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Shoes made in Europe: 100+ European shoe brands

I have brought together more than 100 European shoe brands, from family-run workshops to established shoemakers. Find out where they make their shoes, what they specialise in and what you can expect to pay.

Photo: Marco Damm / Unsplash
Photo: Marco Damm / Unsplash

Finding shoes made in Europe

In 2018, I was looking for elegant work shoes and searched for “shoes made in Europe”. Finding brands took longer than I expected, so I began keeping my own list.

Below, you can explore more than 100 European shoe brands, grouped by country of origin. Every brand here is based in Europe and makes its shoes in Europe. For each one, you can check where its shoes are made, find a guide price range and read about the business behind them.

You can also browse the footwear directory by price, size range or country of production. Before ordering, check where your chosen pair is made, as some brands produce in several countries.

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Shoe brands from

Germany

The White Ribbon

For women Made in Hungary up to 200€

Berlin footwear brand with bridal and everyday ballet flats handmade in small batches in Budapest, using mostly surplus leather and fabric.

VOR

Unisex Made in Portugal 200€ to 400€

Munich sneaker brand making minimalist leather designs in Portugal, with clean shapes, understated branding and signature soft calfskin.

Unützer

For women & men Made in Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom 400€ to 800€

Munich footwear brand for women and men, with women’s ballet flats, loafers, pumps and boots handcrafted at its own factory in Veneto, Italy.

BLUSUN

For women & men Made in Portugal up to 200€

German barefoot shoe brand making sneakers and boots in family-run factories in Portugal, with both leather and vegan options.

Aeyde

For women Made in Italy 400€ to 800€

Berlin-based footwear and accessories brand known for minimalist design, with shoes handmade in family-run factories in Tuscany, Italy.

Doghammer

For women, men & children Made in Germany and Portugal up to 200€

Rosenheim footwear brand with barefoot and outdoor shoes made in Portugal using cork, wool and leather, plus custom sandals made in its own German workshop.

Copenhagen Studios

For women & men Made in Italy and Portugal up to 200€

German footwear and accessories brand founded in 2017, with shoes designed in Copenhagen, made in Portugal and Italy and finished by hand.

Ella & Witt

Unisex Made in Portugal up to 200€

German vegan footwear brand making sneakers, Chelsea boots and slides in Portugal, with corn-based leather alternatives and components made in Europe.

PAUL EYS

For women & men Made in Portugal up to 200€

German sneaker brand founded in 2019, making minimalist shoes in northern Portugal, including suede sneakers and vegan styles using a leather alternative made with wine-production waste.

Trippen

For women & men Made in Germany 200€ to 400€

Berlin shoemaker founded in 1991, making avant-garde shoes at its own factory in Zehdenick, Germany, with an in-house repair and resoling service.

Werner 1911

For women & men Made in Romania and Slovakia 200€ to 400€

German family footwear brand founded in 1911, making shoes in Romania and Slovakia with vegetable-tanned, chrome-free leather from a German tannery.

Fernando Berlin

For women & men Made in Portugal 400€ to 800€

Berlin brand for leather boots and gloves made in Portugal, with knee-high and over-the-knee boots also available made to measure.

AMAATA

For women Made in Greece 400€ to 800€

German shoe and bag label with Greek roots, working with family-owned businesses in Greece to make its collections by hand.

Shoe brands from

Italy

Levius

Unisex Made in Italy up to 200€

Venice-born sneaker brand founded in 2015, with leather shoes handmade by a family-run manufacturer in Veneto and a signature orange heel detail.

Thierry Rabotin

For women Made in Italy 200€ to 400€

Italian women’s shoemaker crafting every pair in its own Parabiago factory, with soft nappa leather linings and flexible sacchetto construction.

Fillies and Boots

For women Made in Italy 400€ to 800€

Women’s leather boots made to order in small Italian workshops, from riding boots to over-the-knee styles, with a choice of calf circumference and shaft height.

Fiorentini + Baker

Unisex Made in Italy 400€ to 800€

Italian brand known for its buckle-fastened biker boots, with leather footwear and bags handcrafted in Italy using vegetable-tanned leather.

Marsèll

For women & men Made in Italy 400€ to 800€

Italian footwear and leather goods brand founded in 2001, with derbies, loafers, boots and bags handmade at an atelier in Veneto.

Santoni

For women & men Made in Italy 400€ to 800€

Italian shoemaker founded in 1975, making men’s and women’s shoes in Corridonia, with signature double buckle styles and leather coloured by hand.

Valsport

For women & men Made in Italy 200€ to 400€

Italian brand founded in Padova in 1920, offering sneakers inspired by its sporting heritage and leather travel bags, both handmade in Italy.

Meccariello

For men Made in Italy 800€+

Calzoleria Meccariello handcrafts men's shoes in its family owned and operated workshop in Airola, a few kilometres outside Naples.

POEVE

For women & men Made in Italy 200€ to 400€

Family-run footwear brand from Veneto, formerly Poesie Veneziane, with shoes made in Italy and leather sourced from Italian tanneries.

Spelta Milano

For women Made in Italy up to 200€

Italian family shoemaker making ballet flats, loafers and mules by hand to order in its own workshop near Milan, using Italian leather and fabrics.

Womsh

For women & men Made in Italy and Portugal up to 200€

Italian sneaker brand making its shoes in Italy and Portugal, with leather styles and vegan designs using Uppeal, a leather alternative made with apple-processing waste.

Tod’s

For women, men & children Made in Italy 400€ to 800€

Italian brand with shoemaking roots in the Marche region, known for its Gommino driving shoes, alongside bags and clothing made in Italy.

Acquasparta

For women & men Made in Italy 200€ to 400€

Italian sneaker brand reviving the historic D’Acquasparta name, with leather and suede styles handcrafted in the Marche region.

Shoe brands from

Spain

Jimenas

For women Made in Spain 200€ to 400€

Spanish footwear and accessories brand by designer Tania Pardo, with sandals, ballet flats, bags and belts handcrafted in Spain and signature buckle designs.

Bohemian Shoes

For women Made in Spain up to 200€

Spanish women’s footwear brand making Mary Janes, ballet flats, sandals and boots by hand in Spain, with leather, suede and Scottish wool tartan styles.

Wonders

For women & men Made in Spain up to 200€

Spanish footwear brand making women’s sneakers, loafers, flats and boots in its own Elche facilities, with a focus on comfort and a smaller men’s sneaker range.

Dolfie

Unisex Made in Portugal up to 200€

Independent Spanish footwear brand making zero-drop sneakers, loafers and boots with roomy toe boxes, handcrafted in family-run workshops in Portugal.

MaTeS

Unisex Made in Spain up to 200€

Barcelona shoemaker founded in 1947, handcrafting classic sneakers in its own historic workshop from designs originally developed for athletes.

Flamingos’ Life

Unisex Made in Portugal and Spain up to 200€

Elche sneaker brand making retro and barefoot styles in Portugal and Spain, using plant-based materials, recycled polyester and recovered leather.

Panama Jack

For women & men Made in Spain up to 200€

Spanish footwear brand making leather boots, ankle boots and sandals, with its entire collection made in Spain since the first pair in 1989.

basq

For women, men & children Made in Europe (no country stated) up to 200€

Basque Country sneaker brand making vegan footwear by hand in Europe, using recycled bottles, cotton and tyre tread, with a barefoot Laga range.

Augusta

For women Made in Italy, Portugal and Spain 200€ to 400€

Madrid women’s footwear brand founded by sisters Paloma and Cristina Rato, with Mary Janes, flats and heels handcrafted in Spain and boots in Portugal.

Barevene

For women Made in Spain up to 200€

Spanish barefoot footwear brand specialising in women’s Mary Janes, handmade in local workshops with wide toe boxes and thin, flexible, zero-drop soles.

Wasted Shoes

Unisex Made in Portugal and Spain up to 200€

Vegan sneaker brand from Galicia, with shoes handcrafted in Spain and Portugal using hemp, organic cotton and recycled materials.

Carmina Shoemaker

For women & men Made in Spain 400€ to 800€

Mallorcan family shoemaker with roots dating to 1866, making men’s and women’s leather shoes in its own Inca factory, with a focus on Goodyear welt construction.

Bryan Stepwise

For women Made in Spain up to 200€

Spanish women’s shoe brand making leather sandals, ballet flats and boots by hand in its own workshops in Elche, Alicante.

Shoe brands from

France

COG

For women & men Made in Portugal up to 200€

French vegan footwear brand making sneakers, boots and Oxfords in family-run workshops in Portugal, with materials sourced from European suppliers.

CAVAL

Unisex Made in Portugal up to 200€

French sneaker brand making deliberately mismatched pairs near Porto, Portugal, using full-grain Italian leather and stitched soles.

Arche

For women & men Made in Croatia and France 200€ to 400€

French family shoemaker founded in 1968, making colourful leather shoes in its workshops in France and Croatia, with most models produced in Château-Renault.

Tanya Heath Paris

For women Made in Portugal 200€ to 400€

Paris footwear brand with a patented interchangeable heel system, working with family-owned Portuguese workshops on pumps, sandals and boots.

La Botte Gardiane

For women & men Made in France 200€ to 400€

French shoemaker founded in 1958, known for traditional Camargue boots and leather sandals made in its workshop in Aigues-Vives, southern France.

Bobbies

For women & men Made in Portugal and Spain 200€ to 400€

Shoes and leather goods designed in Paris and made in the brand's own Portuguese workshop and family-owned partner workshops in Portugal and Spain. Founded in 2010.

Zèta

Unisex Made in Portugal up to 200€

Bordeaux vegan footwear brand with trainers, loafers and sandals assembled by hand in northern Portugal, using leather alternatives made with plant by-products.

Rondinaud

For women, men & children Made in France up to 200€

French slipper maker founded in 1907, crafting Charentaises in its own Charente workshop with wool linings, woven felt soles and traditional stitching.

Jean Gaborit

For women & men Made in France 800€+

Made-to-measure boots, each pair made to order in Le Boupère, a small village in the Vendée, western France, at the workshop the Gaborit family founded in 1922.

In Corio

For women & men Made in Italy and Portugal 200€ to 400€

French footwear brand making men’s and women’s leather shoes and sneakers by hand in Portugal, with leathers sourced from French, Italian and English tanneries.

Kleman

Unisex Made in France up to 200€

French footwear brand launched in 1988, making workwear-style derbies, loafers, boots and sandals at the Cléon family factory in La Romagne.

Shoe brands from

Portugal

JAK

For women & men Made in Portugal up to 200€

Lisbon footwear brand making minimalist sneakers in family-owned Portuguese factories, with leather, suede and vegan styles.

Hirundo

Unisex Made in Portugal up to 200€

Portuguese footwear brand founded by two brothers, making sneakers, chukka boots and mules by hand in Portugal with locally sourced materials.

Jo Bear

For women & men Made in Portugal 200€ to 400€

Portuguese brand recreating historical boots and shoes, handmade in Portugal by artisans and small family-run workshops, with Goodyear welt construction used for most styles.

Citadin

For women & men Made in Portugal up to 200€

Family-owned Lisbon brand offering men’s leather and suede sneakers, loafers, lace-ups and boots handcrafted in northern Portugal.

Zouri

For women, men & children Made in Portugal up to 200€

Vegan sneakers, sandals and espadrilles made in Portugal, with soles incorporating plastic collected from Portuguese beaches.

NOBRAND

For women & men Made in Portugal up to 200€

Men's and women's sneakers, boots, loafers, boat shoes and espadrilles, each pair handcrafted in Portugal by skilled artisans from leather and suede.

NAE Vegan Shoes

Unisex Made in Portugal and Spain up to 200€

Lisbon vegan footwear brand with shoes, sneakers, boots, sandals and belts made in Portugal and Spain, using microfibre, cork and recycled materials.

DiVERGE

For women & men Made in Portugal 200€ to 400€

Portuguese sneaker brand offering customisable designs handcrafted to order in family-owned workshops in Portugal, using leather, suede and canvas.

Wayz

Unisex Made in Portugal up to 200€

Portuguese sneaker brand founded in Porto in 2019, with leather shoes made by Cunha Brothers in Felgueiras and soles containing recycled rubber.

Ambitious

For women & men Made in Portugal up to 200€

Portuguese footwear brand founded in 2008, making men’s and women’s sneakers, boots and loafers in its own production facilities in Guimarães.

Shoe brands from

the United Kingdom

Emmy London

For women Made in Portugal 400€ to 800€

London footwear label offering court shoes, flats, bridal shoes and clutch bags, handmade in Portugal and finished by hand in London.

Macian

For women Made in the United Kingdom 400€ to 800€

Macian combines British shoemaking with Italian elegance, offering women’s Goodyear-welted Chelsea boots, derbies, brogues, loafers and monk shoes, handcrafted in England.

Crockett & Jones

For women & men Made in the United Kingdom 400€ to 800€

Family-owned English shoemaker founded in 1879, making classic Goodyear-welted shoes and boots in its own Northampton factory.

Nicki Hoyne

For women Made in Portugal and Spain 200€ to 400€

Women’s heels, flats and trainers designed in Ireland and made in family-run factories in Spain and Portugal, using Italian and Spanish leathers.

Joseph Cheaney & Sons

For women & men Made in the United Kingdom 400€ to 800€

English shoemaker founded in 1886, making men’s and women’s Goodyear-welted shoes and boots in its own Northamptonshire factory, with a refurbishment service.

ATHEIST Shoes

Unisex Made in Portugal 200€ to 400€

Berlin footwear brand with unisex leather shoes, sneakers and boots inspired by Bauhaus design, handmade in small batches in Porto, Portugal.

Goral

For men Made in the United Kingdom 200€ to 400€

Resoleable footwear crafted at the Goral & Son family workshop in Sheffield, England, for Goral's own line and for other British fashion brands.

NPS Solovair

For women & men Made in the United Kingdom 200€ to 400€

English shoemaker with roots dating to 1881, making Goodyear-welted boots and shoes at its own Wollaston factory, including Solovair’s classic Derby boots.

Tricker’s

For women & men Made in the United Kingdom 400€ to 800€

English shoemaker founded in 1829, making Goodyear-welted country boots, brogues and other classic shoes entirely at its own Northampton factory.

Crown Northampton

Unisex Made in the United Kingdom 400€ to 800€

Family-owned shoemaker in Northampton, England, founded in 1908 and now in its fifth generation. Sneakers, shoes and boots handmade to order in its own factory.

Shoe brands from

Denmark

Duckfeet

Unisex Made in Poland 200€ to 400€

Danish footwear brand founded in 1975, with wide-fit leather shoes, boots and sandals. Designed in Denmark and handcrafted in Poland with replaceable natural crepe rubber soles.

Dico Copenhagen

For women & men Made in Portugal 200€ to 400€

Danish footwear brand founded in 1997, known for its Gaucho boots, with shoes made in Portugal and styles in waxed and brushed Escovado leather.

Anonymous Copenhagen

For women & children Made in Italy and Portugal 200€ to 400€

Danish brand offering shoes and bags handmade in Portugal and Italy, with chrome-free shoe linings and hand-braided leather styles.

New Feet

For women & men Made in Portugal up to 200€

Danish footwear brand making women’s and men’s shoes, boots and sandals in Portugal, with roomy fits and removable insoles based on orthopaedic shoemaking principles.

Roccamore

For women Made in Italy and Portugal 200€ to 400€

Danish footwear brand specialising in comfortable heels with an insole developed alongside an orthopaedic shoemaker. Handmade in family-owned factories in Italy and Portugal.

VAER

Unisex Made in Portugal up to 200€

Danish upcycling brand turning discarded jeans, workwear and tablecloths into unisex sneakers, made by a family-owned factory near Porto and taken back at end of life to become soles for the next pair.

JOA barefoot

Unisex Made in Portugal up to 200€

Minimalist unisex barefoot sneakers designed in Copenhagen and handmade in Portugal by a family-owned manufacturer, with wide toe boxes, zero drop and flexible soles.

Shoe brands from

Sweden

Calou

For women Made in Italy and Portugal 200€ to 400€

Swedish footwear brand with women’s clogs, boots and sandals designed in Stockholm and handcrafted in Italy and Portugal, featuring cushioned polyurethane soles.

Ten Points

For women & men Made in Portugal up to 200€

Swedish family footwear brand founded in 1983, offering leather boots, loafers, sandals and clogs designed in Ängelholm and handmade in Portugal.

MORJAS

For women & men Made in Italy, Portugal and Spain 200€ to 400€

Stockholm footwear brand with women’s and men’s collections, including Goodyear-welted shoes handcrafted in Spain, Italian moccasins and sneakers made in Portugal.

Sweyd

Unisex Made in Italy 200€ to 400€

Stockholm sneaker brand making unisex leather and suede styles in Italy’s Marche region, with small, family-owned workshop partners.

Flattered

For women Made in Italy, Portugal and Spain 200€ to 400€

Stockholm-based footwear and bag brand, crafted in Italy, Portugal and Spain. Founded in 2013 with indoor slippers, its collection now spans shoes, bags and leather goods.

Shepherd of Sweden

For women, men & children Made in North Macedonia up to 200€

Swedish family brand founded in 1982, known for sheepskin slippers, alongside shoes, accessories and home items made in Europe, mainly in North Macedonia.

Shoe brands from

Poland

Hammer

For women Made in Poland up to 200€

Polish women’s shoemaker founded in 1987, making leather and suede court shoes, ballet flats, loafers and boots in small batches in its own Łódź workshop.

Yes, I Shoe!

For women Made in Poland 200€ to 400€

Polish shoemaker handcrafting women’s wedding and evening shoes to order in its own workshop, with options to personalise colours, heel heights and details.

Anis

For women Made in Poland up to 200€

Family-run women’s shoemaker from Częstochowa, with three generations of experience and a range of court shoes, flats, sandals and boots made in Poland.

Bravomoda

For women Made in Poland up to 200€

Family-owned Polish footwear brand founded in 1996, making women’s leather shoes in its own workshop, from bridal heels and sandals to loafers and boots.

Shoe brands from

Switzerland

Cheetah Stories

For women Made in Italy 400€ to 800€

Swiss footwear brand making vegan high heels to order in Italy, with pumps, slingbacks and Mary Janes designed by Mark Schwartz.

Ambleme

For women Made in Italy 400€ to 800€

Swiss women’s footwear brand making flat sandals and ballet flats by hand in Italy, using Italian leather and silk from Como.

Ammann

For women & men Made in Italy 200€ to 400€

Swiss family footwear brand founded in 1917, with winter boots designed in Switzerland and handmade in Piedmont, Italy, including lambskin-lined styles.

yép

For women & men Made in Switzerland 400€ to 800€

Swiss shoe workshop offering women’s leather flats, lace-ups and ankle boots, plus men’s shoes handmade to order in Weinfelden.

Shoe brands from

Finland

Alhon Huopatehdas

For women, men & children Made in Finland up to 200€

Finnish family business founded in 1927, making wool felt slippers and sauna hats at its own factory in Jämsä.

Palmroth

For women Made in Portugal up to 200€

Finnish family footwear brand founded in 1928, known for weatherproof women’s shoes and boots designed in Tampere and made in Portugal.

Terhi Pölkki

For women & men Made in Portugal and Slovakia 200€ to 400€

Helsinki footwear brand founded in 2011, with leather shoes handmade at a family-owned factory in Portugal and natural-rubber rain boots made in Slovakia.

Shoe brands from

Austria

GEA Waldviertler

For women, men & children Made in Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Hungary 200€ to 400€

Austrian brand offering Waldviertler leather shoes, bags, mattresses and solid-wood furniture, with footwear made in Austria, Czechia and Hungary.

Ludwig Reiter

For women & men Made in Austria 400€ to 800€

Family-owned Viennese shoemaker founded in 1885, making Goodyear-welted shoes at its Süßenbrunn workshop, alongside a collection of boots, trainers and leather goods.

Shoe brands from

Belgium

Atelier Content

For women Made in Italy 200€ to 400€

Belgian women’s shoe and handbag brand, with collections handcrafted in small batches in Italy’s Marche region using locally tanned Italian leather.

Lennertson

For men Made in Belgium, Portugal and Spain 200€ to 400€

Belgian footwear brand designing in Limburg, with Goodyear-welted boots and loafers made in Portugal and Pilgrim sneakers made in Spain.

Shoe brands from

the Czech Republic

Bohempia

For women & men Made in the Czech Republic and Romania up to 200€

Prague barefoot footwear brand making vegan sneakers and boots in Romania and the Czech Republic, with hemp canvas styles and options for wider feet.

Kave Footwear

Unisex Made in the Czech Republic and Slovakia up to 200€

Czech sneaker brand making limited collections in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, using leftover materials, recycled rubber and coffee grounds.

Shoe brands from

Croatia

Earthbound

Unisex Made in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia up to 200€

Croatian brand making unisex sneakers in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, using wool, hemp, cork and natural rubber, with removable insoles.

Shoe brands from

Estonia

KIRA

For women & men Made in Estonia and Italy up to 200€

Estonian footwear brand using recycled and leftover materials in vegan shoes, with boots made by Samelin in Tartu and sneakers handcrafted in Italy.

Shoe brands from

Hungary

GT Cipő

For women & men Made in Hungary up to 200€

Hungarian footwear brand making leather sneakers to order in Hungary, with Italian nappa and nubuck uppers, full leather linings and custom colour options.

Shoe brands from

the Netherlands

EIJK

For women Made in Italy 200€ to 400€

Women's shoe label by designer Jolanda van Eijk, with shoes produced by a small artisanal family business in Italy's Marche region.

Shoe brands from

Norway

New Movements

Unisex Made in Portugal 200€ to 400€

Oslo footwear brand making sneakers, boots and loafers by hand in Portugal, with a recycling programme for worn-out pairs.

Shoe brands from

Slovakia

Novesta

For women, men & children Made in Slovakia up to 200€

Slovak sneaker brand producing in Partizánske, known for its Star Master canvas shoes with vulcanised natural rubber soles.