How many Sunday shopping days are there in the canton of Bern in 2026?

The ConvivaPlus calendar lists 8 dates in 2 municipalities of the canton of Bern, each checked at the source. All are published for 2026.

When is the first Sunday shopping day of 2026 in the canton of Bern?

On Monday, 6 April 2026, in Thun — the first of the 8 published dates.

When is the last Sunday shopping day of 2026 in the canton of Bern?

On Sunday, 20 December 2026, in Bern and Thun.

On which Sunday do the most municipalities in the canton of Bern open their shops?

On Sunday, 29 November 2026: it is a shopping Sunday in 2 of the 2 municipalities in our calendar.

How many Sunday shopping days does the canton of Bern allow?

The cantonal law on rest days permits 4. Who designates the Sundays and which opening hours apply is set out in the section on the law, with the act and a link.

Where do the Sunday shopping dates for the canton of Bern come from?

From a single publication that lists every date in the canton — linked in the sources box below. Last checked at the source: 13 September 2026.

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Sunday shopping in the canton of Bern 2026

One day, 2 places: on Sunday, 29 November, Bern and Thun start at the same time.

Key takeaway

It kicks off on Monday, 6 April in Thun; the last day is 20 December.

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Sunday shopping in the canton of Bern 2026

✓ Checked at the source · as of 13 September 2026

Mon 6 Apr

First date

Thun

Sun 20 Dec

Last day

Bern

start on the same day

Sunday, 29 November

Events

2 municipalities

Sunday shopping days in the canton of Bern

Tap a place: every time slot and what to know before you go, on one page.

BernSun 29 Nov – Sun 20 DecOpen page ThunMon 6 Apr – Sun 20 DecOpen page

📅 8 dates 2026 — when and where

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8 events in the calendar

8 dates come from the same source: weu.be.ch, checked on 13 September 2026 — for the rest, the source is on the row.

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⚖️ 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

Second ceiling: a single shop may use only 2 of the designated Sundays. A plain list of dates is therefore a half-truth.

Verfügung des Amts für Wirtschaft vom 8. September 2025, Ziff. 1 und Begründung Ziff. 3: «Der Kanton Bern legt für das Jahr 2026 die vier Sonntage, an denen für die Sonntagsarbeit kein Gesuch notwendig ist, wie folgt fest: … Nach Art. 11 Abs. 2 HGG dürfen die Detailverkaufsgeschäfte und Verkaufsstände jährlich an zwei öffentlichen Feiertagen ihre Geschäfte von 10:00 Uhr bis 18:00 Uhr offenhalten. Sie können somit aus den vier festgelegten Daten zwei Sonntage bestimmen.» (Original German wording — cantonal law is not translated here)

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 ConvivaPlus, 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 ConvivaPlus

Pick a canton and a date — and see what actually applies that day.

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The rule in 12 cantons — read at the legal source

Canton	Counted per	At most	Hours in the law	Authorised by	Legal basis
AG	canton + municipality	3	not set	canton	§ 7 Einführungsgesetz zum Arbeitsrecht AG (SAR 961.200)
BL	canton	4	not set	canton	§§ 7–9 Ruhetagsgesetz BL (SGS 547), Stand 01.12.2019
BS	canton	2	13:00–18:00	canton	§ 4a Abs. 1 RLG BS (SG 811.100) i.V.m. Art. 19 Abs. 6 ArG
BE	canton	4 (2)	10:00–18:00	canton	Art. 19 Abs. 6 ArG i.V.m. Art. 11 Abs. 2 HGG (BSG 935.11)
LU	municipality	2	not set	municipality	§ 9 Abs. 4 Gesetz über die Ruhetage und die Öffnungs- und Schliessungszeiten der Verkaufsgeschäfte LU (SRL 855)
SH	municipality	2	not set	municipality	Art. 11 lit. b Ruhetagsgesetz SH (SHR 900.200), Stand 01.01.2007
SZ	shop	4	not set	canton	§ 5 Abs. 3 Ruhetagsgesetz SZ (SRSZ 545.110), vom 21.11.2001
SO	canton	4	09:00–18:00	canton	§ 7 Abs. 2–4 und § 47 WAG SO (BGS 940.11), § 2 VWAG (BGS 940.12)
SG	shop	4	12:00–17:00	municipality	Art. 12 Abs. 1 lit. b und Abs. 3 RLG SG (sGS 552.1)
TG	shop	4	08:00–20:00	municipality	§ 6 Abs. 3 und 4 Gesetz über die Ladenöffnungszeiten TG (LöG, RB 554.11), vom 27.02.2002
VS	municipality	2	until 18:30	municipality	Art. 6 Abs. 2 und 3 Gesetz betreffend die Ladenöffnung VS (SGS 822.20), Stand 01.12.2018
ZH	municipality	4	not set	municipality	§ 5 Abs. 3 RLG ZH i.V.m. Art. 19 Abs. 6 ArG

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🏘️ 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.

Bern

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.

📊 Season comparison

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🗺️ 4 cantons compared

The canton of Bern carries 8 of the 218 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	date set	First date
Zurich	202	202	25 January 2026
Bern	8	8	6 April 2026
Basel-Stadt	2	2	13 December 2026
Solothurn	2	2	13 December 2026

❓ Common questions about the canton

Short and sourced: every answer is calculated from the 8 checked entries for the canton of Bern, not estimated.

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How we check

Every date comes from the organiser's, the municipality's or the canton's own site — never from an aggregator, never copied over from last year. Next to each source is the date we last read it.

Something missing or changed? A note below is enough; we check it at the source.

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