Shops are open on the last Sunday of the year from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on December 27. Some department stores plan to stay open until 8 p.m.

From Monday, December 28, through to Wednesday, December 30, shops will open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. for extended seasonal shopping, whereas on Thursday, December 31, shops will close at 6 p.m.

On Friday, January 1, 2016, and on Saturday, January 2, there will be no shops open.

The same applies for Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest city, with the exception that shops will be open from Dec. 28-Dec. 30 from 10 a.m. onwards and will operate on New Year’s Eve from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.