We have two public holidays in May. The first is May 1, i.e. Labor Day. Shops over 200 square meters are open on that day. We will also have a week off on May 8, when we commemorate Victory Day. But the shops will be closed. Thousands of our citizens will certainly use the free days to travel to Poland, where shopping is still worthwhile. But what about the opening hours of our northern neighbours?
Czechs still go shopping abroad. Most often for meat or dairy products, 22 April 2024 Poland.
| Video: Diary/Kateřina Součková
In Poland, they have a public holiday on May 1, when shops are closed. Poles do not commemorate the end of World War II on May 8 with a public holiday. However, there are three more public holidays in May, when shops are closed, so it is not worth going to Poland for shopping. Public holidays fall on May 3 (Constitution Day), May 19 (Pentecost) and May 30 (Feast of the Body and Blood of the Lord).
When are stores with a sales area of more than 200 square meters closed in the Czech Republic
• January 1st – Day of the restoration of the independent Czech state and New Year
• Easter Monday – a moving holiday
• May 8 – Day of victory
• 28th of September – Czech Statehood Day
• October 28 – The day of the establishment of the independent Czechoslovak state
• December 24 – Christmas Day, sales allowed only until 12 noon
• December 25 – 1st Day of Christmas
• December 26 – 2nd Day of Christmas
When are stores with a sales area of more than 200 square meters open in the Czech Republic
• Good Friday at Easter – a moving holiday
• 1. May – Labor Day
• July 5th – Day of the Slavic Annunciations of Cyril and Methodius
• July 6 – The day of the burning of Master Jan Hus
• November 17 – Day of struggle for freedom and democracy
• December 24 – Christmas Day, open until 12 noon
