Sunday shopping in the canton of Basel-Stadt 2026
2 documented trading days in the canton of Basel-Stadt – with the cantonal rule, the statutory hours and an official source per date.
📅 2 dates 2026 with municipality and evidence
Every trading Sunday we read in the official publication for the canton of Basel-Stadt — 2 of them with a confirmed date. Filter by municipality, weekday and evidence status.
The first documented Sunday opening in the canton of Basel-Stadt falls on Sunday, 13 December 2026.
🕐 2 opening hours on the trading Sunday
When shops actually open on those Sundays — and this is not a shop's own notice but, in several cantons, a statutory requirement. Basel-Stadt permits opening only from 1 p.m.
13:00–18:00. Basel-Stadt permits the afternoon only — in the morning the shops stay closed.
13:00–18:00. Basel-Stadt permits the afternoon only — in the morning the shops stay closed.
⚖️ The cantonal rule in the words of the act
Who designates the Sundays, how many are permitted, what hours the act itself fixes — and is there a second ceiling per shop? The canton of Basel-Stadt decides that, not the town, which is why it does not sit with the individual date.
- Counted per
- canton
- At most
- 2
- Authorised by
- canton
- Hours in the law
- 13:00–18:00
Published opening hours: 13:00 to 18:00.
Amt fuer Wirtschaft und Arbeit, Arbeitsinspektorat, Publikation vom 11.02.2026: «Nach Anhoerung der Sozialpartner wird gestuetzt auf § 4a des Gesetzes ueber oeffentliche Ruhetage und Ladenoeffnung vom 29. Juni 2005 i.V.m. Art. 19 Abs. 6 des Bundesgesetzes ueber die Arbeit ... festgelegt, dass die Verkaufslokale im Kanton Basel-Stadt an folgenden zwei Adventssonntagen: 13. Dezember 2026, 20. Dezember 2026 von 13.00 bis 18.00 Uhr geoeffnet haben.» ⛔ Basel-Stadt schoepft die Bundesobergrenze von vier NICHT aus.
Basel-Stadt · § 4a Abs. 1 RLG BS (SG 811.100) i.V.m. Art. 19 Abs. 6 ArG · Source
🔎 Sunday Radar — is this Sunday open?
The Sunday Radar by Conviva Plus, set here to the canton of Basel-Stadt: type a date and out comes the verdict with hours, statutory rule and source — instead of four municipal sites side by side.
Sunday Radar by Conviva Plus
Pick a canton and a date — and see what actually applies that day.
Published opening hours: 13:00 to 18:00.
What the law says: § 4a Abs. 1 RLG BS (SG 811.100) i.V.m. Art. 19 Abs. 6 ArG · Source
Next documented date: 13 December 2026 · Basel
The rule in 12 cantons — read at the legal source
They are deliberately absent from the table. An unread canton is an open question, not a zero — and while even one is missing, none of our pages claims «all cantons».
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🏘️ 1 municipality and their dates
The municipalities of the canton of Basel-Stadt with a documented trading Sunday in 2026. For 1 towns we keep a page of their own with the legal detail.
- Basel — Sonntagsverkauf Basel, Amt für Wirtschaft und Arbeit Basel-Stadt, 13 December 2026 and 20 December 2026.
📊 Season comparison of the trading Sundays
Where the trading Sundays of the canton of Basel-Stadt fall across the year. Advent is the expectation — the record shows dates from January to December.
🗺️ 4 cantons compared
The canton of Basel-Stadt carries 2 of the 217 trading days documented across Switzerland. No canton regulates it the same way — and none exhausts the federal ceiling in the same manner.
In the canton of Basel-Stadt we hold 2 trading days across 1 municipalities, 2 of them with a confirmed date. Every entry was read individually in the official publication; where nothing is published for 2026, that is shown as open and not as an estimate.
| Canton | Events | of which confirmed | First date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zurich | 202 | 202 | 25 January 2026 |
| Bern | 8 | 8 | 6 April 2026 |
| Basel-Stadt | 2 | 2 | 13 December 2026 |
| Solothurn | 2 | 0 | 13 December 2026 · rule, not confirmed |
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