What's open over Easter in Germany?
I am planning a trip to Germany next spring, and to avoid having to use too many of my days holiday allowance from work, I'm considering going over Easter, travelling UK->Germany on Saturday 7th April, returning on Saturday 22nd April. Good Friday is on 14th April.
My tentative plan at this point is to fly into Frankfurt, then catch a train on Thursday 13th to Dusseldorf (or another city in the Cologne-Dortmund corridor to use as a base for exploring the area) before catching a train to Hamburg on Monday 17th.
This would involve my time in Dusseldorf being mostly the Easter weekend, so I'm wondering whether this would seriously affect the number of things I can do while there.
I've found that all the big shops would be closed on Friday/Sunday/Monday, which is fine, but would smaller shops be open? I'm just thinking of convenience stores really.
Do museums typically close on Friday/Sunday/Monday over the Easter weekend?
The transport system appears to operate a special holiday service on the public holidays - would that, combined with the possibility of people travelling after a holiday weekend make the Dusseldorf - Hamburg journey on the Monday difficult/unpleasant/super crowded?
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Shops will be closed, with a few exceptions: Shops at the airport and at major train stations will be open. Many gas stations will be open. Bakeries are allowed to open for up to 5 hours on Friday and Sunday, but many won't.
In 2015 and 2016, all museums in Düsseldorf were open on Friday and Sunday, many on Monday, too.
Public transport will use the Sunday timetables.
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Is anything open on Easter in Germany?
Easter is a big holiday, so don't expect any shops to be open. The restaurants and petrol stations are allowed to be opened, so there will be some opportunity of eating out.Are supermarkets open during Easter in Germany?
It is only closed Good Friday. Note that Easter Monday is a holiday, too, in Germany.Are things open in Berlin over Easter?
Most of the shops will be closed but a lot of the museums and galleries will be open during Easter. Even museums that are normally not open on Monday, will open their doors on Easter Monday. Go for one of the big names that Berlin is famous for or have a gander at our tips on Berlin's coolest hidden museums.Are supermarkets open on Good Friday in Germany?
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Easter is a big holiday, so don't expect any shops to be open. The restaurants and petrol stations are allowed to be opened, so there will be some opportunity of eating out.
Musea - closed, holiday is holly day.
Public transport - operating on either sunday or special plan.
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