A travel blogger who travels frequently in Italy found out from the locals why it is not customary in Europe to take off street shoes at home.
According to the girl’s interlocutor, the custom, which is still observed, has a long history: in the mountainous regions of Europe, the floors in the houses were made of stone, so you could only comfortably walk on it in warm shoes. The habit has survived to this day and has taken root among modern Europeans.
The second reason was the status of Italians as the founders of the global fashion industry.
“Beauty requires sacrifice! In Italy, you always and everywhere need to look stylish and fashionable. Imagine if we bought a pair of shoes for every home suit?
Cleanliness on European streets has been cited as the third reason why many people on the continent continue to wear street shoes at home. An acquaintance of the tourist believes that the paving stones and well-groomed sidewalks make it possible not to clean the apartments once again, and the man also assured that after many hours of walking around the city, his sneakers remain “like new”.