Hi peeps,
I am a walker… I go mostly ealking everywhere. Usually I use nike with the padded soles for walking as they are comfortable but I need to replace mine.
Any reccommendations? I’m looking for comfort and hopefully not something that makes me eat cheap ramen for a month :)
I Love Viking from norway https://vikingfootwear.com/
Lowa is pretty good.
I really like La Sportiva
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.
Lavoro makes work-related shoes, may be comfortable…
I like Salewa. :)
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?
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
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/buyeuropean@feddit.uk/t/1882463/Shoes-from-EU-makers-for-very-long-walks
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! :)
Hello,
Maybe this post can help? https://fedia.io/m/buyeuropean@feddit.uk/t/1877941/European-shoes-thread#comments
Yeah, something similar to the Merrell Moab line, but from the EU.
