Overview
- THW volunteers set a 16‑metre common spruce from Sömmerda at Pariser Platz on Monday evening after its delivery was held up by an unrelated accident on the route.
- Crews used a crane to lower the tree into its mount, with decoration underway ahead of a planned lighting on the first Advent.
- After the original parliament tree broke during delivery, the damaged specimen was removed and a roughly ten‑metre replacement from the Goriner Forst in Berlin‑Karow was installed.
- A parliament spokesman said the legislature's lights will be switched on Thursday, with ornaments handmade each year in a social workshop by people with disabilities.
- This year’s hiccups mirror recurring transport issues for large Berlin trees in recent seasons, including delays and breakdowns at Breitscheidplatz.