Cologne celebrates Sundays: Rodenkirchener Summer Days on July 6th!

Cologne celebrates Sundays: Rodenkirchener Summer Days on July 6th!

In Cologne, it is traded again! On 06. July 2025 takes place the next Sunday that is about the ** Rodenkirchen summer days **. Like the news.de reported, the ordinance on these on Sundays opened on the sales on 6. February 2024 decided. It brings planning security for events, street parties and markets until 2026.

But how are the legal foundations for these Sunday offenses regulated in the country? The City of Cologne explains that there have been no nationwide regulations since the end of the shopping law in November 2006. So each community has its own handling. The last adaptation of the North Rhine-Westphalian Late Open Open Act took place in 2018, which led to greater flexibility in the determination of Sundays. In the meantime, sellers can even open their doors on Sundays without fixed occasions as long as the need allows.

A look over the borders

we take a look at the regulations in other countries: In Austria there is a general ban on shop openings on Sundays, with numerous exceptions. In Poland , on the other hand, shops are open on almost every Sunday, only on 12 statutory holidays it remains trading. In the Greek retail, many shops have closed on Sundays, which clearly distinguishes the experiences when shopping there from the German conditions.

The Sunday open for sales in Cologne is not only an occasion for shopping, but also a festival for the community. Especially the meteorological view of July 6th, with temperatures around the 22 ° C and isolated rain, visitors could not prevent visitors from strolling through the streets and enjoying the versatile offer of Cologne dealers.

So all of this has the potential to promote likeable coexistence in the city. Who knows, maybe you will experience a few new favorite places in the cathedral city the next time you visit