Many European countries still place strong restrictions on store opening hours on Sundays, an example being Germany's Ladenschlussgesetz.

It is not uncommon for long queues to form early in the morning of 26 December, hours before the opening of shops holding the big sales, especially at big-box consumer electronics retailers.

Ballots are manually counted by the five vocales, after the table has closed, at least eight hours after opening, and the counting witnessed by representatives of all the parties who choose to have observers.

They hear the most simple of criminal cases ( or sit when the Senior Magistrate is not in the Islands ) and they also act as the Licensing Justices who deal with alcohol-related applications, such as extended opening hours, special occasion licences, etc.

Another feature of IKEA stores are their long opening hours.

However, public opening hours tend to be much longer than most other retailers, with stores open well into the evening in many countries.

IKEA Saudi Arabia stores have some of the longest opening hours worldwide being open from 10am to midnight, 7 days a week.

On the fourth floor, he set up an X-shaped trading desk — designed to maximize his contact with traders and salesmen — from which he worked very long hours, invariably starting his day before 5 am Pacific ( 8 am Eastern, prior to the opening of the markets in New York ).

From the mid-19th century the opening hours of licensed premises in the UK were restricted.

They would specify permitted hours, which might require Sunday closing, or conversely permit all-night opening near a market.

Typically they might require opening throughout the permitted hours, and the provision of food or lavatories.

The restrictions were tightened by the Defence of the Realm Act of August 1914, which, along with the introduction of rationing and the censorship of the press for wartime purposes, restricted pubs ' opening hours to 12 noon – 2: 30 pm and 6: 30 pm – 9: 30 pm Opening for the full licensed hours was compulsory, and closing time was equally firmly enforced by the police ; a landlord might lose his licence for infractions.

These restricted opening hours led to the tradition of lock-ins.

That year was also the first to allow continuous opening for 36 hours from 11 am on New Year's Eve to 11 pm on New Year's Day.

In addition, many cities had by-laws to allow some pubs to extend opening hours to midnight or 1 am, whilst nightclubs had long been granted late licences to serve alcohol into the morning.

This allowed pubs in England and Wales to apply to the local authority for the opening hours of their choice.

The origin of the lock-in in Britain was a reaction to changes in the licensing laws in England and Wales in 1915, which curtailed opening hours to stop factory workers from turning up drunk and harming the war effort.

Since the Licensing Act 2003 premises in England and Wales may apply to extend their opening hours beyond 11 pm, allowing round-the-clock drinking and removing much of the need for lock-ins.

The impotence of legislation in this field was demonstrated when the Sale of Beer Act 1854 which restricted Sunday opening hours had to be repealed, following widespread rioting.

Sunday Observance Acts were repealed, pub opening hours were extended, discriminatory regulations — such as the long-standing ban on women entering or drinking in public bars — were removed, and in the 1970s the age of legal majority was lowered from 21 to 18.

The World Showcase usually opens two hours after park opening and remains open later than the Future World section of the park ; however, most major attractions in Future World including Test Track, Soarin ', Mission Space, The Seas with Nemo and Friends, and Spaceship Earth remain open until park close.

* 7 November 2000: Thieves break in to the diamond exhibit during opening hours but are foiled by waiting police.

* City of Saint Paul – Department of Parks and Recreation, a list of city parks, programming, recreation centers, opening hours and other information.

The opening ceremony, and over 60 hours of other coverage during the Games, was broadcast live on BBC television.

The sharpest break with tradition, the past and present of `` White Ring Around a Black Core '', may come with the opening of nearby Montgomery County suburbs to Negro residents and, presumably, the consequent conclusion of some whites that they cannot escape the Negro by fleeing to the suburbs.

Although the uniforms were supposed to debut with the opening of Miller Park, an accident involving one of the cranes damaging the new ballpark, which cost the lives of three workers, delayed the opening of Miller Park one year, so the uniforms spent one year at County Stadium, the old ballpark's last year.

Scenes were filmed near Evans City, Pennsylvania, north of Pittsburgh in rural Butler County ; the opening sequence was shot at the Evans City Cemetery on Franklin Road, south of the borough.

Next to this pitch there is also the ground of Stirling County Cricket Club, whose pavilion captured an architectural award in June 2009, three years after its opening.

The Preservation Society of Newport County began opening Newport's historic mansions to the public, and the tourist industry became Newport's primary commercial enterprise over the subsequent years.

Location shooting for the opening jungle scene took place at Lake Baldwin of the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden in Arcadia, California.

The small resort area of Virginia Beach grew in Princess Anne County, beginning in the late 19th century, particularly after the 1888 arrival of rail service and electricity and the opening of the original Princess Anne Hotel at the oceanfront near the tiny community of Seatack.

Planting the first vines in 2001, the founders started molding reality from their dream of opening a winery in New Kent County, Virginia.

Another very significant factor has been the opening in of the North Loop 1 toll road and Texas State Highway 45 toll road which have made a major difference regarding the accessibility of Williamson County to and from Austin.

Ward County benefitted from the opening of the Hendrick oilfield Winkler County in 1926.

Prior to the land opening, Pawnee County was organized as County Q, and the future town of Pawnee, Townsite Number 13, was designated the county seat.

Around 1880, not only were railways serving the area, but this was the point where the tram systems coming north from the city, met the Hackney tram system, and so it became a busy interchange, with a depot opening in 1873 .< ref >< cite >' Hackney: Communications ', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 10: Hackney ( 1995 ), pp. 4-10 Date accessed: 1 November 2006 .</ ref > Electrification commenced in 1902 and by 1924 a service was commenced between Stamford Hill and Camden Town along Amhurst Park.

Around the time of MSP's opening in 1901, Sunflower County residents objected to having executions performed at MSP because they feared that Sunflower County would be stigmatized as a " death county.

By the Treaty of Washington ( 1836 ), Native Americans ceded parts of Michigan, including future Muskegon County, opening the area to greater settlement.

In 2007, the East Kentucky Miners came to Pike County after the opening of the Eastern Kentucky Exposition Center.

Knott County tourism has expanded in recent years, with the opening of an ATV Training Center dedicated to the safety of ATV usage amongst riders and the Knott County Sportsplex, a sports complex dedicated to bringing athletic opportunities to people of all ages, through indoor basketball courts, outside baseball fields, a soccer field, and a fitness center.

Pulaski County is also home to Willow Springs Water Park, which is one of the oldest waterparks in the nation, opening in 1928.

The Texas and St. Louis Railway Company completed track through Weiner and the St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railway ran through the center of the county in 1882, with the Kansas City, Ft. Scott, and Gulf Railroad opening service in east Poinsett County the following year.

The rapid development of housing units since its opening in 1962 led to a major population boom, eventually surpassing Daytona Beach as the largest city in Volusia County by the 2000 United States Census.

The town, along with a reference to the Oconee river and Laurens County, is mentioned in the opening paragraph of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake: " nor had topsawyer's rocks by the stream Oconee exaggerated themselves to Laurens County's gorgios while they went doublin their mumper all the time.