Croatia
Calendar 2026—2027 & Employee Rights
16 trading Sundays per year. Partial ban in effect since 2022.
Trading Sundays in EuropeTrading Sundays Calendar
All Trading Sundays 2026
| Date | Month | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 4 January | January | Post-Holiday Sunday |
| 1 March | March | Spring Sunday |
| 29 March | March | Sunday before Easter |
| 3 May | May | Spring Sunday |
| 31 May | May | Summer Season Start |
| 21 June | June | Summer Sunday |
| 5 July | July | Summer Sunday |
| 19 July | July | Summer Sunday |
| 2 August | August | Summer Sunday |
| 16 August | August | Summer Sunday |
| 6 September | September | Autumn Sunday |
| 4 October | October | Autumn Sunday |
| 1 November | November | Pre-Christmas Sunday |
| 6 December | December | Christmas Shopping Sunday |
| 13 December | December | Christmas Shopping Sunday |
| 20 December | December | Christmas Shopping Sunday |
Which Stores Are Open on Regular Sundays?
Some types of stores can operate even on regular Sundays.
Pharmacies
Tourist Areas
Dubrovnik, Split, Hvar, Plitvice, Zagreb Center
Bakeries
Newsstands
Tisak
Flower Shops
Zakon o trgovini - Trade Act
Effective: 2022-01-01
16 trading Sundays per year, shops choose which ones