OPEN STORE. For Ascension Thursday, May 18, 2023, many stores, boutiques and shopping centers will be open in Paris, Lille, Lyon or Marseille. Please note that hours may change.
[Mis à jour le 17 mai 2023 à 22h23] Have you planned to take advantage of Thursday, May 2023, 18 to do your shopping or a little shopping? Good news, many shops, boutiques and shopping centers will be open this Ascension Thursday. Despite the fact that this day is a public holiday, many brands are indeed opening their doors in Paris, Lyon, Lille or Marseille. If you haven’t had time to do your food shopping for the week but are worried that your favorite stores will be closed on this holiday, rest assured: many shops and supermarkets remain open. For example, Carrefour or Auchan will be open, as will department stores (Galeries Lafayette, Printemps Hausmann and BHV Marais). You can find a detailed list of stores open in Paris, Lyon, Lille and Marseille by consulting our article below.
Supermarkets such as Monoprix, Carrefour, Auchan are exceptionally open throughout France. Attention, for Leclerc brands, the opening is done on a case-by-case basis depending on the city (find out beforehand on the site of the nearby brand). Visit this page to see the opening hours of your Castorama store. Same thing for Leroy Merlin Or for Jardiland garden centres. In Paris, some department stores and Parisian shopping centers will be in operation. Here is all the information in detail below:
Check if your store is open:
- Auchan : go to the website Auchan.frclick on “Choose a store” at the top right, then select the one closest to you to access the store’s website and its hours.
- Crossroads : go to the store page from Carrefour.fr. Find your nearest Carrefour store and the hours will be displayed.
- Intermarché : from the website intermarche.comsearch for a store using your zip code, and you’ll get their opening hours.
- Leclerc : AT this pagefind your store in the list, click on “Enter this store” and the exceptional opening hours will be indicated!
- Kora : from the home page, click on “Change store” at the very top, select yours and you will get its schedule from the home page of the store in question.
- Giant Casino : find out at this page all stores open with their hours.
- Ikea : To this pagechoose your store by clicking on it, then discover its opening hours.
This May 18, department stores will be mostly open in Paris. This will also be the case for most shopping centers. Here is a first list:
- Forum des Halles open from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
- La Samaritaine will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- The Carrousel du Louvre, regularly open on public holidays, will be on May 18, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- The City Hall BHV will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Le Bon Marché also but from 10 a.m. to 7:45 p.m. maximum.
- Boulevard Haussmann, Galeries Lafayette will open their doors from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Le Printemps on Boulevard Haussmann will be open at the same times.
- The neighboring Citadium will also be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- In the 12th arrondissement, go to Bercy Village from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Finally, the Beaugrenelle shopping center will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Westfield La Part-Dieu : open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Confluence : open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Grand Hotel Dieu : open from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Silk Square Center : open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Here is the list of the main stores open in Lille on Monday April 10:
- Westfield Euralille : open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Spring Lille : open from 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- Ikea Lomme : open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- McArthur Glen Roubaix : open from 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- The Factory, Roubaix: open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Promenade de Flandres and Auchan Roncq shopping mall : open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Carrefour Wasquehal shopping center : open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Prado Center : open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Port Terraces Center : open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Grand Littoral Center : open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Stock Exchange Center : open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.