More supermarkets open again during Christmas holidays

More supermarkets in the Netherlands will be open on Christmas Day and Boxing Day than in previous years. About 43 percent of supermarkets will be open on Christmas Day this year, and 87 percent on Boxing Day, according to an analysis by ANP based on figures from Openingstijden.nl. Six years ago, only 20 percent of supermarkets were open on Christmas Day.

In Amsterdam shoppers can visit 150 supermarkets on December 25, which amounts to about 81 percent of the supermarkets in the capital. In The Hague, 69 supermarkets are open, about 83 percent of the total. In Alkmaar (82 percent), Leiden (81 percent) and Almere (87 percent), relatively many supermarkets are also open on December 25.

Considerably more supermarkets will be open on Boxing Day, with about nine out of ten having opening hours. That is more than last year, when it was still eight out of ten supermarkets.

Whether the supermarkets are open somewhat depends on the grocery store chain. Dirk van den Broek will keep the most supermarket open, with about 72 percent of its stores are open. DekaMarkt (70 percent), Plus (68) and Jan Linders (64) follow next. The chain NettoRama will be closed almost everywhere except for one store, and Aldi and Lidl are closed almost everywhere on Christmas Day.

Openingstijden.nl scans the websites of thousands of retailers every week to collect the most complete overview possible of opening days and times.