Merry Christmas from Bayer 04
Bayer 04 and the Werkself wish all fans, friends, partners and sponsors a peaceful and relaxing festive break as well as a good start to the New Year in 2023.
The Bayer 04 service centre is open from 27 to 30 December from nine in the morning until seven in the evening and on New Year's Eve from 9 o'clock to 2 o'clock in the afternoon. As usual, you can reach us by telephone via the official service number 0049 (0)214 5000 1904 or email on info@bayer04.de.
Fan shop opening hours
The Leverkusen city fan shop has the usual opening hours (10.00 to 19.04 CET). The fan shop in the city, along with other retail businesses in the pedestrian zone, will be open from 10.00 to 14.00 CET. The city fan shop will be closed on 25 and 26 December, on New Year's Day and Monday 2 January 2023 (for stock-taking).
The fan shop at the BayArena will be closed up to and including 1 January 2023 as well as 2 January for stock-taking. The fan shop at the BayArena will open again as usual (Monday to Friday from 10.00 to 17.00 CET) from Tuesday 3 January 2023.
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