Bold & Loud
We made socks a cool gift again. And we're giving you 3,500+ reasons why.
Europe's widest sock range on Europe's longest shopping street: ei4 Socks stocks over 3,500 different sock designs from all over the world — around two thirds live in our Super Sock Center, the rest spread across the smaller stores. Merino wool for days when you'd rather not think about your feet. Alpaca wool when it gets properly freezing. And extra-breathable bamboo socks for summer. The people you love will thank you. Bold socks that make a statement without shouting. Animal designs from honeybee to wild boar, plus everything in between you could possibly imagine. A highlight: our creative gift sets that look like the result of weeks of agonising. We did that part so you don't have to. Licensed pop-culture designs including Star Wars, Harry Potter, Rolling Stones and the Beatles. And our art socks bring iconic works by Banksy, Picasso, Van Gogh and many more straight to your feet. Three sock shops right on the Hauptstraße in Heidelberg's old town — no franchise, no corporation, no chain. A local Heidelberg business, grown here and stayed here. Come on in. Your feet deserve better.
Our ei4 Socks Stores
The Legacy of the Kurpfalz!
Surrounded by centuries of history, you'll find the modern Perlen der Kurpfalz of Heidelberg's memory culture right here with us.
The Postcard Dilemma
Liselotte von der Pfalz wrote over 60,000 letters to her relatives from Versailles. And you haven't even sent your gran a postcard? No worries — our Souvenirs shops have got you covered.
Students Since 1386
Heidelberg University was founded in 1386. Which means: for over 600 years, students here have been inventing highly creative excuses for why they simply cannot make it to the morning lecture.
Perkeo & Das Große Fass
The great barrel in the castle held 220,000 litres of wine. When court jester Perkeo was asked whether he could empty it on his own, he simply replied: "Perché no?" (Why not?). Heidelberg pragmatism at its finest. Three centuries later he's still making the rounds in world culture: in Balatro, the award-winning card video game, Perkeo is one of five legendary Jokers. Some careers just never end.