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Easter

“There may be a collective sense of a dark loneliness,” Dahl says, referring to Norway's natural landscape.

In Norway, Easter Means Tucking Into Crime Stories

For a century, Norwegians have practiced the dark and cozy phenomenon of Påskekrim.

Jessica Furseth April 18, 2025

The Zvoncari bell ringers banish winter with noise.

Croatia Bans Winter By Partying Like ‘Where the Wild Things Are’

Let spring's wild rumpus begin.

Justin McDonnell May 2, 2024

End winter with some fiery chaos.

Spinning Balls of Fire Light Up Spring in This German Town

Plus fireworks, music, and maybe a goddess or two.

Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey April 30, 2024

The strip of road is dotted with bakers' stalls.

roadside attractions

The Rare, Sweet Bread That Brings Road-Trippers to a Small Georgian Village

Nazuki, a traditional Easter bread, has become a year-round specialty in Surami.

Rowan Twine April 11, 2024

The Easter egg tree custom, pictured here in Saalfeld, Germany, has gained some ground in the United States.

7 Unexpected Easter Traditions

Why hide eggs when you can hang them on a tree?

April White March 22, 2024

Barandales Statue

Maybe the most iconic character in the Easter (Holy Week) processions in Zamora.

Some families even set up a full spread on a picnic table.

Why Georgians Dine in Cemeteries for Orthodox Easter

Honoring the dead sometimes means breaking bread with them.

Helena Bedwell April 13, 2023

These breads have been traditionally decorated for Easter.

The Powerful Symbolism of Ukraine's Easter Bread

All around the world, bakers are making paska in solidarity.

Anne Ewbank April 18, 2022

A row of stone monoliths, or moai, on Ahu Tongariki in Rapa Nui.

Easter Island's Monoliths Made the Crops Grow

By quarrying rock for the statues, the people of Rapa Nui fertilized the soil.

Reina Gattuso January 8, 2020

Vilnius, Lithuania

Margutis Easter Egg

A 300-kilogram egg sculpture that embodied a neighborhood revival.

The Easter egg tree custom, pictured here in Saalfeld, Germany, gained some ground in the United States.

How Easter Egg Trees Almost Became an American Tradition

Like the Christmas tree, they were probably a German import.

Anne Ewbank April 17, 2019

Frejon

This thick bean soup is a Good Friday tradition for Nigeria's Afro-Brazilian community.

Gnomon of Saint-Sulpice

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

Drob de Miel

This haggis-meatloaf mashup is a Romanian Easter classic.

Święconka

This Polish Easter tradition artfully assembles symbolic foods, from bread to lamb-shaped butter.

Struffoli

These Neapolitan Christmas sweets double as decorations.

Marzipan Easter Lamb

This sweet symbolic figurine is a Sicilian holiday tradition.

Two participants in the children's event at the Easter on the Red River Festival.

Louisiana Egg Knocking

In small towns across the state, an Easter tradition becomes a competitive sport.