<P> In the Netherlands, all municipalities have the authority to (in principle) allow shops to open every Sunday . However, in the Christian - dominated Bible Belt area, little use is made of this due to severe pressure from conservative Christians claiming Sunday as a day for worship only . Until 1 July 2013, all communities were only allowed to open shops 12 Sundays a year . The law provided for touristic municipalities (including major cities such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague) to allow shops to open on Sundays year - round . A Sunday on which shops are opened is known as a koopzondag in Dutch, literally "buying Sunday". </P> <P> Currently shopping hours of stores are restricted on 13 public holidays during the year . A bill has been put forward to the Polish parliament by the Solidarność trade union to ban Sunday shopping for larger retail stores all Sundays (apart from 7 Sundays during the year). </P> <P> As a result of a long public debate in 2007, a law was passed banning trade on the public holidays, but not on Sundays . The law entered into force on 26 October 2007, and the first day of the ban was All Saints' Day on 1 November 2007 . </P> <P> The days of restricted shopping are: </P>

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