I have never been a shoe nerd but when I bought a pair and wanted to put it in my cupboard yesterday I realised that there was no space at all. Then I counted them and I was shocked. I bought 27 pairs in one year. How could that happen?
When I lived in Stockholm last summer I bought heaps of shoes. I didn’t know so many people there and was bored quite often so the only thing I did was shoe shopping. When I came back to Skåne my friends asked if that was some kind of Sex and the City syndrome. Unfortunately, it was just the result of living in a big city without knowing anybody.
Nevertheless, my stay in Stockholm could just explain six or seven pairs. So where does the rest come from?
I think I bought so many shoes during the last year because you can get chic, modern and good-looking shoes in Sweden for very low prices. Low-cost shoe shops in Germany for instance are really crap. The style is often so old that it’s almost ‘in’ again and the quality is really bad.
However, if you do shoe shopping at Skopunkt or dinsko here in Sweden you can find really cheap and chic shoes. Ok, the quality is not always the best one and, of course, there’s an obvious quality difference in comparison with a designer shoe but who has the money to just buy designer clothes? And actually I find expensive clothes are not a guarantee for an interesting and modern outfit.
Here are some of my favourite shoes. Every pair cost less than 1000 crowns.
Skopunkt 249 crowns.
Topshop ca. 850 crowns.
Skopunkt ca. 200 crowns.
Skopunkt 30 crowns (no joke!!!). I think you can't get a pizza for that price.
Skopunkt ca. 300 crowns. By the way, the tights are from Lindex and cost 99 crowns. They are an exact copy from some Chanel tights.
Skopunkt ca. 200 crowns.
27 shoes? 13 pairs and one extra? Hope you got a good deal on the single shoe. Just out of interest, was it a left or a right shoe?
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HAHA thanks for the corrections. I meant 27 PAIRS of shoes. I know that’s an enormous amount but most of them just cost about 50 crowns.
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Nice job of using the word “heaps” and “crap” in your article. Now see if you can use these: “boat-load” and “poop”. If you can do that I will declare you the most wonderful woman on the planet.
- Marc from Chicago who has no idea how he hyperlinked to this particular webpage or why he is using third-person.
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really?! when I go to sweden, shoes are usually above 1000:- ! i’m from skane, and it’s expensive! i need to go this skopunkt place.
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I really like the red ones from Topshop and the tights by pseudo-Chanel: -P
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Interesting, i have also started to buy more shoes since i moved here (Lund) i counted 10 pairs in the last 2 years! (btw, only 3 pairs still “works”)
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We all love shoes and no matter how many we own, we still end up buying some more. I’m always looking for new shoes and that aren’t those expensive. Although it is not possible to constantly spend money on new shoes, we can certainly have the right to own shoes that make us feel comfortable but are also easily affordable on any budget. Lately I found all that at Shoehustler
http://www.shoehustler.com
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What a great page! Thank you for the tip!!!
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Hi
Hope that someone could help me I just wanna know if there is a topshop in malmÖ ?
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Rather nice place you’ve got here. Thanks for it. I like such topics and anything that is connected to this matter. I definitely want to read more soon.
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HI-Great article, but I would love to more about shoe stores in Sweden. Even some of the upscale boutiques. Do you have a shopping list of all the best shoe stores in your area? From 1000kronos and up?
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Very informative article. I’m really amazed by the quality of your blog.
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