Easter Weekend Special from April 18 to 21 2025 - Good Friday – Saturday – Sunday – Monday: Amazing asparagus specials - Looking for a place to eat out in Berlin - Come to the sunny beer garden at Bolivar in Berlin-Charlottenburg
We're adjusting our opening hours for Easter just for you:
From Good Friday to Easter Sunday,
we're open daily from 12 PM –
and on Easter Monday, we'll be there for you from 1 PM until ???
Asparagus season is in high demand – and just in time for Easter, it's finally here! Fresh asparagus from Brandenburg, served straight to your table!
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Asparagus with redfish fillet, boiled potatoes, and hollandaise sauce for just € 23.90
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Asparagus with pork tenderloin, boiled potatoes, and hollandaise sauce for just € 22.90
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Asparagus with pork ham schnitzel, boiled potatoes, and hollandaise sauce for just € 21.90
We highly recommend reserving early for the asparagus dinner –
otherwise, only while supplies last!
Of course, you're welcome to pre-book a table or two.
Easter in Berlin Charlottenburg / Wilmersdorf,
in the neighborhood of Neu-Westend
Easter Traditions
In German-speaking countries and the Netherlands, children search for colorful painted hidden eggs and sweets that have been hidden by the "Easter Bunny." There's also the tradition of decorating branches in vases or on trees in the garden with colorful Easter eggs. Traditional Easter pastries include cakes shaped like rabbits or lambs. Popular Easter egg traditions include egg tapping, egg rolling, egg throwing, and "Stüpen" (egg rolling games).
In Catholic and many Protestant communities, church bells are not rung between Good Friday and Easter night. In some regions, especially in southern Germany, but also in Luxembourg, children and young people instead use special ratchets or clappers to call people to the services and Angelus prayer.
In France, Austria, and also in predominantly Catholic regions of Germany, it is told to children that the bells fly to Rome on Good Friday and return on Easter Sunday, explaining why they don't ring. On their return journey, the bells are said to hide sweets for the children. The search for hidden sweets in France, unlike in German-speaking countries, takes place on Easter Monday. In Styria and Carinthia, the tradition of the "holy fire" is well-known.
In some regions, the blessing of food (called "Fleischweihe" or meat blessing in parts of Austria) on Holy Thursday or Holy Saturday is common, where traditional Easter foods (Easter ham, sausages, tongue, horseradish, eggs) are blessed. Among children, "egg pecking" is very popular: each participant receives an egg and taps it with another participant’s egg. The one whose egg remains intact wins.
In Poland, on Holy Saturday, food for Easter Sunday breakfast is blessed (see Święconka). On Easter Monday, people splash each other with water.
In Bulgaria, Greece, Russia, Serbia, and Sweden, hard-boiled eggs are dyed red or, following old traditions, dyed with onion skins to symbolize new life acquired through Christ’s sacrifice. In Russia, it is also common to have traditional Easter foods (kulich, pascha) blessed on Holy Saturday.
In Sweden, women secretly and silently go to a spring at night to fetch "Easter water." If they succeed without being seen and sprinkle the water on their loved ones, they win their love. Easter is celebrated with fireworks and noise. "Easter witches" are symbolically chased away at the Easter fire. On Maundy Thursday, Swedish children dress as "Easter women" (Påskkärring). They walk through the streets in long skirts and headscarves, begging for candy, and in return, give hand-painted Easter pictures.
In Greece, after the resurrection liturgy, "Majiritsa," a soup made from the lamb’s innards, is eaten, and the lamb is later roasted on a spit. In many Greek communities, fireworks and firecrackers are set off in the evening. During Easter, people greet each other with the Easter greeting: Χριστὸς ἀνέστη! Christos anesti! ("Christ has risen!") The response is: Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη! Alithos anesti! ("He has truly risen!").
In the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania, on Easter Monday, men splash water on women, and in Hungary, perfume is used. They also lightly "whip" them with handmade switches (pomlázka in the Czech Republic, korbáč in Slovakia), which are decorated with colorful ribbons. According to tradition, this is meant to preserve the health and beauty of the women for the coming year. Women who are missed may feel offended. In return, women give men a painted egg or a small amount of money. In some areas, women can retaliate by pouring a bucket of cold water over men later in the day or the next.
In the Sorbian-Catholic Upper Lusatia near Bautzen, the tradition of "Osterreiten" (Easter horseback riding) is practiced on Easter Sunday. Several processions ride from one parish to another to sing the message of resurrection. About 1,500 riders participate annually in the nine Sorbian processions, and the tradition is followed in Ostritz on the Neisse River as well. The processions attract thousands of visitors each year. In this and several other Slavic cultures, "egg carving" is a well-known tradition, where intricate patterns are scratched onto eggs using detailed techniques.
Countries like Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, and Sorbian-speaking areas in Germany (Brandenburg, Saxony) have some of the most artistic egg-painting traditions. The eggs, known as "Pisanki" in Polish and "Писанки" in Ukrainian, are decorated with wax ornaments and then dipped in dye. These decorated eggs are often given in a basket lined with grass or similar material.
In Italy, the "Torta di Pasquetta" is a traditional Easter cake, often made in a bundt shape with boiled eggs, spinach, and the "Easter dove." On Good Friday, many places hold a procession with the cross being carried silently through the streets. The resurrection is traditionally celebrated with family and friends in a picnic on the second holiday.
In Finland, friends and acquaintances lightly strike each other with a birch switch to recall the palm branches with which Jesus was received in Jerusalem. On Easter Sunday, children march through the streets with drums and horns to signal the end of the mourning period. Easter in Finland is also the festival of candles.
In England, colorful eggs are rolled down slopes until the shell breaks.
In Croatia, a kind of Kasseler rib spear is blessed in church and then served as an Easter meal with horseradish and boiled eggs.
In the USA, the traditional "Easter Parade" takes place on Fifth Avenue in New York City, where people dress up and drive decorated floats through the streets. The "White House Easter Egg Roll" happens at the White House in Washington, where each participant receives a wooden egg signed by the president and his wife.
In the Philippines, the tradition of rabbits and colorful Easter eggs is also observed. When the Easter bells ring, parents lift their small children by the head, believing this will help them grow taller.
In Mexico, a two-week folk festival with music and dance is celebrated. Streets are decorated with garlands, and on Good Friday, there are processions.
In the Southern Hemisphere, Easter falls during the autumn, so the character of the traditions may differ. In South America south of the equator, many places imitate a spring-like atmosphere with floral decorations.
In Australia, engaged couples draw water from a stream at Easter and keep it until their wedding day. Before going to church, they sprinkle each other with this water as a symbol of good luck.
In Spain, processions and parades are central. On Good Friday, people dressed in hooded robes and carrying torches march through the streets, giving candy to children. On Easter Sunday, the Spaniards celebrate in the streets to music played by marching bands.
Source: Wikipedia