{"id":11847,"date":"2020-04-09T06:57:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T06:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/?p=11847\/"},"modified":"2021-07-15T12:22:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T12:22:07","slug":"easter-traditions-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/en\/easter-traditions-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Easter Traditions in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Europe&#8217;s Most Special Easter Traditions<\/h2>\n<p>Easter is one of the most important religious festivities for Christians, it&#8217;s the day when religious people celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In Europe, there are many traditional ways to celebrate this festivity, like going to the Easter Sunday mass, painting eggs, gifting chocolate bunnies, but there are also some not so ordinary traditions of celebrating Easter.<\/p>\n<h3>#1 Water plays in Poland and Hungary<\/h3>\n<p>In Poland and Hungary on Easter Monday, young men pour buckets of water over young women&#8217;s heads to help with their fertility. While watering them, they recite a poem and the girls must give them painted Easter eggs.<\/p>\n<h3>#2 Well-wishing witches from Finland and Sweden<\/h3>\n<p>In Finland and Sweden children dress up as witches and wander the streets with broomsticks in the hunt for treats. According to their old belief, during the Easter time witches fly off to communicate with Satan. That\u2019s why children dress up and accept sugary bribes from each household in return to use willow branches to chase away evil spirits.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11855 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/two-brooms-near-fence-and-wall-2007257-1-1024x686.jpg\" alt=\"Easter Traditions in Europe\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/two-brooms-near-fence-and-wall-2007257-1-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/two-brooms-near-fence-and-wall-2007257-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/two-brooms-near-fence-and-wall-2007257-1-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/two-brooms-near-fence-and-wall-2007257-1-1536x1029.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/two-brooms-near-fence-and-wall-2007257-1-1440x965.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/two-brooms-near-fence-and-wall-2007257-1-1200x804.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/two-brooms-near-fence-and-wall-2007257-1-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/two-brooms-near-fence-and-wall-2007257-1.jpg 1612w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 690px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 690\/462;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11855 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/two-brooms-near-fence-and-wall-2007257-1-1024x686.jpg\" alt=\"Easter Traditions in Europe\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/two-brooms-near-fence-and-wall-2007257-1-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/two-brooms-near-fence-and-wall-2007257-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/two-brooms-near-fence-and-wall-2007257-1-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/two-brooms-near-fence-and-wall-2007257-1-1536x1029.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/two-brooms-near-fence-and-wall-2007257-1-1440x965.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/two-brooms-near-fence-and-wall-2007257-1-1200x804.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/two-brooms-near-fence-and-wall-2007257-1-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/two-brooms-near-fence-and-wall-2007257-1.jpg 1612w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3>#3 Detective-celebration in Norway<\/h3>\n<p>In Norway Easter time means crime time. Norwegian love crime novels and detective shows! All TV channels are broadcasting crime shows, bookstores are filled with freshly-printed detective novels and the milk cartons carry short detective stories on their side during the Easter period.<\/p>\n<h3>#4 Mysterious letters in Denmark<\/h3>\n<p>During Easter period Danes sending out an anonymous letters! An old Danish Easter tradition involves mailing &#8220;teaser letters&#8221; with a riddle. The letter is decorated with snowdrops and signed with dots that correspond to the number of letters in the sender\u2019s name. If the recipient guesses who sent it, he will get an Easter chocolate egg and if he doesn\u2019t, he will be the one to give a chocolate egg to the sender.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11856 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/letter-envelopes-1906606-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Easter Traditions in Europe\" width=\"690\" height=\"460\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/letter-envelopes-1906606-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/letter-envelopes-1906606-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/letter-envelopes-1906606-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/letter-envelopes-1906606-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/letter-envelopes-1906606-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/letter-envelopes-1906606-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/letter-envelopes-1906606-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/letter-envelopes-1906606.jpg 1620w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 690px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 690\/460;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11856 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/letter-envelopes-1906606-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Easter Traditions in Europe\" width=\"690\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/letter-envelopes-1906606-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/letter-envelopes-1906606-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/letter-envelopes-1906606-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/letter-envelopes-1906606-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/letter-envelopes-1906606-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/letter-envelopes-1906606-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/letter-envelopes-1906606-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/letter-envelopes-1906606.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3>#5 Firework cart in Florence, Italy<\/h3>\n<p>In Florence locals celebrate Easter by exploding a cart. They fill a huge cart with fireworks which is then dragged all around the city right up to the Duomo where the Archbishop of Florence set it to fire after the mass.<\/p>\n<h3>#6 Smashing the pottery on Corfu, Greece<\/h3>\n<p>Avoid the streets of Corfu on Easter Sunday around 11 am. On this day people gather at their windows to throw all sort of pottery down the streets. The noisy custom apparently derives from Venetian tradition when, on New Year\u2019s Day, they threw their old possessions from the window in the hope of receiving new ones.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-11863 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bildschirmfoto-2020-04-08-um-11.07.02-1024x657.png\" alt=\"Easter in Corfu, Greece\" width=\"690\" height=\"443\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bildschirmfoto-2020-04-08-um-11.07.02-1024x657.png 1024w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bildschirmfoto-2020-04-08-um-11.07.02-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bildschirmfoto-2020-04-08-um-11.07.02-768x492.png 768w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bildschirmfoto-2020-04-08-um-11.07.02-600x385.png 600w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bildschirmfoto-2020-04-08-um-11.07.02.png 1123w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 690px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 690\/443;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-11863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bildschirmfoto-2020-04-08-um-11.07.02-1024x657.png\" alt=\"Easter in Corfu, Greece\" width=\"690\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bildschirmfoto-2020-04-08-um-11.07.02-1024x657.png 1024w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bildschirmfoto-2020-04-08-um-11.07.02-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bildschirmfoto-2020-04-08-um-11.07.02-768x492.png 768w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bildschirmfoto-2020-04-08-um-11.07.02-600x385.png 600w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bildschirmfoto-2020-04-08-um-11.07.02.png 1123w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3>#7 No colorful eggs in Greece<\/h3>\n<p>Colorful eggs are part of most Eastern traditions, but not in Greece. There you will find only red eggs, as the color red represents the blood of Christ. Red eggs also stand for the victory over death.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11864 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/omilo-blog-easter-in-nafplion-002-2000x1333-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Easter in Greece\" width=\"690\" height=\"460\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/omilo-blog-easter-in-nafplion-002-2000x1333-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/omilo-blog-easter-in-nafplion-002-2000x1333-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/omilo-blog-easter-in-nafplion-002-2000x1333-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/omilo-blog-easter-in-nafplion-002-2000x1333-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/omilo-blog-easter-in-nafplion-002-2000x1333-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/omilo-blog-easter-in-nafplion-002-2000x1333-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/omilo-blog-easter-in-nafplion-002-2000x1333-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/omilo-blog-easter-in-nafplion-002-2000x1333.jpg 1620w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 690px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 690\/460;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11864 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/omilo-blog-easter-in-nafplion-002-2000x1333-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Easter in Greece\" width=\"690\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/omilo-blog-easter-in-nafplion-002-2000x1333-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/omilo-blog-easter-in-nafplion-002-2000x1333-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/omilo-blog-easter-in-nafplion-002-2000x1333-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/omilo-blog-easter-in-nafplion-002-2000x1333-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/omilo-blog-easter-in-nafplion-002-2000x1333-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/omilo-blog-easter-in-nafplion-002-2000x1333-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/omilo-blog-easter-in-nafplion-002-2000x1333-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/omilo-blog-easter-in-nafplion-002-2000x1333.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3>#8 \u201cDeath Dance\u201d in Verges, Spain<\/h3>\n<p>In the Medieval town of Verges locals dance the traditional &#8220;dansa de la mort&#8221; or &#8220;death dance&#8221;. On Maundy Thursday everyone dresses in skeleton costumes and carry boxes of ashes, The Procession of Verges is a theatrical representation of the life and crucifixion of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<h3>#9 Sinner processions in Spain<\/h3>\n<p>Easter celebrations in Spain are hold over the whole Holy Week. It includes processions with a symbolic echo of the New Testament account of Jesus\u2019 capture and crucifixion. People participating in this procession wear the traditional hood \u201ccapirote\u201d, which is designed to hide the wearer\u2019s identity. This tradition originates back from the Spanish Inquisition. People found guilty of religious crimes would walk the streets with the hats while being mocked and insulted by the crowds.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13836 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_0070-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_0070-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_0070-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_0070-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_0070-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_0070-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_0070-1920x2880.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_0070-1440x2160.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_0070-1200x1800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_0070-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_0070-scaled.jpg 1707w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 683px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 683\/1024;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_0070-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_0070-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_0070-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_0070-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_0070-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_0070-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_0070-1920x2880.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_0070-1440x2160.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_0070-1200x1800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_0070-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_0070-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3>#10 &#8220;Whipping&#8221; Women in the Czech Republic and Slovakia<\/h3>\n<p>In the Czech Republic and Slovakia on Easter Monday the men go from house to house symbolically lashing the women and girls with whips. They say it&#8217;s to foster good health and beauty. And, as a sign of gratitude the women give an egg or chocolate to the men.<\/p>\n<p>Find all of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/en\/hotels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hotels in the most vibrant cities of Europe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europe&#8217;s Most Special Easter Traditions Easter is one of the most important religious festivities for Christians, it&#8217;s the day when religious people celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 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