The Birkenstock Journal

A simple break-in routine so your cork footbed molds comfortably to your feet. BIRKENSTOCK Contour Walk: soft arch sandals and clogs for …

The Original BIRKENSTOCK Footbed is an ergonomic masterpiece, designed to replicate the mindful experience of walking barefoot. BIRKENSTOCK …

For thousands of years, we moved barefoot on uneven, yielding ground. BIRKENSTOCK Contour Walk: soft arch sandals and clogs for travel, home …

Babies have the prettiest feet. BIRKENSTOCK Contour Walk: soft arch sandals and clogs for travel, home and outdoor days.

BIRKENSTOCK products have been influenced over generations by a tireless creative quest for Naturgewolltes Gehen (walking as nature …

Over the years, we’ve finessed the method, the materials and the models – not to mention expanded the team – but one key detail remains the …

The roots of the shoemaking dynasty can be found in 1774 when Johannes Birkenstock is mentioned in a church archive document at a time when …

Lael Wilcox is one of the world’s great endurance bike racers. BIRKENSTOCK Contour Walk: soft arch sandals and clogs for travel, home and …

A tragedy could have destroyed the future of Poilâne. But France’s best-known bakery still exists and is even flourishing – thanks to …

Melinda Mindy Gabriel has been the fire department chief of Westerville near Columbus, Ohio since 2019. Before that, she was on the front …

Jens and Uwe are the “Kruger Brothers” – the bluegrass and new American folk music icons are known all around the world. The brothers have …

Charlie Strong is a professional American football coach. His goal? To give young men a place in life. His formula? Honesty, respect, and …

Dr. Robert Rutford, one of the best-known Antarctic researchers and the man who Mount Rutford is named for, took his Birkenstocks to the …

“I don’t like Birkenstocks. I hate them,” says the all-round designer Thierry Journo. When he stopped over in Paris, we learned in a highly …

He was banned from school, was kicked out by his parents, and became homeless. Today, he is the owner of the global beauty empire Officine …

Like all the women in her family, Shalene McCollum has fishing in her blood – her grandma was a commercial fisherwoman, too. We visited the …

Bettine Vriesekoop is a two-time European table tennis champion. These days, the Dutch Sports Personality of the Year (1981, 1985) and Dutch …

He was an assistant coach to Jupp Heynckes, Louis van Gaal, Pep Guardiola, Carlo Ancelotti, and Hansi Flick, and became a legendary trainer …

The story of Nicholas Vreeland, Buddhist monk and only Western head of a Buddhist monastery, starts in the early 1980s, when the diplomat’s …

Athénaïs de Béru was once a banker, but in 2006 she took on her family’s 500-year-old wine-growing estate in the village of Béru in …

In the opinion of her coach, Maya Wasowicz is one of the ten best karate fighters in the world. When the Polish-born moved to New York at …

“I don’t think Nobel Prizes are always awarded fairly. I’m delighted to have it, but it doesn’t set me apart from everybody else – I was …

I discovered my first gray hair when I was about 12 – my granddaughter’s age,” relates Yazemeenah Rossi. Her hair was already almost …

After a few crazy business ventures, father of four Geoff Higgo now runs an unusual car hire company in Cape Town with his partner Monika. …

Mariah Nielson’s father was the sculptor J. B. Blunk, a “master of the chainsaw.” She tells us about her father’s legacy – and how …

Matto Barfuss, successful wildlife filmmaker, achieved fame in the 1990’s after spending months living among cheetahs. We caught up with …

Romany Pajdak decided she wanted to be a professional dancer at the age of ten. She is now one of the best ballerinas in the world. We met …

„I’ve been wearing Birkenstocks for 45 years,” wrote Bernd Brinkmann. We met the man who has been a Birkenstock fan from the get-go – and a …