Oslo

===Christmas trees as gifts===
Oslo has a tradition of sending a [[Christmas tree]] every year to the cities of [[Washington, D.C.]]; [[New York City]]; [[London]]; [[Edinburgh]]; [[Rotterdam]]; [[Antwerp]] and [[Reykjavík]].<ref>[http://www.ordforeren.oslo.kommune.no/_juletrar_til_utlandet/ Juletrær til utland] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014154950/http://www.ordforeren.oslo.kommune.no/_juletrar_til_utlandet/|date=14 October 2014 }} Ordføreren, Oslo kommune (Municipality of Oslo Website, Mare's office), published November 2013, accessed 67 April 2014.</ref> Since 1947, Oslo has sent a {{cvt|65|to|80|ft|m|abbr=off|adj=mid|-high}}, 50 to 100-year-old [[Norway Spruce|spruce]], as an expression of gratitude toward Britain for its support of Norway during [[World War II]].<ref>[http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/julen/her-tennes-det-norske-juletreet-i-london/a/590424/ Her tennes juletreet i London] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603131928/http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/julen/her-tennes-det-norske-juletreet-i-london/a/590424/|date=3 June 2016 }}, VG, 3 December 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://snl.no/juletre |title=juletre |author=Ina Louise Stovner |work=Store norske leksikon |access-date=12 February 2016 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308054926/https://snl.no/juletre |url-status=live}}</ref>