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The Christmas holidays are almost here and, as every other year, the opening hours in the shops will be adjusted during them. See when you will be able to go shopping in selected supermarkets and when it will be closed.
Kaufland
In Kaufland it will be possible to go shopping on Christmas Day only in the morning or in the morning, it will be open until 11:45. The next two days will be closed in all stores in the retail chain. The same goes for the New Year. On New Year’s Eve, the stores will be open until 18:00.
| date | Opening hours |
| December 24 | Until 11:45 |
| December 25, 26 | Closed |
| 31st of December | Until 18:00 |
| January 1 | Closed |
Lidl
Lidl will have even shorter opening hours. On Christmas Day, the stores will close at 11:30, on New Year’s Eve it will be possible to shop from 7:00 to 17:00. It will be closed for both Christmas and New Year. Opening hours will be standard opening hours.
| date | Opening hours |
| December 24 | 7:00 am – 11:30 am |
| December 25, 26 | Closed |
| 31st of December | 7:00 – 17:00 |
| January 1 | Closed |
Penny Market
Penny Market has chosen a different strategy. It will be extended on Monday, December 20, and will be closed on Christmas Day. “It is also a thank you to all our employees for their work in today’s challenging times,” said Penny Market CEO Radek Hovorka.
From December 27, the opening hours will be standard again, and on New Year’s Eve the stores will close at 5:00 p.m.
| date | Opening hours |
| December 20 – 23 | 7:00 – 22:00 |
| December 24 | Closed |
| December 25, 26 | Closed |
| 31st of December | 7:00 – 17:00 |
| January 1 | Closed |
Globus
Globus supermarkets will also have extended opening hours before Christmas, specifically on December 22 and 23, and instead of the classic 9 pm, the stores will not close until 10 pm. However, it will also remain open on Christmas Day, until 11:30. There will be shorter opening hours on New Year’s Eve, the stores will close at 6 p.m.
| date | Opening hours |
| December 22-23 | 7:00 – 22:00 |
| December 24 | Closed |
| December 25, 26 | Closed |
| 31st of December | 7:00 – 17:00 |
| January 1 | Closed |
Albert
It will be possible to go shopping in the Albert stores until 11:45 on Christmas Day. “In order to be able to check in all customers by the legal deadline, which ends at exactly noon, we will allow the last customers to enter the stores at 11:45. We have set aside the final quarter of an hour to complete purchases,” said company spokesman Jiří Mareček.
Both Christmas and New Year will be closed. It will only be open until 6 pm on New Year’s Eve. Opening hours will be the standard opening hours.
| date | Opening hours |
| December 24 | Until 11:45 |
| December 25, 26 | Closed |
| 31st of December | Until 18:00 |
| January 1 | Closed |
Billa
Opening hours during Christmas in Bill will vary in some stores. In most of them, it will be open on Christmas Day until noon, closed on public holidays and closed on New Year’s Eve at 5 pm.
| date | Opening hours |
| December 24 | 7:00 – 12:00 |
| December 25, 26 | Closed (except for exceptions) |
| 31st of December | 7:00 – 17:00 (with exceptions) |
| January 1 | Closed |
An exception, however, is the branch at Prague Airport, where it will be open on December 26 from 7 am to 4 pm and from December 20 to 23, the opening hours will be from 6 am to 9 pm. Then there is also a store at Brno’s main railway station, where it will be open until 6 pm on the second day of Christmas and until 7 pm on New Year’s Eve.
It will also be open at Prague’s main railway station on December 26, from 7 am to 5 pm, and on New Year’s Eve it will be open until 7 pm. They are also open until 7 pm on the last day of the year in Cologne’s Futur (from 8:00 am), in Prague on Vodičkova Street (from 7:00 am) and in Prague’s Florence (from 6:00 am).
In some stores, from December 20th to 23rd, the opening hours will only be until 20:00. These are Velehradská třída in Uherské Hradiště, Staroměstská třída in Frýdek-Místek, 1. Máje in Ostrava, Dukelská brána in Prostějov.
There will be other opening hours in Stará Celnice, where it will be open from 7:00 to 21:00 from 20 to 23 December, and in Strašnice, where it will be open from 7:00 to 18:00 on the same date.
Tesco
Tesco stores will only be open until 11:00 on Christmas Day. It will be closed for both Christmas holidays, and will only be open at petrol stations from 8:30 to 20:00 on Sunday 26 December. On New Year’s Eve, all stores will be open until 17:00 and on New Year’s Eve will be closed.
| date | Opening hours |
| December 24 | Until 11:00 o’clock |
| December 25, 26 | Closed (except for exceptions) |
| 31st of December | Until 17:00 |
| January 1 | Closed |
Frog
Žabka stores will be open on Christmas Day until 14:00. They will be closed on the first day of Christmas, but will be available to customers until 11 pm on December 26. On New Year’s Eve, the normal opening hours will be closed on January 1.
| date | Opening hours |
| December 24 | 6:00 – 14:00 |
| December 25 | Closed |
| December 26 | 7:00 – 23:00 |
| 31st of December | Standard opening hours |
| January 1 | Closed |
Košík.cz
For those who prefer online supermarkets, the good news is that they will be able to shop virtually on Christmas Day, from 5:00 to 14:00. From 17 to 19 December, it will be possible to use the shop’s services from 6:00 to 24:00, from 20 to 23 December it will even be from 5:00.
| date | Opening hours |
| December 17 – 19 | 06:00 – 24:00 |
| December 20 – 23 | 05:00 – 24:00 |
| December 24 | 5:00 – 14:00 |
| December 25 | Closed |
| December 26 | 7:00 – 23:00 |
| December 27-30 | 06:00 – 23:00 |
| 31st of December | 06:00 – 18:00 |
| January 1 | 12:00 – 23:00 |
At Christmas, Košík.cz will be available from 5:00 to 14:00. It will be closed on Saturdays, but on the second Christmas holiday, the store will be open from 7:00 to 23:00. On New Year’s Eve from 06:00 to 18:00 and on New Year’s Eve from 12:00 to 23:00.
Rohlík.cz
Rohlík.cz will also be available to customers during the Christmas holidays, with the exception of 25 December. Its opening hours are the same as Košík.cz, only for the New Year it will be possible to shop “only” until 22:00.
| date | Opening hours |
| December 17 – 19 | 06:00 – 24:00 |
| December 20 – 23 | 05:00 – 24:00 |
| December 24 | 5:00 – 14:00 |
| December 25 | Closed |
| December 26 | 7:00 – 23:00 |
| December 27-30 | 06:00 – 23:00 |
| 31st of December | 06:00 – 18:00 |
| January 1 | 12:00 – 22:00 |
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