Hi
IKEA stores are allowed to open on four Sundays per year. Note that this is not just for browsing, but also for buying. They call it a "verkaufsoffener Sonntag" and you can shop till the queues do your head in.
The next Sunday opening is at IKEA Eching, Sunday May 29th, 2005, from noon to 5pm.
IKEA Eching is not open to shoppers this Sunday. Only Brunnthal - the one in the South, not the one near the airport.
Katrina
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IKEA Sunday openings - Eching and Brunnthal stores
Four Sundays per year, next one: 26.Oct.2008
If anyone is planning to go without car... make sure to check the Ikea bus is running from the S-Bahn. It normally doesn't operate on Sundays.
Oh cool! Not because I wanna shop at Ikea, necessarily. But could this be the start of a trend?
Will lots of other stores soon be following suit and also opening on Sundays? Will Munich finally catch up with the times? If so, it'd be very good news indeed.
Will lots of other stores soon be following suit and also opening on Sundays? Will Munich finally catch up with the times? If so, it'd be very good news indeed.
Is this a one off? How have they managed that? Could come in useful when I move next month. Thanks
According to the following post (originally about Walmart), companies can open four sundays per year. So I guess it's a one-off.
I was there today coincidentally. They have some Sunday bargains - bedstuff for 1 Euro etc.
You don't know how excited this news has made me!
This is great news. In this wonderful weather, I can't think of anything I would rather be doing than aimlessly pushing a trolley around a bland superstore! They should do this every Sunday, then I wouldn't have to waste my weekends spending time with friends, playing sports, going for a walk, visiting museums or any other equally unpleasant cultural activity which most people in Britain sensibly avoid.
Conform, Consume, Obey!
(Anyone recognise the quote?)
(Anyone recognise the quote?)
To clarify, Ikea Brunnthal is open. I have been there everyday this week getting bits and pieces and have to go back again tomorrow They are advertising special bargains on Sunday, plus some kind of market with Bavarian specialities.
They are advertising special bargains on Sunday, plus some kind of market with Bavarian specialities.
Ikea have done this a few times since I moved here, and I really don't get it. Does this really increase their future sales?
it definitely increases their sunday sales...
Do you know if they've started selling those promised goodies at discounted price? like the NILSBY sofabed?
Hmmm.. I just have checked MVV. As told previously in this forum, bus service is not available on sundays.. So what to do?? Does anyone knows any idea how to reach there without a car??
Jelda
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Jelda
Crosslink by admin: Directions to Ikea Munich
Jelda,
According to the MVV website you can:
Go on the S6 to Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn (direction Kreuzstrasse)...about 30 minutes
Get the 216 bus from Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn to Hofolding...about 10 minutes
Then apparently it's about a 2 minute walk to Ikea.
I had a look at the PDF network map on the site as well and this looks about right.
According to the MVV website you can:
Go on the S6 to Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn (direction Kreuzstrasse)...about 30 minutes
Get the 216 bus from Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn to Hofolding...about 10 minutes
Then apparently it's about a 2 minute walk to Ikea.
I had a look at the PDF network map on the site as well and this looks about right.
Thankyou Keydeck, but still I see no bus service on Sundays.
Yeah, stupid bus only runs Monday to Friday.
I'm out.
Having said that, MVV also reckons that Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn to Brunnthaler Str is about 0.8km so it's not exactly a long walk.
I'm out.
Having said that, MVV also reckons that Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn to Brunnthaler Str is about 0.8km so it's not exactly a long walk.
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it's not exactly a long walk.
It is if you're carrying a wardrobe/bed/sofa/other random large item of furniture.
True enough, but then in that scenario a bus and the s-bahn wouldn't have been much use either.
I went
I saw
I bought
And then I left it at the till and had to go back.but thats another story.
I believe one of the arguements that the bavarian goverment has against Sunday openings is that no-one would go. MMh, maybe someone should tell the thousands people that went.
Oh it felt good to shop on a sunday.
WAKE UP BAYERN YOU WONT GO TO HELL IF YOU SHOP ON SUNDAY.
and it might just help your economy.
I saw
I bought
And then I left it at the till and had to go back.but thats another story.
I believe one of the arguements that the bavarian goverment has against Sunday openings is that no-one would go. MMh, maybe someone should tell the thousands people that went.
Oh it felt good to shop on a sunday.
WAKE UP BAYERN YOU WONT GO TO HELL IF YOU SHOP ON SUNDAY.
and it might just help your economy.
v difficult to get to on a sunday if you don't have a car, mind
It's definitely a bit of a walk to/from the Eching S-bahn stop, but I've definitely seen people pushing those huge pallet shopping carts/trolleys all the way there.
Brunnthal AND Eching!
Ikea Eching is open on Sun 29th Oct.
IKEA Brunnthal is also open on Sun 29th Oct (12pm-5pm). Their shuttle bus will be running as of 11am from SBahn Taufkirchen.
Ikea will be open this Sunday from 12 to 5pm. From text below from website it looks as though the shuttle bus will be running from the Sbahn as well, although not sure what timetable is.
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SONNTAGS ZU IKEA
KAUF AM SONNTAG!
So fängt das neue Jahr ja gut an! Mit vielen tollen neuen Angeboten am verkaufsoffenen Sonntag bei IKEA München-Brunnthal am 7. Januar 2007 von 12 bis 17 Uhr, ab 11.30 Uhr öffnet unser Restaurant.
Der Wintermarkt vor dem Haus lädt zum Schmökern, Schauen und Probieren ein, außerdem verzaubert die Königlich-Bayrische Nostalgie-Eisenbahn Klein und Groß. Der IKEA Shuttle-Service bringt dich und deine Familie von der S-Bahn Taufkirchen zum Einrichtungshaus und zurück.
Schau vorbei und lass es dir winterlich gut gehen bei deinem IKEA München-Brunnthal!
KAUF AM SONNTAG!
So fängt das neue Jahr ja gut an! Mit vielen tollen neuen Angeboten am verkaufsoffenen Sonntag bei IKEA München-Brunnthal am 7. Januar 2007 von 12 bis 17 Uhr, ab 11.30 Uhr öffnet unser Restaurant.
Der Wintermarkt vor dem Haus lädt zum Schmökern, Schauen und Probieren ein, außerdem verzaubert die Königlich-Bayrische Nostalgie-Eisenbahn Klein und Groß. Der IKEA Shuttle-Service bringt dich und deine Familie von der S-Bahn Taufkirchen zum Einrichtungshaus und zurück.
Schau vorbei und lass es dir winterlich gut gehen bei deinem IKEA München-Brunnthal!
These Kauf am Sonntag days are complete insanity. Never seen anything like it. Totally bonkers.
EDIT: The idea itself is not bad, but because they offer really great sales, people queue up for hours beforehand, and then its a mad dash inside to grab the goodies, with people getting nearly trampled in the process. That's what I hate.
EDIT: The idea itself is not bad, but because they offer really great sales, people queue up for hours beforehand, and then its a mad dash inside to grab the goodies, with people getting nearly trampled in the process. That's what I hate.
I think it's not such a crazy idea.. what else is one supposed to do on a Sunday?
IKEA Eching has Sunday opening on April 1st from 12noon until 5pm, restaurant open from 11:30am:
Brunnthal not participating.
IKEA-FAKT(UM):
Guardian article
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Jetzt schon vormerken:
Am Sonntag, den 1. April haben wir von 12.00 bis 17.00 Uhr für dich geöffnet. Ab 11.30 Uhr hat unser Restaurant bereits etwas Leckeres für dich vorbereitet. Schau vorbei - tolle Angebote erwarten dich!
Am Sonntag, den 1. April haben wir von 12.00 bis 17.00 Uhr für dich geöffnet. Ab 11.30 Uhr hat unser Restaurant bereits etwas Leckeres für dich vorbereitet. Schau vorbei - tolle Angebote erwarten dich!
Brunnthal not participating.
IKEA-FAKT(UM):
Guardian article
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By 1996 - the year the first episode of Changing Rooms was broadcast, and therefore, one might argue, a landmark in the commodification of interior design - it (IKEA) had seven UK outlets. Today, there are 12; 20 more are planned. Oh, and Ikea owns Habitat.
But the new IKEA stores in Britain will mostly be smaller city-centre stores because they ran out places where they could get planning permission for their big blue sheds. They've actually had to employ an ar-chi-tect for the first time in their history.
And, not only is IKEA going to be open on that Sunday, April 1, but all the surrounding stores too -OBI, Chalet (furniture), Domäne, Roller, etc.
Has anyone been in Chalet?
Yeah, I've been there, has some good quality stuff, very solid, but wih a price tag to match
Oh my gosh, I found Chalet hideous! Sort of 80s, peach-colored, fluffy sutff.
QUOTE (Wizadora @ Mar 26 2007, 2:11 pm) 
Yeah, I've been there, has some good quality stuff, very solid, but wih a price tag to match
Agreed - some of the stuff is quite nice.
Although at the one in Eching a lot of the furniture had quite an orange tinge. Hard to get it to match with other furniture.
When will Munich get a Habitat? Hamburg's got two, and even Stuttgart's got one. So unfair
Did you read the bit about who owns Habitat though, dearest Lassie? *cough*
yes, why? Habitat's good for decent solid bibs and bobs for the house. Like mirrors, and wine racks.
tbh I tend to stick with Bo Concept for my cool scando living furniture - shame it's not beer-proof though
tbh I tend to stick with Bo Concept for my cool scando living furniture - shame it's not beer-proof though
Because you have been swearing blind on various things that IKEA does not own Habitat and they do, like I said so.
Bo Concept? You're so very metrosexual.
Bo Concept? You're so very metrosexual.
I liked the Chalet furniture a lot - it's Mediterranean style. Way out of my price league though.
Möbel Chalet website.
Möbel Chalet website.
QUOTE (Katrina @ Mar 26 2007, 2:27 pm)
Because you have been swearing blind on various things that IKEA does not own Habitat and they do, like I said so.
Bo Concept? You're so very metrosexual.
Bo Concept? You're so very metrosexual.
having just reviewed Habitat Group UK Ltd latest financial statements, their ultimate holding company is ICAF Antillen NV - a company registered in the Dutch Antilles. (source: Habitat filed statutory accounts)
The ultimate parent of IKEA is INGKA Holding BV, registered in the Netherlands. (source: IKEA corporate website)
Now, if Habitat was owned by IKEA they would have the same ultimate parent company. It seems that they might have the same shareholder - the Stichting INGKA Foundation - but this is different to Habitat being owned by IKEA.
I'm right.
Ooooooooohhhhhhhh...
April Fool's Day.
Katrina, you are naughty!
April Fool's Day.
Katrina, you are naughty!
I just heard from my friend (who works there) that both Ikea's in Munich will be open this Sunday from 9am until 3pm
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Topics merged by admin
Hen hen hen, I hope no one went and found that the shop was shut, its was an April fool
How funny. You probably wasted folks money and time!
Fortunately, I checked out the website before going but for future reference shouldn't the April fool joke be made on the first of April, rather than the day before?
Yup, on 1st April until midday only (in the UK, anyway). Looks like the joke's on Astro Rabbit.
hen hen hen, the joke is not on me if you actually went there
You still dont seem to grasp Starbuck that if someone were to travel across Munich by s-bahn and bus etc to find that Ikea was in fact shut, that it would be less than funny?
It wasn't a clever joke or ruse, you claimed to have been told by someone who worked there that it was open, that was just a lie ( To quote Elvis ).
It wasn't a clever joke or ruse, you claimed to have been told by someone who worked there that it was open, that was just a lie ( To quote Elvis ).
I know I'd be super pissed...
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