Extrawide shoe store

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Hello

I have extra wide feet(D) and am unable to find my right size, chkd all possible stores, I need atheletic sports shoes, tried online as well but most site give only length size, not the width. Any suggestion as to where can I get it in Switzerland?

Thanks in advance

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You can check out Vamos.ch - not sure if you are male or female, but extra wide is usually E. In the US, women‘s wide is D. Here, I’m not so sure. Vamos uses a whole different rubric - normal is like F or G and wide goes from H to M.

I do have wide feet and generally find New Balance women‘s D to fit me. Those I buy off amazon, usually from the Uk, though and pay a premium. I also buy a lot of Clark’s in wide, again from the UK. Those aren‘t athletic shoes though.

Have you tried physical stores? Transa or stipes (Not sure if that’s the correct spelling).

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D isn't 'extra wide'. I'm a G and have no problem finding shoes to fit here. Try Dosenbach for normal shoes and boots and put 'damen weite' in the search feild. Also try SportXX for sports shoes. If you find women's sports shoes too narrow, just buy the men's versions, though most styles are unisex now. I bought some Brooks Ghost 11 several months ago and they've been amazing.

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There are at least two formats.

F-G-H-k-l-m is one, and G is probably equal to D. Geox, for example, is a basic G.

The US and maybe the UK use A B C D E, etc.

It‘s confusing and not always standardized.

For new balance, the standard woman‘s (medium) is B and wide is D. My understanding is that many shoes in Europe operate on D/G as standard width. I find that European d/g is sometimes too narrow.

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Try zalando - one of the many filters is for width. I use the french-language version of the swiss site for which I need to filter by "largeur" and then "large". It gives me 1451 articles to chose from.

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Thanks to all of you for your inputs, I have tried all the possible stores but unable to find the right size, probably should ho with european size denomination, n not US one!!

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Do you know your European size? Some online stores use EU, some actually use UK (vamos for example uses both). Lots of conversion tables around

Two other sources lehner-Versand.ch and helvesko.ch

I bought a pair of walking shoes from helvesko in 2008. massively comfortable, but nearly chf 300. they lasted 10 years though.

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Hi OP,

I am afraid I am also cursed with large feet (49.5) which has caused problems in the past.

Luckily I am usually able to find one or two things on Zalando or Amazon these days, but in the past I had to go to specialist shops. I think you will find a good selection of what you are looking for here, at Stauffacher in Zurich...

http://www.saschas.ch/

Cheers,

StirB

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Tried as in you've looked at their websites, or have you been round the shops and tried the shoes on?

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I’m still waiting to hear where an extra-wide store can be found. They don’t have to sell shoes.

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For a physical store:

Have you checked here?

http://www.aventura-travel.ch/28774/878831.html

They seem to lean toward barefoot shoes but do advertise classic hiking shoes etc as well. They claim to have 'the largest foot-anatomy-shoes assortment in Europe'! I haven't been to this store myself, but it's in Uster so pretty close to Zurich.

For online options:

My husband's favorite wide toebox athletic shoe brands (both are specialized in shoes for running) are https://www.topoathletic.com/ and https://altrarunning.ch/

It looks like Altra runs a Cyber Monday sale at the moment like eg: https://altrarunning.ch/collections/...-1-5-men-black . (Hubby's favorite sneaker for everyday use)

Altra are also sold via Galaxus.

Topo doesn't have their own store in CH, but a quick google gave me eg. this pair: https://www.fruugo.ch/topo-st2-mens-...RoC70cQAvD_BwE

(I don't have any experience with fruugo).

Do notice that both Altra and Topo specialize in Zero drop shoes, so if you are not used to that, you may want to break them in gently.

Topo does have some models with -5mm drop. Then you need to look for these models: https://www.topoathletic.com/men/mens-shoes/drop/-5MM

I don't know if you can get those models in CH.

Personally I swear to Altra Superior (both for trail running and hiking) and to Vivo barefoot Primus for everyday use. https://www.vivobarefoot.ch/

Hope it helps!

Happy feet