Cobblers, shoemakers, and shoe repair shops

Hi,

does anyone know of any cobblers in Munich? I got a new pair of Born's sandals, but the strap is coming off. Since I bought them from NYC I can't bring it back to the shop. I did search on Google but came up with nothing, so would really appreciate if someone could point me to a shop or other place that can mend shoes.

Thanks!

There is a shoe repairers at the Hauptbahnhof!

there is one in Marktkauf in Unterföhring (Bus 50 from Studentenstadt). Its near the upper level entrance to car-park.

There's a Mister Minit in Galeria Kaufhof on Marienplatz. Top floor, I think, next to the gift wrapping desk.

Yup my suggestion too - Mister Minit. It's a chain of shops which is bright orange, which do keys and shoe repairs. At most Galeria Kaufhofs (Mplatz, Rotkreuzplatz), also at Hauptbahnhof. Which area of town are you in?

Ooh, Mister Minit's great. I kept going to Kaufhof but didn't see any. I'll try again. Thanks!

Fantastic shoe repairer on Wagmüllerstraße, come out of Lehel U-bahn and head towards Prinzregentenstr. Can be pricey but if they are good shoes I would definitely recommend this place.

My wife and I will be in Munich for two weeks in December. We have some Finn Comfort shoes that need new soles.

Can you recommend a store in Munich that can do these repairs? How long do repairs usually take?

Thanks for your help.

I've never heard of these types of shoes. As far as I can tell they require specialist repair ie, replacement of the whole sole by the original manufacturer, a normal cobbler just won't do and shops and mail order places can only do alterations to new items. email info@fusaro.de or go to the supplier's website www.fusaro.de (in English and German) and ask their advice. I suspect you'll have to send these away to be repaired anyway so I'd google it for your own country first and save the space in your case for a couple of souvenir biersteins.

good luck and have a great holiday in Munich!

A quick Google search brought me this: finncomfort.de

You can take it from there. They're made in Hassfurt, so it's not an unreasonable thing to expect shops in Munich to repair them.

I'd have answered earlier and probably done a little search for you and so forth but when the post was made I was watching The Fifth Element. Always enjoy that movie but really it's got very little to do with getting shoes fixed so sorry about that. Oh, then I went to bed afterwards and didn't see the question in between. I've been needing more and more sleep lately. It's difficult you know, this getting old thing. I find that getting older was much easier when I was younger. Must remember to ask Grinner and Sin how they've dealt with getting old. Anyway, off topic I guess sorry about that. Thought someone was looking for a load of old cobblers.

I've got to make some repairs on a pair of shoes. Any good recommendations? I may need actually a shoemaker. For some reason they just do very minor repairs in shoe repairs here. Anyone know of a shoemaker where you could get an overhaul for your well beaten but still nice shoes?

Thanks for any recommendations.

Hi Panama,
Try Moses Lanzhammer in Pilgersheimerstrasse 60 (about half-way up). Open Tues-Fri 9 - 12.30 and 14.30-18:00, Saturday 9-12. He did a great job on several pairs of beaten-up shoes I took in (also repairs less beaten-up ones too...).
He's also our St Patrick in the St Patrick's Day Parade.

Try Schuh Bertl in the Kohlstr. - Bertl is a traditional shoemaker who also does repairs. It is also pricey but if you want quality it's definitely worthwhile.

http://www.schuh-bertl.de/

These cobblestones are hell on shoes. Can anyone suggest a good shoe repair shop in Munich? I do not mean somewhere where they will slap on a 1/2 inch thick slab of plastic, but somewhere where I can have good shoes nicely repaired.

Thanks for any suggestions.

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Right behind Blumen Stil in Großhadern is the best traditional, inexpensive cobbler I know in the whole city.

I think the address is Gräfelfinger Straße 5.

Heel on ladies boot type shoe has been knocked clean off - heel not thin but also not so thick about 2 to 2.5 inches long– shoes were recently bought in Milan so cannot return them.
Any experiences here with such a problem. Is it possible to fix them or is it a waste of time trying?
Any good shoe repairers in the OEZ?

Try Ivenz on Gollierstrasse. They can repair almost anything! Proper cobblers not just some part time jobbers like at Mr Minit.

Does anyone know offhand the opening hours or phone number for this Cobbler on the Wagmüllerstraße?
Long short, yes, but who knows, there could be some Idiot Savant style shoe fanatics with photographic memories.

I need to get a heel or two repaired as well. But what about the prices at these places? I passed one that would charge approx 20€ for the two. Can it be beat?

I took two pairs of shoes to my local cobbler/key cutter bloke on Friday to be repaired - the black stopper bits on the heels were worn down and coming off. He's putting new ones on for a total of 17,80. The repair to one pair is more expensive than the other, as some holes in the actual heel need to be filled in, they're going to cost me 9,90, the other pair 7,90.
The cobblers is out in Aubing where I live though, so I'm not sure the journey would be worth it for a lot of people...