This Thursday, May 1, 2025, which falls a public holiday, shopping will not be easy! The majority of brands are closing their doors. Are there supermarkets or department stores that remain open?
It is not good to shop on May 1 … Most department stores and supermarkets in France that are the Auchan supermarkets and hypermarkets, Intermarché, Lidl, Leclerc and Cora closes this public holiday. Likewise, administrative buildings are closed, while parks and gardens should remain open.
On the other hand and fortunately, the florists, for whom the Labor day corresponds each year to a very important day for their turnover (around 7 million euros each year), the cinemas (Gaumont Pathé or UGC), the amusement parks (Center Parcs, Disneyland Paris, Futuroscope, Parc Asterix, Puy du Fou) and the fast food brands (McDonald’s, KFC, Quick) are open!
Large surfaces of the Monoprix type, Carrefour, Auchan are generally closed in France. For Carrefour City, Express and Franprix brands, the opening is done on a case -by -case basis depending on the city (inquire before the site of the brand nearby). In Paris, Lille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Nantes or Marseille, the department stores and Parisian shopping centers are not active. Here is all the information in detail below:
Regarding races in large areas, supermarkets are generally closed, but some remain open on a case -by -case basis depending on the region in which you are. Check the possible opening of your store:
Unfortunately, this Thursday, May 1, 2025, the department stores are mainly closed in Paris. This will also be the case for most shopping centers. Overview of these stores that close:
- The Halles Forum : farm
- Galeries Lafayette : farm
- Samaritan : farm
- Louvre carousel : farm
- BHV Marais : farm / BHV man : farm
- The cheap : farm
- Italy 2 center : farm
- Haussmann spring : farm
- Bercy Village : farm
- Beaugrenelle center : farm
The two major Westfield La Part-Dieu and Confluence of the city of Lille is exceptionally closing their doors this Thursday, May 2025.
This Thursday, May 1, 2025, Westfield Euralille, Printemps Lille, McArthur Glen Roubaix, the Roubaix factory, the shopping mall of the Promenade de Flandres or the Carrefour Wasquehal shopping center will be closed.
What are the open or closed stores in Marseille this Thursday, May 1, 2025?
Same story on this holiday on Thursday May 1, 2025 in Marseille, the center of Prado, the Terrasses du Port, the Grand Littoral Center or the Stock Exchange Center close all their doors.
