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What's open when nothing's open

Denn's for organic, and Rewe and Edeka elsewhere. Rossman and DM too.

Andrew Bulkeley

Jun 3, 2022

On your mark, get set … Photo: Max Noisa via Creative Commons

Like with any holiday (or Sunday), shops are going to be closed on Friday to celebrate a Jesus day of some sort — Karfreitag (Good Friday) — and Monday for, I presume, Karmontag (Good Monday). Most of them, that is. This sparks the semi-annual holiday ritual of panic shopping among locals (which seems odd considering their knack for planning and the fact that Saturday is normal hours). It also leads to pure panic among foreigners who have not yet developed the sixth Teutonic sense of when shops are open and closed. But we've got you covered with a directory of places that will still be open with more on offer than your neighbourhood Späti, both Friday and Monday (and Karsonntag).

Alexanderplatz

Rossmann
April 7 - 9am to 9pm

April 10 - 9am to 9pm

Friedrichstraße Station

Edeka
April 7 - 8am to 10pm
April 10 - 8am to 10pm

Rossmann
April 7 - 9am to 9pm
April 10 - 9am to 9pm

Vitalia (Organic food and vitamins)
April 7 - 11am to 8pm
April 10 - 11am to 8pm

Gesundbrunnen

Denn's (Organic grocery)
April 7 - 8am to 10pm
April 10 - 8am to 10pm

Hauptbahnhof

Rossmann
April 7 - 8am to 10pm
April 10 - 8am to 10pm

Ostbahnhof

Rewe
April 7 - 6am to 10pm
April 9 - 6am to 12am
April 10 - 6am to 10pm

Rossmann
April 7 - 8am to 9pm
April 9 - 8am to 9pm
April 10 - 8am to 9pm

Potsdamer Platz

Go Asia!
April 7 - 8am to 10pm
April 9 - 8am to 10pm
April 10 - 8am to 10pm

Spandau

Bro, either you come into the city or you see if they’ve got what you need at the Rewe-to-go at the Aral gas station at Falkenseer Damm 16 (24/7/365). Quit whining that we don’t cover enough Spandau. You’re the one who decided to move there (though tbh Die Ärzte and Florida Eis are from there so it’s not all bad).