The long awaited Aldi supermarket

At the beginning of the pandemic, Rewe closed one of their supermarkets in Oberursel that was a favourite amongst local residents. Speculation was rife about who would eventually take over the shop, until the newly elected Mayor let the cat out of the bag and named Aldi at the opening ceremony of a nearby restaurant.

Since then, many eyes have been on the progress – or lack of it – inside the store. But now, not only is building work taking place, a poster has gone up naming the planned opening date:

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Bonjour Provence! move into new premises

We discovered Bonjour Provence!  last year during the Hessentag in Oberursel when they had a stall in the Strackgasse.  The stall sells products from the South of France that have been either hand-made or produced in smaller companies.  They also have an on-line shop.

Bonjour Provence! in the Strackgasse in Oberursel

Yesterday they took up a permanent base in the Strackgasse when they opened their new shop there (at Strackgasse 9). [Read more…]

Can you go shopping on Good Friday?

Hot Cross BunI was asked this week if the shops are open in Germany on Good Friday.

It’s a simple answer: no.

Even on Gründonnerstag (Maundy Thursday) many shops are required to shut earlier than usual, with supermarkets that usually stay open until 9pm, 10pm or even midnight on other days closing their doors at 8pm and not opening again until Saturday morning.

And when they do open there will be a last-minute rush for Osterhasen and generally a lot of people stocking up before everything shuts again for another two days.

With even the bakeries closed on Good Friday, the petrol stations will be doing a good trade and are probably the best place to go if you run out of anything over the weekend.

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