Domestic cooling appliance having at least one light source and a receiving means for a shelf

A domestic cooling appliance, comprising:

• an internal container having walls with inner surfaces, said walls delimiting an interior space for receiving food and said walls including lateral vertical walls;
• receiving devices disposed on said inner surfaces of at least said lateral vertical walls;
• at least one shelf configured to be mounted on said receiving devices, said at least one shelf having at least one first insertion position and a second insertion position;
• and
• at least one light source disposed on at least one of said receiving devices and oriented to illuminate said interior space;
• said at least one light source for emitting light into said interior space not being covered by said at least one shelf when said at least one shelf is in said at least one first insertion position;
• and
• said at least one light source for emitting light into said interior space being covered by said at least one shelf when said at least one shelf is in said second insertion position.