German Unity Day is a public holiday throughout Germany. Normal supermarkets and shops will therefore be closed on October 3rd and customers will not be able to shop. In many major German cities, however, there are often a few exceptions and supermarkets are open.
Special regulations there are according to the shop closing act for train stations, petrol stations and pharmacies. Some shops in airports also have partially adjusted opening times.
Hours of Operation: Where to shop on October 3rd
You can do your shopping in the following cities and markets on the Day of German Unity:
Berlin
- Edeka train station in Lichtenberg: 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.
- Edeka Bahnhof Friedrichstrasse: 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.
- Edeka Bahnhof Südkreuz: 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.
- Rewe Ostbahnhof: 7 a.m. – midnight
- Rewe Hauptbahnhof: 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.
- Penny at Ostbahnhof: 8 a.m. – 11 p.m.
- HIT Bahnhof Zoo: 9 a.m. – 10 p.m.
- Denn’s Organic Market Gesundbrunnen: 8 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Bremen
- Spar Express, Bahnhofsplatz 15 (station building), 06:30 a.m. – 11:15 p.m.
Dresden
- Lidl at the main train station: 8 a.m. – 9 p.m.
- Lidl at Neustadt train station: 8 a.m. – 9 p.m.
- Spar Hauptbahnhof Dresden: 6 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Düsseldorf
- Edeka in the main station: midnight – midnight
- REWE City Market Airport: 5 – 24 hours
Frankfurt
- Rossmann Express Hauptbahnhof: 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.
- Siglo Asia supermarket main station: 9.30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
- Spar Express Hauptbahnhof: 6 a.m. – 8 p.m.
- Travelshop Hauptbahnhof: 8 a.m. – 11 p.m.
- Teegut airport: 6 a.m. – 10 p.m.
- Rewe Airport: 6 a.m. – 12 a.m.
Hamburg
- Edeka Hamburg Central Station, Wandelhalle: 7 a.m. – 11 p.m.
- Edeka Bhf.Altona: 7 a.m. – 11 p.m.
- Spar Express, Glockengießerwall 6 (main station, food court in the Wandelhalle), 6 a.m. – 11 p.m.
- Lidl, Paul-Nevermann-Platz 15, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
- Rossmann, Paul-Nevermann-Platz 15, 8 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Hannover
- Lidl, Niki-de-Saint-Phalle-Promenade 86, 08 – 22 Uhr
- Spar Express, Raschplatz 1, 00 – 00 o’clock
- Rossmann Drogeriemarkt, Raschplatz 1, 08 – 23 o’clock
- Denn’s Organic Market, Ernst-August-Platz 1, 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.
- Tchibo, Ernst-August-Platz 1, 7 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Cologne
- REWE To Go Central Station: midnight – midnight
- Betterlife Hauptbahnhof: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
- REWE City Airport Cologne-Bonn: 7 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Leipzig
- Spar Express, Willy Brandt Platz 5 (main station), 5 a.m. – midnight
Mainz
- REWE To Go Central Station: 0 a.m. – 5 a.m.
Munich
- Edeka main station: 8 a.m. – 11 p.m.
- Edeka Ostbahnhof: 8 a.m. – 11 p.m.
- Edeka Airport: 5.30 a.m. – midnight
- dm Ostbahnhof: 6:30 a.m. – 11 p.m.
- Rewe To Go at the main train station: midnight – midnight
Nürnberg
- Lidl, Bahnhofsplatz 9, 8 a.m. – 9 p.m.
- Müller drugstore, Bahnhofsplatz 9, 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Saarbrücken
- Rossmann Hauptbahnhof: 6 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Stuttgart
- EDEKA Airport: 6 a.m. – 10 p.m.
- Spar Express Hauptbahnhof: 6 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.
- Kübler Metzger main station: 10 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Public holiday: What is celebrated on the Day of German Unity
In the so-called “Unification Treaty”, October 3rd in 1990 was named “Day of German Unity” and a public holiday throughout Germany. It is the German national holiday and is intended to commemorate the reunification of the FRG and GDR. This was finally decided on October 3, 1990 with the “entry into force of the accession of the German Democratic Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany”. Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Berlin have been counted as federal states of today’s Federal Republic of Germany.
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