Euro tree of the year

This item appears on page 69 of the June 2017 issue.

Each year, the European Tree of the Year competition elicits votes from the public to name Europe’s best tree. 2017’s winner is the 650-year-old Oak Józef, in Wis´niowa, Poland, which two Jewish brothers hid in during WWII and which was once depicted on the 100-złoty bill. For descriptions, histories and GPS coordinates of the 2017 candidates and former winners, visit www.treeoftheyear.org.