Welcome to Venlo, how nice to have you here! In general, the shops in Venlo are open seven days a week.

The Venlo retailers determine their own opening hours. That is why we recommend that you view the stores' websites. This way you can be sure that they are open!

Seven days of shopping in Venlo

Although shop keepers keep their own opening hours most shops in Venlo are open seven days a week. So even on a Sunday or Thursday evening you can shop to your heart’s delight!

Make sure your favourite shops are open by checking out their websites.

Busy in Venlo

In general, Saturday is the busiest day in the city center of Venlo. Many people also plan a fun day out to Venlo around the traditional holidays.

Due to its location on the German border, Venlo is a popular city for our eastern neighbors. Around the German holidays they make the most of it and enjoy a long weekend. A visit to the city center of Venlo is a regular occurrence for many of them.

These are Labor Day (May 1), Corpus Christi (May 30), German Unity Day (October 3) and All Saints' Day (November 1).

Busy hours in Venlo

Generally speaking, on Saturday the city is vibrant with people shopping, people enjoying their weekend on one of the many terraces or on a stroll. Venlo is very popular with our German neighbours as well, especially on German holidays there’s usually a lot of people celebrating their day off with a shopping spree.

These are days we’re expecting big crowds visiting our city centre:

3 October: Tag der Deutschen Einheit

1 November: Allsaints

Get started well in advance

Best come prepared!