Regular hidden europe contributor Laurence Mitchell introduces us to the museum of Easter eggs at Kolomiya in eastern Ukraine.
The modestly attractive Hutsul town of Kolomiya in western Ukraine is located a little too far away from the main Carpathian range to be a base for hiking into the mountains. Lying virtually halfway between Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi, the town is usually overlooked in favour of either or both of these splendid cities. However, for those curious souls who do not wish to dash directly from A to B a little time devoted to Kolomiya allows the visitor to see a remarkable museum that not only is dedicated uniquely to painted eggs but which also takes the form of one. For egg-fetishists, as for the merely curious, Kolomiya's Pysanka Museum really is all it is cracked up to be.
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tags: Ukraine, eastern Europe, religion
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