Results for “Slovakia”

Converse, Vans & New Balance 🇺🇸 non-EU

The casual sneaker canon, all American-owned.

• VEJA Paris. Wild rubber, organic cotton, no advertising budget at all. 🇫🇷
• Superga Turin, 1911. The 2750 is the original. 🇮🇹
• Novesta Partizánske, Slovakia. Vulcanised by hand since 1939. 🇸🇰
• Camper Mallorca, family-run for four generations. 🇪🇸

Norton / McAfee 🇺🇸 non-EU

The antivirus that came with the laptop.

• ESET Bratislava-built, consistently top-rated, light on resources. 🇸🇰
• Bitdefender Bucharest security vendor that regularly tops independent tests. 🇷🇴
• G DATA Bochum vendor that wrote one of the first antivirus products, in 1987. 🇩🇪
• WithSecure Helsinki enterprise security, formerly F-Secure Business. 🇫🇮

Coca-Cola & Pepsi 🇺🇸 non-EU

The two colas that colonised every fridge on the continent.

• Kofola The Czech cola that outsells Coke on draught at home. Less sweet, more herbal. 🇨🇿
• Fritz-kola Hamburg-born, high caffeine, sold on stubbornness rather than advertising. 🇩🇪
• afri-cola German cola since 1931, back to its original recipe. 🇩🇪
• Cockta Slovenian since 1953, made with rosehip and eleven herbs. No caffeine, no phosphoric acid. 🇸🇮