Are ice cream stalls/kiosks open in your country the whole year or only during summer?

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1. They start at some point in spring and run into early autumn

2. It depends. Most close for winter but there’s enough that stay open year round. Usually those are the shops that are in very busy locations like shopping centers or that sell other things besides just ice cream. But getting ice cream on the street isn’t super common here. Most is sold in physical shops.

3. We have some that are opened all year around but very few of them. The majority of them are only open between Abril/May until September

4. Depends on the location. In more touristy areas they can close in off-season, but some in bigger cities stay open all year round and offer warm drinks too.

   My favourite one in Germany was seasonal and the owners would go back to Italy for the winter. Which was lucky really, because I fancied the woman who ran the place and would be the size of an aircraft carrier if I wanted to speak to her 365 days a year. 😀

   Their Amarenabecher was outstanding.

5. Only during the summer half of the year

   Even grocery stores remove most of their ice-cream boxes during the cold half. They’ll often just keep one in a hidden corner.

   You might still find one in a mall though.

6. Depends. Some stay open year round, some sell different stuff in the winter, some close.

7. Some do, some don’t. Some switch to other desserts in the winter months.

8. >I’ve read that in Russia for example, you can get ice cream in the street even on the coldest day of January.

   Lol, no, you don’t see people selling ice cream on the street in January, at least where I live. However you definitely can find ice cream in both big and small general purpose stores during winter, the variety of it can be lower than in summer though.

9. Most ice cream is sold through convenience stores/kiosks/gas stations and grocery stores. Some keep their ice cream freezers all year (but with less choices), some does not.

   Those that only sells ice cream are closed in the fall, winter and early spring.

   The “ice cream car” (isbilen) are driving around all year selling ice cream in bulk.

10. You’re a f*cking lunatic if you want an ice cream during Finnish winter. So no.

    Edit: ofc you can get some at grocery stores.

11. We don’t really have stalls/kiosks, (at least where I live) but the ice cream shops and vans are open year round.

    Makes sense, it’s not like we really get a summer anyway, more just perpetual autumn.

12. Usually kiosks sell more than just ice-cream, so they tend to be open all year long. Even ice-cream shops tend to be open in my experience.

13. some stay open year-round but most either just close down in the colder months or sell churros or chestnuts instead of ice cream

14. In bigger cities most stay open all year, in some smaller places which basically become ghost towns after summer, they’re only seasonal. Not only because of lack of customers but also because they don’t have proper isolation so once the temperatures get below 0, pipes/equipment would just freeze.

15. Yeah same in Slovakia, if they sell ice cream only.

    It’s usually those small stalls/kiosks known as Balkánska zmrzlina(Balkan ice cream).

16. ice cream cafes (“gelaterias”) are open year-round but are usually empty inside. street vendors only in summer

17. Mostly during summer, in winter they mostly sell crepe/waffles (but often in summer too).

18. Russia is a huge nation, stretching from as far West as the Russian and Finnish border, all the way to almost bordering the USA state of Alaska, in fact, the Easternmost point of Russia, is so far East of the Russian and Finnish border, that it’s actually West, because that portion of Russia, is in the Western Hemisphere. Most of Russia is located in Asia, and I have heard that in most Russian towns, the ice cream stalls and kiosks and shops, are open all year.

19. We do not have ice cream vendors on the street, but they are shops, which are open all year round. Also, on many «qwickymart» style store they sell ice creams, also all year round, just less variety on winter time than on summer time.

20. Street vendor usually work Mid-April to Mid-September. The last few years they probably are still working in October.

    Stores and Parlors are usually open all year round.

21. It kind of depends.. there is this shop that has its own brand café next to it and it serves ice cream all year round.

    It’s really good and the ice cram is sooo creamy. It’s the best.

    I think the English translation is “soft serve”?