Europe’s Largest Christmas Tree Returns to Lisbon

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Europe’s largest Christmas tree stood for the first time in Lisbon in 2004, and returned in the following years to the very same spot in the city’s Comercio Square ( Praça do comércio ).



Last year it left the Portuguese capital and was instead planted in the country’s second city, Porto.



In 2008 it returned to Lisbon although not in the same square that it called home for two years.
This time it standson Edward VII park overlooking the city all the way down to the river.
t will not be as tall (last time it measured 76 meters), reaching a height of “only” 44 meters due to the fact that the top of the park is much higher than its previous low riverfront location and it could interfere with the airplanes passing by on their way to the city’s airport. However, even with this year’s scaled-down version, Portugal will continue to have the tallest Christmas tree in Europe for one more year.
It was sponsored by different companies for a total investment that reached between one and two million euros, and the lights were turned on on November 22nd. It will brighten the holiday season until January, so i guess you honeyzita can't take a look at it :-(, too bad...