Lowa is pretty good.
this post was submitted on 07 Mar 2025
37 points (100.0% liked)
Buy European
3527 readers
2393 users here now
Overview:
The community to discuss buying European goods and services.
Rules:
-
Be kind to each other, and argue in good faith. No direct insults nor disrespectful and condescending comments.
-
Do not use this community to promote Nationalism/Euronationalism. This community is for discussing European products/services and news related to that. For other topics the following might be of interest:
-
Include a disclaimer at the bottom of the post if you're affiliated with the recommendation.
Feddit.uk's instance rules apply:
- No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia or xenophobia
- No incitement of violence or promotion of violent ideologies
- No harassment, dogpiling or doxxing of other users
- Do not share intentionally false or misleading information
- Do not spam or abuse network features.
- Alt accounts are permitted, but all accounts must list each other in their bios.
Benefits of Buying Local:
local investment, job creation, innovation, increased competition, more redundancy.
Related Communities:
Buy Local:
Buying and Selling:
[email protected]
Boycott:
[email protected]
Stop Publisher Kill Switch in Games Practice:
[email protected]
Banner credits: BYTEAlliance
founded 1 month ago
MODERATORS
Hello,
Maybe this post can help? https://fedia.io/m/[email protected]/t/1877941/European-shoes-thread#comments
Whenever this question comes up it reminds me of this Family Guy bit 😅 In all seriousness though maybe you can find something here
Lol had forgotten that bit
Not EU (but part of EFTA), but I'd like to recommend the Mostly Swiss "On" shoes for this: https://www.on.com/
The shoes are incredibly comfortable for walking. They are a bit pricey but not insane. I didn't pay attention to them getting popular until I noticed every employee in a hospital was wearing these which made me understand that it must be more than just a fad (it was more than just a fad).
Edit: wanted to add that I mean specifically Cloud 5 & 6 shoes from them.
Always trust a nurse and their shoe of choice!
Ended up getting me a pair from here :)
Exactly my thought! And happy to hear you got help choosing / finding from this thread! :)
I was looking at getting new shoes, always got nike because they fit well. Time to finally start looking at Adidas as a replacement. Been needing to buy for months and putting it off has paid off now at being able to support the EU instead.
Adidas as a replacement
Ain't Adidas german? Exploitative, sweat-shoppy, but german, no?
Uhm yes, hence I'm using it as a replacement to my usual Nikes?
I like Salewa. :)
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/39297182?scrollToComments=true
Not sure why the other comments looks strange on Mbin, but here's the link: https://fedia.io/m/[email protected]/t/1882463/Shoes-from-EU-makers-for-very-long-walks
I'm rolling the dice on 8000kicks. They've got a Kickstarter going on, right now, for Trekkers made from HEMP. I normally buy all things American, but tennis shoe/sneaker selection is limited at best. Subpar at worst. And it's not cheap, either. So we're gonna try out these hemp sneaks. 🙂
I did a little digging, and it looks like they're going to manufacture through multiple factories. Factories, plural. They come out & say they're based in Portugal with a factory. Then they might use China, disappointing but not at all surprising. And possibly Vietnam! Hope that helps.
Yeah, something similar to the Merrell Moab line, but from the EU.