{"id":14883,"date":"2026-11-07T09:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T08:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liege360.be\/liege-commerces-ouverts-dimanche-8-novembre-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T09:58:39","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T08:58:39","slug":"liege-commerces-ouverts-dimanche-8-novembre-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liege360.be\/en\/liege-commerces-ouverts-dimanche-8-novembre-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"And what if Sunday also became a day for shopping in Li\u00e8ge?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On a Sunday in Li\u00e8ge, we know the music. The regulars of the Batte arrive early. The terraces welcome the first customers. We have a coffee, we meet someone, we walk along the Meuse before quietly returning to the city center. But tomorrow, Sunday, November 8, the promenade could extend a little further than usual.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Photo: Perrine Aguiar \u2014 Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

More than 200 businesses in the city center will participate in an exceptional Sunday opening. The initiative of the Department of Commercial and Tourist Attractiveness could eventually lead to a regular event every first Sunday of the month. For now, nothing is decided: this first day is intended to measure the public\u2019s and the businesses\u2019 interest.<\/p>\n\n\n

On Sundays, another way to experience the city center<\/h2>\n\n\n

The idea is not just to add an opening day to the shops. It involves considering Sunday as a moment when the different aspects of Li\u00e8ge can come together: commerce, catering, heritage, culture and leisure.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Photo: Jean Housen \u2014 Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

A family could start their day in the Batte, have lunch in the city, visit a museum, and then discover some boutiques. A visitor from the outskirts could take the opportunity to explore streets they rarely visit. This is precisely the kind of interaction between activities that the organizers want to encourage.<\/p>\n\n\n

Benefits to accompany the experience<\/h2>\n\n\n

More than 200 participating businesses.<\/strong> Parking on the roadway will be free. Access to the roof of the Administrative City will be free, as will access to the museums open that day: the Grand Curtius, the MULUM and the Gr\u00e9try Museum. The Saint-Paul parking lot will offer a preferential rate of \u20ac2 per hour instead of \u20ac2.40. These measures are announced for the day of November 8.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Photo archive: Henri Snyers fonds, Centre d\u2019Archives et de Documentation de la CRMSF \u2014 CC BY-SA 4.0.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

The date also coincides with the last Sunday of the Li\u00e8ge Fair. This offers several opportunities for outings during the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n

A test, not yet a new habit<\/h2>\n\n\n

Will customers show up? Will retailers find economic interest in it? Could a monthly opening be organized in a sustainable way, with acceptable conditions for professionals and their teams? These questions are as important as the enthusiasm generated by the announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n

Opening on a Sunday involves costs, a specific organization, and, depending on the shops, staffing constraints. The realities of a small independent shop are not those of a large chain store. That is why the organizers plan to assess the attendance, the participation of the shops, and the feedback from the various stakeholders before considering a possible renewal.<\/p>\n\n\n

The city center needs appointments<\/h2>\n\n\n

Downtown shopping is not only about the number of stores that are open. It also depends on accessibility, the urban environment, the diversity of brands, the quality of the welcome, and the pleasure of spending time in the city. A Sunday opening won\u2019t solve all these issues on its own. But it can be an opportunity to try a different way of visiting Li\u00e8ge.<\/p>\n\n\n

Tomorrow, the people of Li\u00e8ge will have the opportunity to form their own opinion. And the merchants will be able to gauge whether this somewhat special Sunday deserves to become a habit.<\/p>\n\n\n

Information and list of participating businesses: Place2Shop \u2014 City of Li\u00e8ge<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than 200 shops in the city center will open exceptionally this Sunday, November 8th. This will be a test day to consider perhaps holding a monthly meeting.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","advanced_seo_description":"Plus de 200 commerces ouvriront \u00e0 Li\u00e8ge le dimanche 8 novembre 2026. Stationnement, mus\u00e9es gratuits et projet d'ouverture mensuelle : les d\u00e9tails.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"Et si le dimanche devenait aussi un jour de shopping \u00e0 Li\u00e8ge ? | Li\u00e8ge 360","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"article","_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[444],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commerce-economie-locale"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcSPnF-3S3","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.liege360.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/marche-batte-liege.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liege360.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liege360.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liege360.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liege360.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liege360.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14883"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.liege360.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14908,"href":"https:\/\/www.liege360.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14883\/revisions\/14908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liege360.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liege360.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liege360.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liege360.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}