Food shopping in Luxembourg, the basics

When shops can open

A new law changed this on 19 June 2026, so older guides you find online are out of date. Shops may now open:

• Monday to Friday: 5:00 to 21:00
• Saturday, Sunday and public holidays, and the day before a public holiday: 5:00 to 19:00
• 22 June, 24 December and 31 December: 5:00 to 18:00

That’s the maximum. Each shop picks its own hours inside it, and many close well before 21:00. Shops covered by a collective agreement can go beyond these hours, and food shops are one of the sectors allowed to open around the clock that way. That’s why some small Auchan and Delhaize shops near petrol stations stay open until 22:00 or 23:00, even on Sunday. Shops in stations and at the airport, and petrol station shops on the main roads, follow their own rules.

Sunday: many supermarkets open, but not all. The big Auchan hypermarkets and E.Leclerc in Bertrange are closed on Sundays. Look at your shop’s page before you go.

The three days almost everything is shut

By law, shops close on 1 January, 1 May and 25 December, unless a collective agreement says otherwise. Bakers, butchers, pâtisseries, caterers and tearooms may still open from 5:00 to 19:00 on those days.

Other public holidays are up to each shop, and they don’t all choose the same. This year on 1 November (All Saints’ Day), for example, Auchan’s shops and Drives are closed, while E.Leclerc Foetz opens from 8:30 to 13:00. Check the day before.

Bring a bag

Shops can’t give you a bag for free, whatever it’s made of. That has been the rule since 1 January 2025, and the price of the bag has to be shown separately. Only the very thin plastic bags for loose fruit, vegetables or meat are exempt.

Bottles and deposits

There’s no deposit on plastic bottles or cans in Luxembourg yet. A 2022 law says a national deposit system will come, but the date has to be set by regulation, and in April 2026 the environment minister said Luxembourg is still looking at its collection rates. Until then, plastic bottles, cans and drink cartons go in the blue Valorlux bag, which your commune collects every two weeks. In Luxembourg City you can pick up the bags free at distribution points.

Deposits on glass bottles and drink crates have been around for a long time. Ask at your shop where to bring them back, as it varies by chain.

Markets

• Stater Maart, Place Guillaume II, Luxembourg City: Wednesday and Saturday, 7:30 to 14:00. Regional and organic produce, flowers, fish, meat, bread and cheese.
• Garer Maart, Place de Paris, Luxembourg City: Thursday, 7:30 to 14:00.
• Dudelange, Place de l’Hôtel de Ville: Thursday, 8:00 to 12:30, with a bigger market on the first Thursday of the month.

Most towns have a weekly market. Your commune’s website will have the day.

Shopping across the border

If you live near the border, or work on the other side, you’ll probably shop there too. A few things to know:

• Alcohol and tobacco: between EU countries you can carry what you buy for your own use, with the tax already paid. If you carry more than the EU guide amounts (for example 90 litres of wine, 110 litres of beer, 10 litres of spirits or 800 cigarettes), customs may ask you to prove it’s for you and not for resale. Each country can set higher guide amounts.
• Public transport is free only inside Luxembourg. Free travel ends at the border, so on a bus or train that goes on to France, Belgium or Germany you need a cross-border ticket. (A few 2nd-class train trips to Athus, Audun-le-Tiche and Volmerange-les-Mines are free too.)