BerlinLet this be a warning: Life, as we know it during Lockdown II, will screech to a halt sometime on the afternoon of 24 December and will not resume until Monday, 28 December. Nearly all stores will close for national holidays on 25 and 26 December - and 27 December is, well, a Sunday. This sparks the semi-annual holiday ritual of panic shopping among locals (which seems odd considering their knack for planning) and leads to pure panic among foreigners who have not yet developed the sixth Teutonic sense of when shops are open and closed.
But we've got you covered with a directory of places that will still be open and that offer more than your neighbourhood Späti . You'll still be able to pull together some form of your favourite holiday dish at the last minute, like every other foreigner here, and grab some toiletries.
Remember: Mask up. Keep your distance. And be patient.
Alexanderplatz Station
Rossmann
24 December - 7am to 2pm
25 December - 10am to 6pm
26December - 10am to 6pm
Friedrichstraße station
Edeka
24 December - 6am to 5pm
25 December - 10am to 10pm
26 December - 10am to 10pm
Rossmann
24 December - 6am to 2pm
25 December - 10am to 8pm
26 December - 10am to 8pm
Gesundbrunnen station
Denn's (Organic food)
24 December - 7am to 6pm
25 December - 8am to 8pm
26 December - 8am to 8pm
Hauptbahnhof
Rewe
24 December - 6am to 6pm
25 December - 8am to 10pm
26December - 8am to 10pm
Rossmann
24 December - 8am to 6pm
25 December - 8am to 10pm
26December - 8am to 10pm
Lichtenberg station
Edeka
24 December - 6am to 5pm
25 December - 10am to 10pm
26 December - 10am to 10pm
Rossmann
24 December - 7am to 5pm
25 December - 9am to 9pm
26 December - 9am to 9pm
Ostbahnhof
Rewe
24 December - 6am to 1pm
25 December - 10am to 6pm
26 December - 10am to 6pm
Penny
24 December - 7am to 2pm
25 December - 10am to 6pm
26 December - 10am to 6pm
Rossmann
24 December - 8am to 2pm
25 December - 10am to 6pm
26 December - 10am to 6pm
Südkreuz
Edeka
24 December - 8am to 5pm
25 December - 8am to 10pm
26December - 8am to 10pm
dm
24 December - 8am to 2pm
25 December - 10am to 6pm
26 December - 10am to 6pm
Zoo station
Hit-Ullrich
24 December - 7am to 2pm
25 December - 9am to 10pm
26 December - 9am to 10pm
