Picea abies outside of its native range, and one of the most economically important coniferous species in Europe. It is used as an ornamental tree in parks and gardens. It is also widely planted for use as a Christmas tree. Every Christmas, the Norwegian capital city, Oslo, provides the cities of London (the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree), Edinburgh and Washington D.C. with a Norway spruce, which is placed at the most central square of each city. This is mainly a sign of gratitude for the aid these countries gave during the Second World War. In North America, Norway spruce is widely planted,
1996 Trafalgar Square riots flashback to the large-scale football violence in the country during the 1980s. However the rioting was the only notable incident that happened during the Euro 1996 championship, which went by mostly peaceful and orderly. These were the worst of the rioting that happened that day in several places in the country, including in Swindon and Bedford, where looting occurred. In Shirley, West Midlands, hooligans threw bricks at an Aldi (German) supermarket. In Brighton, a Russian student was stabbed five times by a hooligan thinking he was German. 1996 Trafalgar Square riots The 1996 Trafalgar Square riots in London occurred on