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Aldi, Lidl & Co.: When will supermarkets and discounters be open at Easter 2023?

2023-04-08T05:27:53.853Z


Shop openings are prohibited by law on Sundays and public holidays. But when at Easter 2023 can you go shopping and is there an alternative?


Shop openings are prohibited by law on Sundays and public holidays.

But when at Easter 2023 can you go shopping and is there an alternative?

Munich – Shopping before Easter can be pretty nerve-wracking.

Full shops, long queues at the cash registers and long shopping lists.

Retail even expects sales of 2.2 billion euros for the Easter business.

If you want to shop for the Easter 2023 holidays, it will be difficult to avoid overcrowded shops.

But when exactly are the supermarkets, discounters and other shops open around the Easter holidays and what can you do if you have forgotten something?

Aldi, Lidl, Penny & Co.: Holidays closed on Easter 2023 - Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday closed

In general, all supermarkets and discounters will be completely closed on public holidays over Easter 2023, as stipulated in the law on shop closing times.

This means that there is almost no opportunity to shop on Good Friday (April 7, 2023), Easter Sunday (April 9, 2023) and Easter Monday (April 10, 2023).

It is different on Maundy Thursday (April 6, 2023) and on Holy Saturday or Easter Saturday (April 8, 2023).

These days are not public holidays and are therefore normal working days.

Shops, supermarkets and discounters such as Aldi, Lidl, Rewe, Penny, Kaufland & Co. are open as normal here.

Depending on the federal state, however, the opening times may vary.

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The shops are closed on the Easter holidays.

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© Wolfgang Maria Weber/Imago

Easter is peak season for the travel industry.

Munich Airport expects a rush of passengers at Easter 2023.

The shops are open on these days at Easter 2023

On these days the shops will be closed at Easter 2023

Maundy Thursday, Holy Saturday

Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday

Alternative option for Easter 2023: shopping facilities at train stations and airports

But what can you do if something important has been forgotten?

Then there is an alternative option so that you do not have to do without shopping on the Easter 2023 holidays.

Shops in train stations and airports can also be open on Sundays and public holidays.

The Shop Closing Hours Act states: “Sales points at passenger stations of railways and magnetic levitation trains [may], insofar as they are intended to serve the needs of travel, be open on all days throughout the day.” Nevertheless, there is no obligation to open here either.

The owners can determine the individual opening times.

Shopping at Easter 2023: Bath regulations ensure open shops - petrol stations as an alternative

But it is not only at airports and train stations that there is the opportunity to come across open deals over Easter 2023.

For example, in many regions Easter holidaymakers have the opportunity to find open supermarkets and discounters on Good Friday, Easter Sunday or Easter Monday due to the 2023 bathing regulations.

In addition, many petrol stations in Germany have expanded their range so that the essentials can also be obtained there over the Easter 2023 public holidays.

It was very different two years ago.

In 2021, the then Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) decided to also close the shops on Maundy Thursday and Holy Saturday - out of concern about Corona.

A shopping chaos was expected at the time.

The result is well known, shortly before the planned “Easter rest” the Chancellor had to backtrack.

List of rubrics: © Wolfgang Maria Weber/Imago

Source: merkur

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