1st-May in Lyon. Shopping centers, TCL, museums, bakeries: closed or open?

It’s the labor day Thursday May 1, 2025day under the sign of international Workers’ law. Each year, the question arises: what are the open services and businesses? Shopping centers? Bakeries and pharmacies? Do public transport work? We take stock of what is open and closed this Thursday, a holiday, in the Metropolis of Lyon.

Shopping centers

The main shopping centers of the metropolis are closed this Thursday, May 1. The shops of Westfield Part-Dieu, Silk Carré, Confluence do not welcome customers. But the UGC and Pathé cinemas of these centers and certain restaurants are well opened despite the holiday. The sports halls are closed.

The village of Marques The Village in Villefontaine, near Lyon, is also closed this Thursday, May 1.

Conversely, all these shopping centers will be Exceptionally open on Thursday, May 8also a holiday.

The bus, metros, tramways and funicular TCL network

This is the only day of the year: the TCL network is off this Thursday. No bus, tram or metros are coming out of the deposits. Residents of the metropolis will have to use the bike, their feet or the car to move this Thursday.

On the other hand, the SNCF trains circulate well This Thursday for the Pont du 1er-Mai.

Closed bakeries (and it is debated)

Some craftsmen would like to work and claim to be able to work on May 1 as for other holidays or Sundays: the Rhône bakers will not be able to open this Thursday.

Even if some will resist and light their bread ovens, which the union of craftsmen of the Rhône, which prefers to avoid the risk of sanctions, advises against.

Pharmacies on duty only

The 1st-May, pharmacies are well closed and only duty pharmacies can open shop. To find a duty pharmacy at night, on Sundays and holidays, contact the national number 32 37 (0.35 €/minute) or consult it www.3237.fr.

Museums, swimming pools, cinema, leisure … which is open and closed

Several museums, including the most visited in Lyon (Museum of Confluences), are well closed this Thursday but the big cinemas will work normally.

The Miniatures and Cinema Museum in Old Lyon is well open this Thursday.

Several leisure sites are open, including MiniWorld, the Walibi Rhône-Alpes amusement park, the Safari de Peaugres, the Lyon aquarium, the Bird Park, the Parc Pivéier de Courzieu, the Croisières dinners on the Rhône, the Saint-Martin-La-Plaine zoo.

The Golden Tête park and its free entrance zoo are also open. The swimming pools are closed, despite a heat peak that will come close to 28 ° C this Thursday.

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