Ideally made in Europe, but European-based companies are fine too, as realistically many will always need to be manufactured in China, Japan, or wherever else (especially tech). Looking for physical products, not software (amazing open-source software is bountiful and easy to find!)
Does not necessarily have to be from the EU (e.g. UK or Switzerland), non-EU countries are cool too!
What are some quality products that you have used that were made in Europe / is by a European company? From any category.
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LEGO is Danish
Welcome !buyeuropean@feddit.uk
https://fiskarsgroup.com/brands/fiskars/
https://fiskarsgroup.com/brands/hackman/
https://halva.fi/en/collections/salmiac
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibram
https://www.grohe.com/en-GB/about-grohe
https://www.wuerth.com/wuerth-group/Company/Company.php
I’ll also mention https://jolla.com/ though I don’t have experience with their current products.
Love the ensemble, very solid European products indeed!
I like the tools from Wera and Knipex.
Some examples I’ve encountered:
Power tools
- Festool - Germany
- Mafell - Germany
Hand tools
- Auriou rasps - (handstitched!) France
- Pfeil gouges - Switzerland
- Ashley Iles chisels - UK
- Gränsfors axes - Sweden
- Sjöbergs workbenches - Sweden
- BeaverCraft carving tools - Ukraine
Food and beverage
- Le Creuset cookware - France
- Opinel knives - France
- La Marzocco espresso machines - Italy
Electronics
- Fairphone smartphones - Netherlands
- Pro-ject turntables - Czech republic
- Rega turntables - UK
Musical Instruments
- Bulas banjos and mandolins - Poland
These are all Dutch:
Secrid makes wallets and slim card holders; I quite like mine.
Moccamaster makes great coffee makers that are easy to clean with spare parts easily ordered online.
Royal Dutch Gazelle makes great bikes to be stolen at inconvenient times.
Tony’s Chocolonely makes tasty chocolate that uses as little exploited labor as possible and is (supposedly) trying to end slavery in the cocoa production industry.
Gulpener is a good beer brewed in the village of Gulpen between Maastricht and Aachen.
I was looking for a great but very stealable bike…
Let me know when you get one and where you like to park it.
Now, and outside. Hope that helps!
Philips is Dutch, isn’t it?
French and Italian cheese of course!
Wüsthof and Victorinox make some good knives.
Morakniv make decent outdoor knives. For knives I prefer to aim for decent over excellent as the extra cost isn’t really worth it.
I want something I can happily sharpen on a slate roofing tile.
While Volvo is majority Chinese owned these days, many (most?) of their models are still manufactured in Sweden. I was curious as to where mine was made, and it was built in Gøteborg. And I am very satisfied with it, so I would recommend.
Kercher best of the best high pressure water. Cobi and BluBrixx are excelent building bricks to whivh LEGO looks like a fly turd
