Ideon Business park at the horizon

Lund opening hours

When I arrived in Lund and Mats and I stood in front of railway station looking across the street, Mats pointed out the location of two very important stores: a supermarket and the liquor store. He also mentioned the opening hours, which I at that time did not bother to remember. One was easy anyway. Every day from ten to nine. The other, I still don't know by heart, but I think it closes at two on Saturdays. I should however have paid more attention to the fact that Mats bothered to tell me the opening hours. Being a local he knew exactly why he mentioned them. It was only three days later, that I found out about it.
I woke up early so that I could visit a shop, or bank or whatever before going to work. That was a mistake. The fact that the supermarket opens at nine holds no guarantee whatsoever concerning other shops' opening hours. It is not even a vague indication. In the course of the following days, it seemed that every indvidual shop has its own private opening hours. Never assume anything when it comes to opening hours in Lund.
Here is the evidence. I walked up and down two streets in the centre on a coldish Sunday afternoon and just noted down the following in order of appearance (some shops had no opening hours. I left them out):

Lindex
måndag - fredag: 10.00 - 18.00
lördag: 10.00 - 15.00

Scandinavian Sportsmen
mån - fre 10.00 - 19.00
lör : 10:00 - 16.00

Klippet:
vardag: 9.00 - 18.00
lör: 10.00 - 16.00

C.H. Anderson
mån - fre: 11.00 - 18.00
lunchstäng: 13.00 - 13.30
lör: 11.00 - 16.00 (I assume, no lunch break on Saturdays, but I would not count on it)

AirCal
mån - fre: 9.30 - 18.00
lunchstäng: 11.30 - 12.30
lör - söndag: stängt

Chocolaterie
mån - tisdag stängt
onsdag - fre: 12.00 - 18.00
lör: 11.00 - 16.00

Scholl
mån - fre: 10.00 - 18.00
lör: 10.00 - 13.00

Hercules klippet
mån - fre: 9.00 - 18.00
torsdag: 9.00 - 19.00
lör: 9.00 - 14.00

Grahns
mån - fre: 9.00 - 19.00
lör: 10.00 - 16.00

Halbergs guld
mån - fre: 10.00 - 18.00
lör: 10.00 - 14.00

Synsam optics
mån - fre: 9.00 - 18.00
lör: 10.00 - 15.00

Fransa
mån - fre: 11.00 - 18.00
lör: 11.00 - 16.00

Zapatos
mån - fre: 10.00 - 18.00
lör: 10.00 - 16.00

a make up store
v: 10.00 - 18.00
l: 10.00 - 15.00
YES WE HAVE A MATCH WITH ONE SHOP ABOVE

Kneip & Schonebogm
vardag: 14.00 - 18.00
lör: 10.00 - 13.00

Shop Igen
mån - fre: 14.00 - 17.45
lör: 11.00 - 14.00

Ylva interior
mån - fre 10.00 - 18.00
lör: 10.00 - 14.00
SECOND MATCH

M confetti
mån - fre 10.00 - 18.00
lör: 10.00 - 14.00
THIRD OCCURRANCE - it seems we have a winner

Godiva dan
mån - fre: 11.00 - 19.00
lör: 10.00 - 16.00
långlördag 10.00 - 17.00

(Every first Saturday of the month is a långlördag in Lund, accoriding to www.thelundian.com. I do not know who they are, but they also claim that shopping hours are "Open 10 am- 6 p.m. on weekdays and 10 am-1 or 2 p.m. on Saturdays")

Färs & Fresta
mån - fre 10.00 - 15.00
torsdag: 10.00 - 18.00

l:a Fiskaregatans Trä
mån - fre: 10.00 - 19.00
lör: 10.00 - 18.00

Villag and The Body Shop (I do not remember whether these shops are next to each other, but it would be remarkable if they are)
mån - fre: 10.00 - 18.00
lör: 10.00 - 16.00
Seen this one before

Pro Forma
mån - fre: 9.30 - 18.00
lör: 10.00 - 14.00

Game
mån - fre: 10.00 - 19.00
lör: 10.00 - 16.00

Kriss
mån - fre: 10.00 - 18.00
lör: 10.00 - 14.00

Ahlgren konfektyr
mån - fre: 10.00 - 19.00
lör: 10.00 - 16.00

This shop was open when I passed it. The shopkeeper was working close to the door and was clearly interested in what I was doing with my little blocknote. I told him about my little project and he acknowledged that the opening hours were an issue in local politics. He and some other shopkeepers wanted increased opening hours : during weekdays all shoppps should be open until 19.00 and they should also all be open on Sundays. Otherwise they would loose to much customers on places like Nova Lund.

The list continues, but I've done enough to prove my point. I'll grant the shops this much: there seems to be a pattern emerging. You can more or less safely assume that shops are open between 10.00 and 18.00 on workdays and between 10.00 and 14.00 on Saturdays. This means that they are open while I am at work and when I try to catch up on my sleep on Saturdays.

Still there are some funny opening hours, or shops that you should know about:

7eleven, in spite of its name, on Sundays is open from nine till eleven.

System Bolaget (the liquor store on Mårtenstorget)
mån - ons: 10.00 - 18.00
tors - fre: 10.00 - 19.00
lör: 10.00 - 15.00
System Bolaget is the only place where one can buy liquor that exceeds the 3% alcohol limit.

Do not go to the Phonehouse on Tuesdays at 10.00:
mån : 10.00 - 18.30
tis: 10.15 - 18.30
ons - fre: 10.00 - 18.30
lör: 11.00 - 16.00

Apple Support Centre (mentioned here for obvious reasons)
mån - fre: 10.00 - 18.00
lör: 10.00 - 15.00

Pocket
mån - fre: 10.00 - 18.30
lör: 10.00 - 16.00
Pocket is a book store for pocket books, manga and books about Jazz music which was also played when I was there.