The Secretary-General of the Hungarian Association of Shopping Centres told the paper that in the case of shopping malls including cinemas, 17 to 26 per cent of retail units remain open on Sundays, while the figure is ten per cent for shopping centres without cinemas.

Most of the units that remain open on the last day of the week are restaurants, followed by service providers and stores for which the law does not apply, such as hairdresser’s, cinemas, pharmacies, shops with a floor area below 200 square metres staffed by the proprietor or a family member).

22 March was the first day the “actual” effect of the law could be observed because most stores are closed anyway on 15 March, Hungary’s national holiday, and on 29 March, many shops opted for the possibility of opening on one Sunday outside of the Advent period.

Source: hungarytoday.hu

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