On shopping evenings, the shops are open later than normal. While shops normally close at 6 p.m., on shopping evenings they remain open until 8 p.m. or usually even until 9 p.m. But when do shopping evenings take place? A shopping evening usually takes place on Thursday or Friday. This article provides an overview of the largest cities and towns in the Netherlands.
Shopping evenings
It is not easy to visit shops, especially for people with busy daytime activities (for example a job). The weekends are often filled with various activities. The shopping evenings are a solution for those people. The shops are open in the evening, making shopping outside ‘normal office hours’ possible.
The overviews below provide an overview per province of when the shopping evening takes place in the largest cities and towns. The weekday indicated applies as a general shopping evening for the ‘city centres’. It is possible that districts or individual shops are open on different evenings.
North Holland
|
City/municipality |
What day of late evening shopping? |
|
Amsterdam |
Thursday |
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Haarlem |
Thursday |
|
Zaanstad |
Thursday |
|
Haarlemmermeer |
Friday |
|
den Helder |
Friday |
South-Holland
|
City/municipality |
What day of late evening shopping? |
|
Rotterdam |
Friday |
|
The Hague |
Thursday |
|
Zoetermeer |
Friday |
|
Dordrecht |
Thursday |
|
To lead |
Thursday |
|
Westland |
Friday |
|
Delft |
Friday |
North Brabant
|
City/municipality |
What day of late evening shopping? |
|
Eindhoven |
Friday |
|
Tilburg |
Thursday |
|
Breda |
Thursday |
|
Den Bosch |
Thursday |
|
Helmond |
Friday |
Gelderland
|
City/municipality |
What day of late evening shopping? |
|
Nijmegen |
Thursday |
|
Apeldoorn |
Thursday |
|
Arnhem |
Thursday |
|
Ede |
Friday |
|
Doetinchem |
Friday |
Utrecht
|
City/municipality |
What day of late evening shopping? |
|
Utrecht |
Thursday |
|
Amersfoort |
Thursday |
|
Veenendaal |
Friday |
|
Zeist |
Friday |
|
Wooden |
Friday |
Overijssel
|
City/municipality |
What day of late evening shopping? |
|
Enschede |
Friday |
|
Zwolle |
Thursday |
|
Deventer |
Thursday |
|
Almelo |
Thursday |
|
Hengelo |
Thursday |
Limburg
|
City/municipality |
What day of late evening shopping? |
|
Maastricht |
Thursday |
|
Venlo |
Thursday |
|
Sittard-Geleen |
Thursday |
|
Heerlen |
Thursday |
|
Roermond |
Thursday |
Friesland
|
City/municipality |
What day of late evening shopping? |
|
Leeuwarden |
Thursday |
|
Drachten |
Thursday |
|
Sneek |
Thursday |
|
Heerenveen |
Thursday |
Groningen
|
City/municipality |
What day of late evening shopping? |
|
Groningen |
Thursday |
|
Hoogezand-Sappemeer |
Friday |
|
City Canal |
Thursday |
|
Delfzijl |
Friday |
Drenthe
|
City/municipality |
What day of late evening shopping? |
|
Emmen |
Thursday |
|
shafts |
Friday |
|
Hoogeveen |
Friday |
|
Meppel |
Friday |
Flevoland
|
City/municipality |
What day of late evening shopping? |
|
Almere |
Thursday |
|
Dronten |
Friday |
|
Lelystad |
Friday |
Zealand
|
City/municipality |
What day of late evening shopping? |
|
Middelburg |
Thursday |
|
Vlissingen |
Friday |
|
Goes |
Thursday |
|
Terneuzen |
Friday |
Future of shopping evenings?
Not all retailers are equally satisfied with shopping evenings. There are sometimes calls for abolishing late-night shopping. The reason often lies in disappointing numbers of customers. Shopkeepers often argue for longer and/or more flexible opening hours on weekends (since weekends often only have shopping Sundays once a month). There are also often complaints from local residents who complain about the fact that there is nuisance until late in the evening.
Always shopping evening
There are also several retail chains that actually have shopping evenings every evening. An example of this is the Makro. Another example is the Mediamarkt. Such chains are open until late every working day, for example until 10 p.m.
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