Shoemaker Matyn from Roeselare stops after 400 (!) years

Eddy Matyn has two daughters, but they don’t want to continue the family tradition. The case will be taken over.

The Matyn family has been repairing shoes since 1618. The last two years, Eddy has mainly focused on key making. It now gets a new place in the shop of his good friend Jordan, where Eddy can continue to work.

Eddy took over the business from his father Eric and has been working for 45 years now. In 2005 he gets a remarkable assignment.

“Here you see a photo of me with Leonid Stadnik. That was the largest person in the world from Ukraine and we made shoes for that man with the West Flemish colleagues. Shoe size 62, those were very wide feet that he had “, it sounds.

Eddy will not stop completely, but this will put an end to 400 years of Matyn shoemaking business. His daughters don’t want to continue the business.