Prague’s Old Town Christmas Tree Transformed Into Outdoor Furniture

The Christmas tree from Old Town Square was removed on January 9th.

Its wood will be repurposed to create outdoor furniture and furnishings for social facilities, while part of it will return to its native Krompach.

The festive season officially concluded on Monday, January 6th, when Prague residents saw the tree lit for the last time on Three Kings Day. Dismantling began promptly the next day, with workers carefully removing hundreds of decorations and kilometers of light chains. By Thursday, January 9th, the tree was fully disassembled and prepared for its next chapter.

On Thursday morning, the tree was lifted from its anchoring shaft with heavy equipment. After its trunk was cut, the tree was taken away for further processing into carpentry wood. Prague plans to use the wood for outdoor furniture and furnishings in selected social service facilities. However, part of the tree will return to Krompach in the Lužické hory, its place of origin.

For example, the tree will be used to create an insect hotel for a school garden in Krompach and products to benefit the Paprsek Children’s Center in Prague 9.

Dřevo Praha will process the tree in Sibřin, where the logs will be left to dry. The prepared material will then be sent to the workshops of the Jarov Secondary Vocational School, where students from the carpentry and joinery fields will begin production, usually starting in March.

Last year’s tree was used to create mobile flower beds and insect hotels, which were given to the residents of the Sulická Home in Prague 4, as well as a garden bench that, at the request of the tree’s owner, is now in use at a senior home in Mimoň.

The Christmas markets on Old Town Square began on November 30th. They saw the highest attendance during New Year’s Eve celebrations and the opening weekend.

According to the organizing company Taiko, attendance exceeded the previous season, and stallholders’ sales returned to pre-COVID levels.

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