Hælebaren Christianshavn

I don’t know about you guys, but I LOVE the smell of leather. I don’t even own that much of it, as I’m destined to ruin anything that is even slightly delicate.
But, I do have leather boots and shoes, and work across the street from Hælebaren, so it’s been an obvious choice for the point at which I finally manage to salvage a pair of well loved heels.
I honestly wish I had been wise enough to take before and after pictures of the two pairs of shoes I’ve brought in so far. One was a pair of ankle boots bought last winter and worn basically every day since then. The heels were worn out, the tongue on the inside was regularly creeping all over the place and not staying where it should, and the back part of the heel was torn up from getting stuck in cobblestones about 10 too many times. I brought them in with VERY low expectations, and came back two hours later to a brand new pair of shoes. The cost was around 200kr, which was TOTALLY WORTH not having to buy a new pair.
Last week I went back in, this time confident that I’d be pleased with the results, and with a pair of boots I wore all the other days I wasn’t wearing my ankle boots. The sole was coming unglued from the bottom of the shoe. The heels were totally worn down (this seems to be a trend for me), the leather was worn and stained from too many days on salted sidewalks in the winter. They were restored to almost new, for 150kr.
They also sell some beautiful leather goods (think ipad covers and purses, and some nice belts), and the guys inside are an absolute delight. They do not skirt on the customer service, which really makes the experience that much more pleasant. I probably won’t ever take my shoes to another cobbler in town so long as these guys are around.