Buy a new winter coat on Sunday

(CS) Shops are open on Sunday across the country, with many hosting special sales to mark the traditional “Mantelsonndeg”, or coat Sunday.

Every year, the traditions sees shops in Luxembourg open the Sunday before All Saints Day on November 1, giving locals the chance to buy a new coat before the start of winter.

Legend has it, that this was to allow the rural population working in the countryside the chance to shop for a new warm coat before All Saints Day, when people traditionally visit the graves of their loved ones.

Shops on Sunday will be open from 2pm to 6pm with the shopping centres Auchan, Belle Etoile, Belval Plaza, City Concorde, Topaze, the Shopping Arena Strassen, the Walfer Shopping Center and the Pall Center in Oberpallen taking part.

Shops are also open in Luxembourg City, Esch/Alzette and Grevenmacher.