Discount Retailers

Lidl: Closed December 24-26. Last chance: open until 10 p.m. on December 23.
Aldi: December 24 open 7 a.m.-noon; closed 25-26. December 31 until 4 p.m.; closed January 1.
Penny: Closed December 24-26; extended to 10 p.m. on 22-23.
SPAR: Most open until noon December 24, afternoon December 31. Select 24-hour SPARs stay open throughout.

INTERSPAR: Open until 10 p.m. December 19-23.

Hypermarkets

Tesco/Auchan: Open until noon December 24; closed 25-26 and January 1. Auchan open until 4 p.m. December 31.

Non-Food and Drugstores

Rossmann: Closed December 24-26; extended hours December 23.
Libri bookshops: Closed December 24.

Shopping Centres (Allee, Árkád, MOM Park, Corvin Plaza, Pólus Centre)

Open 10 a.m.-2 p.m. December 24 and 31 (MOM Park to 4 p.m. December 31).
Closed December 25-26 and January 1. Some units may close earlier.

Public Services

• Post offices: Closed December 25-26 and January 1. Saturday schedule (close noon) on 24 and 31.

• Pharmacies: On-call duty/24-hour only on major holidays.
   

Exceptions

• Budapest municipal markets (Great Market Hall, Bosnyák Square): Open December 24 and 31, often extended pre-Christmas.

• 24-hour petrol stations: Open throughout.

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