You can find a lot of supermarkets in the town of Leeuwarden. In the Dutch supermarkets you can get all your daily needs, from milk till toilet paper and beer. To get strong liquors, you’ll need to go to the special off-license liquor stores. Most of the supermarkets are located in the suburbs, so you’ll always find one close to your place. Most of the supermarkets are opened from 9.00 a.m. till 8.00 p.m. but some of them close early or stay open until 9.00 p.m. On Saturdays they  might have different opening times. On Sundays, all stores are usually closed. The most common supermarkets are: Albert Heijn (AH), Super de Boer, Poiesz and C1000. Since July 2009 a new supermarket called Jumbo opened. Their prices are relatively low and they’re opened every day ’till 9.00 p.m. (also on Saturday). The address is Johannes Kolfplein 1.

Budget supermarkets

Apart from the regular supermarkets, there is also a number of budget supermarkets. In these budget supermarkets you won’t find the regular A-brands, but usually you can get your most essential food and non-food items at a very reasonable price here. These supermarkets usually close earlier than the regular ones; probably at 6 p.m.. There are two main budget supermarket chains: Aldi and Lidl.

You can find these supermarkets at the following addresses:

Aldi

• Schrans 79
• Willem Alexanderplein 24
• Cambuurplein 50
• Bilgaardpassage 41

Lidl

• Snekertrekweg 21
• Cambuurplein 32-34
• Pieter Sipmawei 15