the event in past years, I was unable to and this was my first ever visit. Gingerbread City hosts a creation of buildings made completely from gingerbread, and these have been designed by the architect community of both professionals and students. This year, the theme is "playful". One of the first pieces showcased when entering the room was a gingerbread Big Ben.
Other buildings included Brighton's theatre, a circus, a roller coaster, and a train station, carousel, acqueduct, stadium, and much more.
I enjoyed seeing the creativity in the use of gingerbread and other materials, such as ice cream cones, candycanes, gum drops, cake decorations, popcorn, marshmallows, icing, peppermints, and much more.
I enjoyed this English village scene complete with church and sheep.
The roller coaster with elves was one of my favourites.
Someone even made a replica of Brigton's famous building in gingerbread.
The circus, using stained glass melted coloured sugar was a nice touch, and inside the tent were scenes with animals and acrobats.
This one reminded me of a dollhouse with open rooms.
My favourite on was a lovely house with coloured sugar melted to form windows and a pond, which was also lit up.
The impressive arches reminded me of a train station and included a rotating carousel.
Visitors could vote for their favourite gingerbread creation at the end and also have a gingerbread photograph of themselves made from a selfie on an iPad.
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