Skopje plans New Year decorations: 13 m tree and photo sleigh
City procurement specification calls for installation by December 15, 2026; estimated value about 4.5 million denars.
The City of Skopje has specified a set of New Year decorations that will include a 13‑metre Christmas tree, a luminous gift taller than six metres and a sleigh visitors can enter for photographs, according to the technical specification published with the city’s public procurement notice at the end of October 2026.
Additional elements listed in the specification include a lighted reindeer about four metres high, two illuminated portals, two three‑dimensional balloons each 3.5 metres tall, a Santa Claus figure, and a festive wreath intended for photo opportunities.
Installation deadline, scope and locations
The procurement documents require that all decorations be installed no later than December 15, 2026. The notice lists many types of ornaments — roughly one hundred light bouquets, lighting for candelabra and icicle‑shaped decorations — but does not give a full map of placement. Exact locations will be decided later by work orders.
The deadline for submitting bids expired on November 5, 2026, and as of November 13 there was no public confirmation of which contractor, if any, had been selected.
The estimated value of the project is about 4.5 million denars including VAT (approximately €73,000). That figure is described in the documentation as an estimate and not a final contract price.
According to the schedule in the specification, the decorations are to remain in place after the holidays; removal is planned between January 15 and January 25, 2027.
Photo: press material from the event
