Open Sundays in Remscheid: appointments and highlights 2025!

in Remscheid are planned for a total of four open Sundays for the year 2025, such as rga reported . On these Sundays, the shops may be open from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. The basis for this regulation forms the shop opening law of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, which was first issued on November 16, 2006 and changed in 2018.

According to the law, sales outlets are allowed to open on a maximum of eight, which are not directly consecutive Sundays or public holidays, provided that there are events that attract more people than the mere opening of the business. The dates for the open Sundays 2025 in Remscheid are determined as follows:

• 6. July: First Sunday, Sunday, at the same time as the summer festival on the old market in Lennep.
• 28. September: Last Sunday in September, combined with the autumn and farmers' market in Lüttringhausen.
• 30. November: on the 1st Advent, as part of the training market "Our jobs in Remscheid" in the Allee Center.
• 14. December: on the 3rd Advent, during the Lenneper Christmas meeting in the historic old town.

Regulations of the Late Open Act

The shop opening law not only regulates the general shop opening times, but also protects the Sunday and holiday rest. According to the law, sales outlets may be open at working days without temporal limits. On special holidays, such as December 24th, the sales outlets even have to remain closed, but can be open until 2 p.m. On Sundays and public holidays, only certain sales outlets, such as flower shops or bakeries, are entitled to open, whereby the opening on these days is also bound to the provisions of the law.

The monitoring of compliance with these regulations is the responsibility of the local regulatory authorities who can punish administrative offenses with fines of up to 15,000 euros. The full shop opening law also defines the opening times as well as the exceptions for tourist places and special sales outlets, such as airports and train stations, where special regulations apply, especially with regard to travel requirements, such as right.nrw.de emphasizes.