Bretzelsonndeg /Pretzel Sunday

On Bretzelsonndeg, or Pretzel Sunday, women are given this famous puff pastry with sugar icing and almonds as a token of love. If the feelings are mutual, their loved one will be given an egg at Easter. Otherwise the man will receive an empty basket, the origin of the expression ‘De Kuerf kréien’: being dumped. This year – i.e., a leap year, the tradition is reversed.. Bretzelsonndeg – read all about it here.