Christmas tree in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Lit-up Christmas trees decorated with red and gold baubles, in a living room with a lit fireplace

At a glance

Our stall: Place Saint-Antoine, 1040 Etterbeek. From 27 November to 24 December. Every day, 12:00 to 19:00.
Free delivery to your postcode (1080) from 20 November to 24 December, on the day and in the 3-hour slot you choose.
For Christmas: order by 23 December at the latest.
Our trees: Real Norway spruce and Real Nordmann fir, grown in Belgium, from €54.

Vert Sapin delivers Christmas trees free of charge throughout Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, from Molenbeek historique to the Karreveld, on either side of the railway that splits the municipality in two. Between Place Communale and Chaussée de Gand, the old road to Flanders that has become a shopping street again, there’s no need to carry a tree at arm’s length: when ordering, you choose the day and time slot of your delivery, with no minimum order.

Terraced houses and bel-étages: delivery in Molenbeek

In Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, according to IBSA, people mostly live in terraced houses, sometimes split into several homes, and in blocks of flats: it is on your doorstep that the driver hands you the tree, still netted; he often carries it upstairs, without being able to promise it. West of the railway, whole streets of bel-étage houses put the large living room on the first floor, above the garage: to haul it up there and set it up, our home service will give you a quote.

Which tree for a Molenbeek house?

According to the municipality, the Art Deco bell tower of the church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, at the heart of the old village, rises to 56 metres; at home, it’s the ceiling that sets the size. If your ceiling measures 2.50 m, allow 175 to 200 cm, that’s our advice; below 2.40 m, one size smaller. The soft-needled Nordmann fir doesn’t prickle; the Norway spruce, the traditional tree, suits the pre-1918 houses that IBSA finds in large numbers in the east of the municipality, and it alone scents the room.

The Scheutbos takes its name from a wood, but it is mostly meadows, according to Brussels Environment. The trees Vert Sapin selects grow in Belgium, about a hundred kilometres from Molenbeek: they come from a certified organic grower, a family farm. To choose yours with your own eyes, our nearest stall is in Etterbeek, on Place Saint-Antoine: we wrap it for you on the spot, and a small tree slips into a car boot.

Sources

From the Karreveld to Place Communale, street after street

We deliver to every neighbourhood: Molenbeek historique, Quartier Maritime, Gare de l'Ouest, Karreveld, Osseghem, Machtens and Scheutbos.

Postcodes served: 1080.

Your nearest stall

Etterbeek
Place Saint-Antoine, 1040 Etterbeek
Every day, 12:00 to 19:00

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Your frequently asked questions

Yes, and with no minimum order: delivery costs nothing throughout Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (1080). We deliver from Molenbeek historique and the Quartier Maritime, near the canal, to the Karreveld and the Machtens area, west of the railway, by way of Gare de l’Ouest and Osseghem. From the old centre to the bel-étages of the west, you set day and time slot in the basket, evenings and weekends included, at no extra cost, and the driver hands you the tree in its net outside your home; if you can’t be there, have someone close to you receive it.

Our driver hands you the tree, in its net, at the entrance of the house or building: that’s the planned delivery. He often carries it upstairs, but this isn’t guaranteed. Good to know in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, where some terraced houses are split into several homes, and where the bel-étage houses built west of the railway have their large living room on the first floor, above the garage. If it has to climb all the way to the living room, our home service carries it up and sets it up on quote, and can decorate it too.

In Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, trees go with Bruxelles-Propreté, during its regional collection: handy in the east of the municipality, where private gardens are very rare according to IBSA. Put the tree out only on the garden waste collection day (green bags), on the pavement, against your front wall, without blocking passers-by. Remove the pot and all decorations: only a wooden cross, such as our wooden cross stand, may stay.