MANILA, Philippines – If you could have an Easter Egg Hunt anywhere in the world, where would you go?
Architizer.com compiles these 9 eggcellent Easter Egg Hunt locations for a whimsical Easter Sunday. Let your imagination run as wild as egg hunters in search of hidden treasure.
1. Fukuoka Prefectural International Hall
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Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Home to 35,000 plants and 76 different species, the Fukuoka Prefectural International Hall is a park laid out on terraces. The lay-out lessens energy consumption because the greenery keeps the indoor temperature at a comfortable level without the help of devices. Inside, you’ll find a museum and concert hall—perhaps a perfect place to visit after egg-hunting?
2. Longleat Maze
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Location: Longleat, UK
This giant maze is composed of nearly 1 ¾ miles of paths hedged by more than 16,000 English Yews crisscrossed by 6 bridges. The mission is to find your way through the twists and turns to the observation tower. It’s perfectly built for any treasure hunt!
3. High Line
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Location: New York City, US
The High Line is a 1.5-mile long public park built on an abandoned elevated railroad in Manhattan. Its design takes inspiration from the unruly beauty of the ruin as it was slowly reclaimed by nature. The paving system of the walkways is designed so that wild grass and weeds can grow through the cracks.
4. Bay South Garden
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Location: Singapore
Inside this glass-and-steel wonder are cooled conservatories that house Mediterranean plants that otherwise cannot grow in tropical Singapore. There is also an indoor waterfall, cascading levels of vertical planting, a meadow in perpetual flower and walkways above and below the tree canopy. It would be like egg-hunting in a rainforest.
5. Tikal National Park
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Location: El Peten, Guatemala
This national park in Guatemala was excavated between 1956 to 1969 and is the largest excavation site in the American continent. It was home to the ancient Mayan civilization. You might find not just eggs when egg-hunting here.
6. Namba Parks
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Location: Osaka, Japan
The 3.7-hectare site is a lifestyle center that combines shopping, entertainment and dining with nature. Its sinuous design and meandering walkways can make egg-hunting an adventure. Then after the hunt, everyone can grab an icecream or catch a movie!
7. DoChoDo Island Zoo
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Location: South Korea
Though this wondrous zoo is still a concept proposal, you can already imagine how exciting and daunting an egg hunt here will be. The animals might even want to join the fun! Its builders want it to be the model of eco-sustainable architecture with the use of solar and wind energy. Rain water will be collected and stored for its zoo facilities.
8. TUMO Park
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Location: Yerevan, Armenia
This 6,000-square-meter park connects the TUMO Center for Creative Technologies to an existing public park. With lots of oblique surfaces made of grass, glass, waterbeds and viewing decks, this park is a challenging egg hunt setting.
9. Qinhuangdao Red Ribbon Park
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Location: Qinhuangdao, China
A 500-meter “red ribbon” makes its way through a field in a natural river corridor. The ribbon functions as a walkway and seat while providing lighting to park visitors. You can hide eggs along the path so that the group stays together then hide special eggs where the walkway ends.
Where are you holding your Easter Egg Hunt? Share them with us by commenting below. – With reports from Pia Ranada/Rappler.com
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