Sunday shopping in the canton of Bern 2026
8 documented trading days in the canton of Bern – with the cantonal rule, the statutory hours and an official source per date.
📅 8 dates 2026 with municipality and evidence
Every trading Sunday we read in the official publication for the canton of Bern — 8 of them with a confirmed date. Filter by municipality, weekday and evidence status.
The first documented Sunday opening in the canton of Bern falls on Monday, 6 April 2026.
⚖️ 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 Bern decides that, not the town, which is why it does not sit with the individual date.
- Counted per
- canton
- At most
- 4 (2)
- Authorised by
- canton
- Hours in the law
- 10:00–18:00
Published opening hours: 10:00 to 18:00.
Second ceiling: a single shop may use only 2 of the designated Sundays. A plain list of dates is therefore a half-truth.
Allgemeinverfuegung des Amtes fuer Wirtschaft vom 08.09.2025, publiziert im Amtsblatt des Kantons Bern und im Feuille officielle du Jura bernois: «Der Kanton Bern legt fuer das Jahr 2026 die vier Sonntage, an denen fuer die Sonntagsarbeit kein Gesuch notwendig ist, wie folgt fest.» ⛔ ZWEITE GRENZE, Begruendung Ziff. 3 derselben Verfuegung: «Nach Art. 11 Abs. 2 HGG duerfen die Detailverkaufsgeschaefte und Verkaufsstaende jaehrlich an zwei oeffentlichen Feiertagen ihre Geschaefte von 10:00 Uhr bis 18:00 Uhr offenhalten. Sie koennen somit aus den vier festgelegten Daten zwei Sonntage bestimmen.»
Bern · Art. 19 Abs. 6 ArG i.V.m. Art. 11 Abs. 2 HGG (BSG 935.11) · Source
🔎 Sunday Radar — is this Sunday open?
The Sunday Radar by Conviva Plus, set here to the canton of Bern: 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: 10:00 to 18:00.
Second ceiling: a single shop may use only 2 of the designated Sundays. A plain list of dates is therefore a half-truth.
What the law says: Art. 19 Abs. 6 ArG i.V.m. Art. 11 Abs. 2 HGG (BSG 935.11) · Source
Next documented date: 6 April 2026 · Thun
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».
Appenzell Innerrhoden · Appenzell Ausserrhoden · Fribourg · Geneva · Glarus · Grisons · Jura · Neuchâtel · Nidwalden · Obwalden · Ticino · Uri · Vaud · Zug
🏘️ 2 municipalities and their dates
The municipalities of the canton of Bern with a documented trading Sunday in 2026. For 2 towns we keep a page of their own with the legal detail.
- Thun — Verkaufsoffener Ostermontag Thun, Amt für Wirtschaft des Kantons Bern, Monday, 6 April 2026, Sunday, 29 November 2026, Sunday, 13 December 2026 and Sunday, 20 December 2026.
- Bern — Sonntagsverkauf Bern, Amt für Wirtschaft des Kantons Bern, 29 November 2026, 6 December 2026, 13 December 2026 and 20 December 2026.
🎒 Conditions and charges — what else applies
Some cantons tie one of the days to a condition — in Valais it must connect to a public festival, a Christmas market or an event. Such charges appear on no aggregator page.
- Good to know
- The canton designates four dates — but an individual shop may only open on two of them (Art. 11 para. 2 HGG). Which two is the shop's own decision.
📊 Season comparison of the trading Sundays
Where the trading Sundays of the canton of Bern fall across the year. Advent is the expectation — the record shows dates from January to December.
🗺️ 4 cantons compared
The canton of Bern carries 8 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 Bern we hold 8 trading days across 2 municipalities, 8 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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