Just wondering, what is your experience regarding shoes that are from EU?

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    Im not sure if this counts because they have factories around the globe, but the company is Danish: ECCO. They’re not the prettiest, but they’re the most comfortable shoes i know

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    Portuguese shoes for farmers. Sold on the local market, cheap, solid - or overpriced and rebranded in stores all over Europe. You get them in several levels of fancy, starts at 25€ a pair.

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      Can you show an example of those? I’m going to Portugal soon and would like to buy new shoes while I’m there.

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        This one with shoelaces, there’s also in smooth leather and without shoelaces, all similar shape like these.

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      Man i keep wondering whats the deal with portuguese and shoes! It’s like making indistructible shoes is part of the fucking constitution of Portugal

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        At one point, in the early 2000s, there was a city in Portugal with a really high ratio of Ferrari cars per habitant. All because of a few owners of shoes factories. 😄

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      They really produce much in Europe? I thought most of their production is in Asia.

      They also still AFAIK operates in Russia.

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      I have a pair of solovair, they are extremely well built. I would also say lanx shoes are good and they sometimes have really good deals on their site.

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    German Hanwag. Their ”wide” models are the only shoe models I have never had to break in. Their terrain soles wear quickly on asphalt or concrete, but they have a selection of flatter urban soles.

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    Sievi. I use almost exlusively their shoes. Not the cheapest around, but for my feet they’re the best I’ve found so far.

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    LOWA makes most of their shoes in Europe. I think mostly the trail runners are not. Excellent quality.

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    Meindl shoes from Germany, although i am not sure if they are actually made in Germany anymore

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      According to Wikipedia, their shoes branded “Meindl” are manufactured in Europe (Germany, Hungary, Slowenia and Italy).

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    Which ones ship to the states? I bought shoes little over a month ago and it is already developing holes. Normally I buy xero shoes but the tarrifs on China has made it less affordable