Unlike our domestic shopping malls, which are crowded with people and offer discounts on Sundays, shopping malls are not open on Sundays in Germany because the German government prohibits German stores from operating on Sundays for religious and other reasons.

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And the usual commuting time, German shopping malls and domestic shopping malls are also very different, in Germany, the big shopping malls as well as large supermarkets are very short business hours, usually only open to the afternoon will be closed, know that if in the country, less than ten o'clock in the evening, the malls are not closed. So if you're in Germany and you don't want to go hungry on a Sunday, you'll have to prepare your food in advance because you won't be able to find a store on a Sunday.

This is not because the Germans are lazy, but actually because there is a special law called the "Closing Law", which stipulates that all stores in Germany are open until 8 p.m. on Saturdays, 4 p.m. on Saturdays, and even more so on Sundays. This does not include Christmas or other German holidays. If you have to buy something on Sundays and holidays, you have to go to a station or gas station in a big city like Munich, because in Germany, only the convenience stores in gas stations are not restricted.

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Bakeries are only allowed to open for three hours on Sundays, but cafes, bakeries and other food and drink outlets, which are essential for Germans, are not restricted. But for Germans, they also have three to four times a year to allow shopping on Sunday, the day all the stores will be open to customers, this day is known as the German "shopping Sunday".