Happy Boxing Day or St Stephen’s Day or “Stephantag” as they call it here in Zurich! Hope you’re all enjoying the holidays. In case you were hoping to join the stampedes of shoppers rushing to the shops to buy stuff in the sales as reported in other countries, relax and enjoy the tranquility and the sunshine …. .the shops are still shut in Zurich today.
However, they do open again tomorrow and here is a Quick Guide to the main Shopping Hours for the apres-Christmas and New Year season:
Zurich’s big stores Opening Hours eg Globus, Jelmoli etc (NB some of the smaller shops may have shorter hours):
Wednesday 26/12/12 (Boxing Day / Stephanstag) – Closed
Monday 31/1/12 (Silveter / New Year’s Eve) – 9am – 5pm
Tuesday 1/1/13 (Neu Jahr / New Year’s Day) – closed
Wednesday 2/1/13 (Berchtoldstag) – 9am – 8pm
Glatt Shopping Hours over the Festive Period:
Wednesday 26/12/12 (Boxing Day / Stephanstag) – Closed
Monday 31/1/12 (Silvester / New Year’s Eve) – 8am – 4pm
Tuesday 1/1/13 (Neu Jahr / New Year’s Day) – closed
Wednesday 2/1/13 (Berchtoldstag) – 9am (instead of 8am) – 8pm
Volkiland Shopping Hours over the Festive Period:
Wednesday 26/12/12 (Boxing Day / Stephanstag) – Closed
Monday 31/1/12 (Silvester / New Year’s Eve) – 8am – 6pm
Tuesday 1/1/13 (Neu Jahr / New Year’s Day) – closed
Wednesday 2/1/13 (Berchtoldstag) – 9am (instead of 8am) – 8pm
Here are some Shopping Locators for Supermarkets across Switzerland:
Shop locator for Coop Stores with address and opening hours
(NB use the German option as the English option doesn’t appear to be working yet)
Shop locator for Migros Stores with addresses and opening hours
Shop locator for Volg Stores (search term entry at bottom of map on left hand side)
And for good measure here is Aldi’s store locator:
Most of these store locators are all in German, and in most cases enter you simply type in your postcode to find the nearest store to your address.
Since we’re in a Shopping frame of mind why not also check out these Shopping Guides which we’ve posted about before :
Cool Shopping Guide to Zurich – covers Kreis 1, Kreis 4 and 5 and there is also a guide to Luzern. Lists independant stores and cafes etc too
Hope Hope Boutique Shopping Guide – covers Kreis 1- 5 and Kreis 8 great for clothes shopping and some little known boutiques as well as doing a small section on men and it also has a second-hand section
Because shopping is a topic many of you will wish to return to, we have also listed the Shopping Loctators and Shopping Guides in a special section all of their own under “Practical Info” top of the website.
Happy Shopping! And hope you find some bargains in the sales!
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