Bretzelsonndeg 2024

Sweethearts traditionally exchange pretzels on Bretzelsonndeg, which will take place on Sunday 10 March 2024. Photo: Shutterstock

To celebrate this Luxembourg tradition, offer a sweet or savoury pretzel to your sweetheart.

Celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent (which this year falls on 10 March), tradition stipulates that a man should offer a pretzel to his sweetheart. If she loves him back, she’ll offer him an egg (an actual egg or a chocolate egg!) for Easter.

But since 2024 is a leap year, the roles are switched--so it will be the women who offer the pretzels.

Read more about the tradition .