From 15 November 2024 to 6 January 2025, the fairytale Christmas tree on Thun Town Hall Square will enchant young and old alike. There's a good reason for this, as the beautiful silver fir tree will impress with new decorations this year. It is decorated in a classic, elegant style.
This year's Christmas tree, an 18 metre tall silver fir, is a gift from the Burgergemeinde Thun. It comes from a neighbouring Burgerwald forest. Never before has a Thun Christmas tree been as tall as this year's. The tree was felled and transported by Stadtgrün Thun and Gafner AG.
The large fir tree was decorated over several days by the Schlossgarten creative floristry team. Margrit Bieri and Franziska Stähli put their heart and soul into decorating the fir tree over several days. This year's theme is Santa Claus with the legendary Christmas song ‘Wonderful Dream’. Accordingly, the tree shines in red and green with Christmas decorations. Every evening, the tree will glow in warm light and enchant people of all ages.
The tree decorations are very rich
There are 200 green baubles, 150 red baubles, 100 brown baubles, 200 gold baubles, 20 reindeer, 30 Santa Clauses, 45 sprigs of mistletoe, 324 bunches of snow, 1600 red and gold jewellery and 2000 tinsel. In addition, the company Tetra Tech Veranstaltungstechnik AG laid around 3,000 metres of cable and 21,160 LED lights around the fir branches.
Christmas Event
On Friday, 15 November 2024, punctually at 7 p.m., Father Christmas turned the key together with Patrick Haldemann, President of THUNcity and Margrit Bieri, Schlossgarten kreative Floristik, and the fairytale Christmas tree on Rathausplatz shone in all its glory.
Fotografie:
Mathias Büschlen / Roger Buri / Gafner AG / Schlossgarten kreative Floristik / Beat Flück
Der nächste Christmas Event findet am Freitag, 14. November 2025 auf dem Rathausplatz Thun statt.
