Easter in the city of Lugano

Join the festive atmosphere of Easter in the City and explore the numerous intriguing and entertaining activities for young and old.

Every year Easter draws a myriad of vacationers and travelers to Lugano. In order to add some zest to the picturesque city center, the City of Lugano and their tourist center organize an event called "Pasqua in Città" (Easter in the City), which will take place from Friday, April 14th through Monday April 17th, 2017.

THROUGHOUT THE EVENT, THREE CUTE RABBITS WILL HAND OUT CHOCOLATE CANDIES PROVIDED BY MIGROS TICINO.

Here is a peak at the programme:

ENTERTAINMENT
14.04-17.04 / 10:00-18:30 / Piazza Manzoni
Wooden handmade games for all the family, creative workshops with recycled materials and face-painting.

FOLK MUSIC
14.04-17.04 / 13:30-18:00 / Centro Cittadino
Musical animation with Tacalà, Duo Nostranello, Tirabüscion and the Bagiöö.

EASTER MARKET
14.04-17.04 / 11:00-18:00 / Centro Cittadino

Over 100 stands with handicrafts, food and wine.

EGGS CHASE
15.04-17.04 / 10:30 - 16:00 / Piazza Manzoni
Treasure hunt for the whole family in the city centre, leaving from Piazza Manzoni. Those that find all the clues along the way will be given delicious chocolate eggs as a prize.

CONCERTS
14.04 / 14:30 / Piazza San Rocco
JUGENDMUSIK SCHWANDEN

15.04 / 15:00 / Piazza Luini - Piazza Dante
CORO CHIESA DI GESÙ CRISTO DEI SANTI DEGLI ULTIMI GIORNI

15.04 / 17:00 / Patio del Municipio - Piazza Riforma
FILARMONICA DI CASTAGNOLA - CONCERTO DI PASQUA

15.04 / 17:00 / Sala Teatro LAC
CONCERTO SPIRITUALE DEL SABATO SANTO
Con Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana e Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera

EASTER CELEBRATIONS
14.04 / 20:00 / Centro Cittadino
Via Crucis (start from S. Nicolao)

15.04 / 21:00 / Basilica del Sacro Cuore
Easter Vigil

16.04 / 09:30 / Chiesa Sant’Antonio
Easter Mass

Easter weekend in Lugano

Voilà, the long Easter weekend is nearly here. Should you be staying in Lugano these days check out the city's programme filled with numerous intriguing and entertaining activities for big and small. Join the festive atmosphere.

ENTERTAINMENT
25.03-28.03 / 10:00-18:30 / Piazza Manzoni
Street activities and itinerant game space with Ludobus Macramé. Hand-made playthings that stimulate kids’ creativity and dexterity.

FOLK MUSIC
25.03-28.03 / 13:30-18:00 / Centro Cittadino
Musical animation with Tacalà, Duo Nostranello, Tirabüscion and Bagiöö.

CONCERTS
26.03 / 15:30 / Da Piazza Luini a Piazza Dante
Coro della Chiesa di Gesù Cristo dei Santi degli ultimi giorni
26.03 / 16:30 / Patio del Municipio
Filarmonica di Castagnola
28.03 / 17:00 / Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI
I Barocchisti

EASTER MARKETPLACE
25.03-28.03 / 11:00-18:00 / Centro Cittadino
Over 100 stands with handicrafts, food and wine.

EGG HUNT
26.03-28.03 / 10:30 e 15:00 / Darsena / Parco Ciani
A special Easter egg hunt in the park for children of all ages on Saturday, Sunday and Monday at 10:30 a.m. and at 3 p.m. Ciani Park dock. Easter snacks handed out to all participants!

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Latest novelty in the chocolate market by Favarger

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A Swiss Easter classic by Lindt

The real thing: coloured eggs for the Easter egg hunt

St. Edward’s Easter Party

Lugano's Anglican Church invites you to their Easter celebration. Families are invited to bring small chocolate eggs to hide in the garden. Each child will need a basket for the Easter Egg Hunt.

Come and celebrate the joy of Easter with St.Edward's! The Sunday School team have prepared lots of exciting activities. In case of rain there is plenty of room indoors!

ALL CHILDREN ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF A PARENT OR GUARDIAN WHO MUST BE PRESENT AND ACCOMPANY THEM THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT.

Venue: St. Edward's Easter Party
Where: Ex-Asilo in Magliaso, Via Cantonale 36, Magliaso
When: Monday, April 6th, 2015
Time: 14:00 to 17:00
There are lots of parking spaces adjacent to the playground or in the municipal car park nearby.
Please let Diana know if you are coming: dellacqua@ticino.com

Here are all Easter Events at St. Edward’s:
Thursday 2nd April - Maundy Thursday. Holy Communion Evening Service 19:30
Friday 3rd April - Good Friday Reflections 14:00 - 15:00
Sunday 5th April - Easter Day. Service for All-Ages with Holy Communion 10:30
Monday 6th April - Easter Party. Fun activities for all at Ex-asilo Magliaso, 14:00-17:00

St. Edward’s Church
Via Clemente Maraini 6
6900 Lugano
www.stedwards.ch

Happy Easter from the Ticino

Easter in Lugano

No matter if you are in town as a visitor or have decided to have a staycation in Lugano, don't miss all the action going on down town this coming Easter weekend.

Join the festive atmosphere of "Pasqua in Città" (Easter in the City) and explore the numerous intriguing and entertaining activities for young and old.

Every day from Friday, April 18th to Monday, April 21st starting at 11 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. each of the main city squares will be hosting a different entertainment programme. The public will have the opportunity of purchasing many local products in the over 100 stalls that will be set up in Piazza Riforma, Via Nassa, Piazza Dante, Via Pessina and Via Soave.

Pasqua in Città will transform the city centre into a fun and amusing stage with the help of Street Animations.

You'll even find a “Rabbit’s Den” in Piazza della Riforma dedicated to children which will feature children’s make-up artists, egg painting activities, Henne tatoos and a ludobus. During the whole event, three funny rabbits will be distributing sweet little chocolate eggs.

Sounds like an event that is not to be missed. Let's just hope the weather keeps up!

Programme Pasqua in cittá 2014

Happy Easter 2013

Hot Cross Buns Recipe

My childhood memories around Easter are always sweet. It was the time of year when we hit an absolute record of stashing away sweets and chocolate, that the Easter bunny and various relatives used to bestow on us. But our Easter would not be complete without Hot Cross buns, a very British tradition.

Below you'll find a yummy recipe to make your very own Hot Cross Buns. Make sure you use bread flour, it's the detail that makes all the difference.

Ingredients:
For the dough
50 gr ofbutter
1 orange zest
1 cloves
2 cardamom pods
400 gr of bread flour
1 packets of yeast (easy blend)
125 gr of mixed dried fruit
1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon of ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon of ground ginger
150 ml of milk
1 egg
For the egg wash
1 medium egg (beaten with a little milk)
For the cross on the buns
3 tablespoons plain flour
½ tablespoon caster sugar
2 tablespoons water
For the sugar glaze
1 tablespoon caster sugar
1 tablespoon boiling water


Preparations:
1.) Heat the milk, butter, orange zest, clove and cardamom pods in a saucepan until the butter melts, then leave to infuse. I have gone rather cardamom mad recently, but this short aromatic infusion gives a heavenly scent to the little fruited buns later.
2.) Measure the flour, yeast and dried fruit into a bowl and add the spices. When the infused milk has reached blood temperature take out the clove and cardamom pods, and beat in the egg. Pour this liquid into the bowl of dry ingredients.
3.) Knead the bowl either by hand or with a machine with a dough hook; if it is too dry add a little more warm milk or water. Keep kneading until you have silky, elastic dough, but bear in mind that the dried fruit will stop this from being exactly satin smooth.
4.) Form into a ball and place in a buttered bowl covered with clingfilm, and leave to prove overnight in the fridge.
5.) Preheat the oven to gas mark 7/220ºC. Take the dough out of the fridge and let it come to room temperature.
6.) Punch the dough down, and knead it again until it is smooth and elastic. Divide into 16 balls and shape into smooth round buns. I wouldn't start worrying unduly about their size: just halve the dough, and keep halving it until it's in eight pieces, and use that piece to make two buns. Or just keep the dough as it is, and pinch off pieces slightly larger than a ping pong ball and hope you end up with 16 or thereabouts. Not that it matters.
7.) Sit the buns on a baking parchment or Bake-O-Glide-lined baking sheet. Make sure they are quite snug together but not touching. Using the back of an ordinary eating knife, score the tops of the buns with the imprint of a cross. Cover with a teatowel and leave to prove again for about 45 minutes - they should have risen and almost joined up.
8.) Brush the buns with an egg wash, and then mix the flour, sugar and water into a smooth, thick paste. Using a teaspoon, dribble two lines over the buns in the indent of the cross, and then bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes.
9.) When the hot cross buns come out of the oven, mix the sugar and boiling water together for the glaze, and brush each hot bun to make them sweet and shiny.

Easter in Lugano 2013

Easter is just around the corner and the weather can only get better. According to Meteo Svizzera it will be a wee bit warmer and - if we're lucky - we might see some sun.

Easter draws a myriad of vacationers and travelers to Lugano every year. Join the festive atmosphere of Easter in the City and explore the numerous intriguing and entertaining activities for young and old.

"Pasqua in Città" (Easter in the City), will take place from Friday through Monday. Every day from 11   to 18.00 the city center will transform into a fun and amusing stage. Each of the main city squares will be hosting a different entertainment programme. You'll have the opportunity of purchasing many local products, which will be exhibited on more than 100 stalls that will be set up in Piazza Riforma, Via Nassa, Piazza Dante, Via Pessina and Via Soave. Don't miss the Street Animation shows along the way.

There will be the “Rabbit’s Den”, at the Piazza della Riforma, dedicated to children. It will feature children’s make-up artists, egg painting activities, Henne tatoos and a Ludobus. During the whole event, three funny rabbits will be distributing sweet little chocolate eggs. You can't miss that!?

Two lovely performances by local Luganese bands are not to be missed either. The Castagnola Philarmonic will be performing on Saturday at 17:00, while the Pregassona Philarmonic will be playing on Monday at 10.30.

Venue: Pasqua in città
Where: downtown Lugano
When: March 29th to April 1st, 2013
Tiem: 11:00 - 18:00
Click here for the detailed programme: http://www.lugano-tourism.ch/programma

Happy Easter

Chocolate Rabbit

I got a chocolate rabbit
For an Easter treat,
A great big chocolate rabbit,
Good enough to eat.
So I ate his ears on Sunday,
his nose I finished Monday,
Tuesday I nibbled on his feet.
I ate his tail on Wednesday,
Thursday I kept on,
By Friday he was going,
Saturday he was gone.
Oh, I loved that chocolate rabbit,
From the moment that he came,
And if I get another one,
I'll love him just the same.

Easter Egg Painting Party

The Easter Bunny

There's a story quite funny,

About a toy bunny,

And the wonderful things she can do;

Every bright Easter morning,

Without warning,

She colors eggs, red, green, or blue.

Some she covers with spots,

Some with quaint little dots,

And some with strange mixed colors, too

-- Red and green, blue and yellow,

But each unlike his fellow

Are eggs of every hue.

And it's odd, as folks say,

That on no other day

In all of the whole year through,

Does this wonderful bunny,

So busy and funny,

Color eggs of every hue.

If this story you doubt

She will soon find you out,

And what do you think she will do?

On the next Easter morning

She'll bring you without warning,

Those eggs of every hue.

M. Josephine Todd, 1909

A typical Swiss activity before Easter is egg painting with your children. If you think it sounds messy, it is great fun and is actually very easy with today's specialized egg paints that you can pick up in any Coop, Migros or other supermarket.

Should you wish for some advice, Robin from ALL FOR KIDS will come to your rescue. She hosts an Easter Egg Painting Party for parents and kids every year - and this year it will be Saturday March 31st, 2012 from 13:00-18:00. She provides the colors and dye - you bring your own white hard boiled eggs.

There will be snacks for all and a chance to catch up with friends. Stop by for a short time, or stay all afternoon. It will be at her home & showroom in S. Antonino (Via Cimitero 21) You can find directions online at www.allforkids.ch, or call her at 091 858 30 82.

Everyone is welcome.

Venue: Easter Egg Painting
Where: All for Kids, Via Cimitero 21, 6592 S.Antonino (Map)
Date: Saturday, March 31st, 2012
Time: 13:00 - 18:00

Happy Easter from Lugano, Switzerland

Guess who's hop, hop, hopping your way?

To wish you a hap, hap, happy Holiday.

Loaded with goodies made just for you.

It's the Easter Bunny 

That's who.

Lindt's golden chocolate Easter bunny 

has become an instituion in Switzerland.

(Manor is Lugano's one and only department store!)

Supermarkets filled to the rim with Swiss Chocolate Easter eggs

Chocolate "Kinder" Easter eggs - an Italian import

Traditional Swiss Chocolate Easter bunnies....where do I start?

The choice just goes on and on!

Guess what, my kids and I will be munching on chocolate to our hearts delights during the holidays.

Wishing all of you a very Happy Easter!

Easter in Lugano's center (Pasqua in città)

"For I remember it is Easter morn, and life and love and peace are all new born."
Alice Freeman Palmer

Join the festive atmosphere of Easter in the City and explore the numerous intriguing and entertaining activities for young and old.

Every year Easter draws a myriad of vacationers and travelers to Lugano. In order to add some zest to the picturesque city center, Lugano Turismo has organized an event called "Pasqua in Città" (Easter in the City), which will take place from Friday, April 22nd through Monday, April 25th, 2011.

Every day form 11 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. “Easter in Town” will transform the city centre into a fun and amusing stage: each of the main city squares will be hosting a different entertainment programme. The public will have the opportunity of purchasing numerous objects and many products of the local tradition, which will be exhibited on more than 100 stalls that will be set up in Piazza Riforma, Via Nassa, Piazza Dante, Via Pessina and Via Soave.

As for the musical events of this initiative, the pedestrian centre will be animated by traditional and folk groups.

There will also be three concerts held in Piazza Riforma. Besides the expected and traditional Easter Concert by the Lugano Civic Philharmonic programmed for Sunday morning, April 24th at 10.30 a.m., on Friday evening, at 8.30 p.m., the concert by the Castagnola Philharmonic will be held, while on Saturday, April 3rd at the same time of the evening the Pregassona Philharmonic will steal the show.

Where: Lugano-City Center
When: April 22nd to 25th, 2011
Time: 11:00 to 18:00

So if you're planning to stay in town over Easter get ready to discover your own back yard!

Easter Suprise muffin recipe

"More than meets the muffin"

Seek and you shall find ... these muffins conceal a surprise inside. Taste the unexpectedly fresh, fruity and harmonious blend of vanilla and apricot. Decorate the finished muffins with green-colored butter cream and sugar Easter eggs - the perfect Easter Surprise muffins for your kids!

Ingredients: (makes 12 muffins)
125gr butter
125gr sugar
2 eggs
125g flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla

Filling:
Apricot jam with large pieces of fruit

Lemon Butter Cream:
250g icing sugar
125g butter
juice of 1/3 lemon

Preparation:
Mix all ingredients (except apricot jam) together.
Place 2 tsp of the mixture into each muffin mold.
Dollop 1 tsp of apricot jam (preferably with large pieces of fruit) onto half filled muffin mold.
Cover molds with remaining muffin mix.
Bake for 15 - 20 minutes at 180 ° C in a preheated oven.
Immediately transfer muffins to cool on a grid.

Lemon butter cream: mix sugar, butter and lemon juice together and colour with green food colouring.

Decorating: spread butter cream with dessert fork onto the cooled muffins. and decorate with colored sugar eggs and marizpan carrots.

Your kids will love them!