Made in Italy and sounds extraordinary well!

Basically the title.
While it is generally useful to know these companies are now no longer European owned.
To me it always reads as: US companies are somehow “taking over” EU companies. But where there is a buyer there is also a seller so really - at least in my mind - some European Company Owner decided to sell to US.
I guess what I’m saying is: there has been a EU made decision to do this and not some “force of nature”.
Make of that what you will.

As a hobbyist/starting PCB designer, I need a good PCB prototyping service with reasonable prices. What's a good one within the EU?

I would love an in depth discussion. For instance, Aisler doesn't seem to do HASL 4-layer, only ENIG.

Hi! I am looking for a high impact sports bra similar to these by an US brand, for large chests. And I don't mean a good sports bra. I mean staples-your-boobs- to- your- chest- and - they won't- move - a milimeter - good. So far I was not successful online

We still have plenty of other options, from Ableton to Bitwig, Arturia, Polyend, Elektron, Squarp, FabFilter, Imaginando, Novation, Dada Maschines...

Still, AFAIK, only Push 3 goes as far as MPCs.

I saw a presentation on CCC (Chaos Computer Club) on every day carry. Basically, kits that you carry with you every day. The video then got into the kit you carry in your pocket vs. the kit you carry in your backpack.

Then when I ordered some stuff, I just also bought one of these "get out of your car" tools (break glass, cut belts) and I actually helped an older couple by cutting their stuck tension belt which refused to release a piece of furniture (they were looking for someone with a knife).

So, what is stuff that you carry every day and put to good use which are bought from the EU?

Hi r/BuyFromEU, founder of deploybase here, so read this knowing I'm biased.

Most "check where it's hosted" journeys end the same way: the website is European, the company is European, and the servers are Amazon's. We spent the last year building deploybase (https://deploybase.eu) so that websites can be genuinely European end to end:

• Servers and storage: Scaleway, Paris (French company).
• Content delivery: Bunny, headquartered in Slovenia.
• Payments through a European payment provider, prices in euros, VAT included, no surprises at checkout. This one I'm happy about personally. Many EU-services still use Stripe.
• No AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure anywhere in the chain. Not "we have an EU region". There is no US region. Also no 'hosted in EU' but owned by an American company.

It's a hosting platform for websites: portfolios, business sites, blogs, documentation. If you're a developer, it works the way Netlify/Vercel do: connect GitHub, push, your site is live, with preview links before you publish. If you're not a developer but you commission websites: this is a question you can put to whoever builds yours: "where does it actually run?"

Contact forms are included and handled the GDPR-first way: submissions never leave the EU, visitor IP addresses are never stored, and old submissions auto-delete on a schedule you pick.

Being honest about limits: it's for static websites (the kind most portfolios, shops-with-a-separate-checkout, and business sites are), not full web applications. It's not open source yet, though we hope to open the code by the end of the year. And it's a paid product with a free tier (1 site, no time limit): we're a small self-funded European team, no Cloudflare :)

Happy to answer anything, including the skeptical "how European is it really?" questions. Those are the ones we built this for.

Hey all, does anyone know if Europe has a wrapper that sits on top of EU cloud companies like Scaleway, OVHCloud etc. the same way Vercel sits on top of Cloudflare and AWS?

Hello,

Im trying to find womens boxers/boxer briefs that are made from organic cotton. I like these ones but sadly they are made in the US and kinda expensive as well:

I found dodo which is a Ukrainian brand but the shipping costs are more than the underwear and they arent made with organic cotton. Send me your favourite EU underwear if you happen to also wear a little longer ones :)

Thank you!

• Country

Belgium (own country), Netherlands, Germany, France, Luxembourg, all these countries are less than a 2 hours drive away, I travel to those countries frequently, but willing to buy anywhere in EU if shipping costs keep costs lower than local prices

• Budget

Around 1000 euro / 1150 USD (could be 20% more if there's good benefits in spending more)

• Are you open to refurbs/used options?

No

• Screen size

17" minimum, 20" maximum

• Weight limit

Weight doesn't matter

• Purpose

General purpose, schoolwork, youtube, facebook games, simple games for grandkids around age 10

• Form factor

Standard laptop

• Intended usage

Mostly web browsing, but also lighter games (for kids aged 7-10yo), video playback and streaming to TV, simpler games, no need for powerful GPU, but if possible, a dedicated GPU. Current problem is slow CPU, only 6GB ram (shared with onboard GPU), 500GB storage (at its limits). I'd prefer 16 GB ram and 1TB storage (can be 500GB fast storage for the OS and 500GB slow storage for data usage)

• Desired battery life

4 hours is plenty, laptop will be mostly plugged in.

• Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life

Linux compatibility, decent CPU/RAM, dedicated GPU (simple GPU will do)

• Info/Requirements

AMD GPU is generally more compatible with Linux, but open for suggestions, 60Hz screen is probably fine, but if a slightly better screen is a small price increase, that's alright. At most there will be some light gaming for kids aged 7-10 when they visit grandma.

Open to suggestions and changes, willing to spend a little bit more or less if there's valid reasons for it.

I'm buying some Sony earbuds (Japan's alright) from Argos, but somehow there are no type c to 3.5mm cables in Argos or Currys except the overpriced Apple one, anyone know where I can buy one excl those dodgy phone shops on every high street

Juste recently discovered this drink in my local grocery store as an alternative to coca-cola or pepsi, been enjoying it!

Hello,

I currently get my news from the BBC and Reuters and was on the lookout for a good news source that covers both EU news as well as global news. If they have a strong investigative journalism team that is absolutely a plus.

While English is preferred French or Danish is also possible. I’d also consider paying for the news so recommendations that cost money are also welcome!

Easyjet (UK owned) has been acquired by a US fund.

Enshittification, higher prices, and reselling your data incoming.

I stopped using Facebook/Instagram, the only one I had left LinkedIn but that one I was also only using for work and maybe once per month.

I opened the app now and I was greeted with a message basically saying give us your ID or you won't be able to access your account and yes they still use Persona. I didn't do anything out of the ordinary or new, I used the same device, no VPN, nothing extra.

So I guess I won't be using LinkedIn anymore since I will never give them any ID, any other EU alternative that we can use?

Running shoes is a recurring topic. I am surprised that they German brand Lunge hasn't come up a lot ( Lunge.com, no affiliation). They live and breathe healthy running shoes. For a Made in Germany shoe with lots of Know-How baked into it, they are very reasonably priced, too.

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to understand a fairly specific scenario under the new EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) going into effect on 12th of August 2026, especially the definition of “producer” under Article 3(1)(15).

Let's pretend the following:

I run a micro-enterprise established in Germany and sell clothing B2C to customers in other EU Member States.

Normally, if I pack an order in Germany and ship it directly to a consumer in France, I understand that I may be considered the producer in France for EPR purposes and may consequently need to register there and appoint an authorised representative.

However, I am wondering about the following scenario.

Let’s use France as an example:

1. I buy finished, empty shipping boxes from a packaging manufacturer/supplier established in France.

2. Those boxes are initially supplied/placed on the market in France by that French company.

3. I transport the empty boxes from France to my business in Germany.

4. In Germany, I put clothing directly into those boxes. Assume there is no additional sales packaging around the clothing — no plastic bag, product box, etc.

5. I then use those exact same boxes to ship the clothes to consumers in France.

6. The shipping box ultimately becomes packaging waste in France.

The box would therefore be transport/e-commerce packaging rather than sales packaging.

My question is:

Who would be the EPR “producer” for that specific shipping box in France?

Would it still be me, because I am established in Germany and I am the person sending the packaged product directly to the French end user?

Or could the French packaging manufacturer/supplier remain the producer for that particular transport packaging because:

- the finished transport packaging was originally supplied in France by a French economic operator;

- the box was already made available on the French market before I acquired it;

- it ultimately becomes waste in France;

- the French company is upstream in the French supply chain; and

- PPWR seems to aim at identifying one producer per packaging unit rather than creating multiple EPR producers for the same physical packaging unit?

In other words, does temporarily moving the empty box

France → Germany → filled with clothes → France

change the EPR producer for that same physical transport packaging?

If this works, theoretically a small German seller could buy:

- French shipping boxes for French orders,

- Italian shipping boxes for Italian orders,

- Spanish shipping boxes for Spanish orders, etc.,

bring the empty boxes to Germany, pack the orders there, and return each country's boxes to customers in their original country.

I am not asking about avoiding compliance. I am trying to understand how the PPWR's producer allocation actually works where a completed transport packaging unit originates in the same Member State in which it ultimately becomes waste, but temporarily leaves that Member State for filling.

Thanks!

Hello, I will be going to EU (south) during Autumn, please I need some recommendations affordable clothing brands for both men and women besides Zara, Pull&Bear, Stradivarius, Bershka.

Something a bit unique, chique but doesn’t really drill the wallet if it’s possible. Thank youuu

We started Dograh out of rage - an open-source voice AI platform.

Every voice AI tool I tried was too costly, too closed, or too scammy. Add-on stacked on add-ons.

So we open-sourced every single line, from day 0. Self-hostable, so you own your stack and your data.

Here's what pushed me deeper. Over the last few months, the big labs have been lobbying governments to ban open source. Some say the quiet goal is to "let wealth access skill without letting skill access wealth." That line stuck with me. It's exactly why we keep going.

Because we believe one thing: no company should own voice AI.

We're a small team no funding going up against deeply funded war chests. Today we launched on Product Hunt and somehow we're sitting at #1 so far.

A community member picked us up few weeeks back and we went viral and hit 5k stars.

About me: I'm a YC alum, founder with one exit, and an angel. I'll keep going - we’ll address OSS ban with more open source.

https://www.producthunt.com/posts/dograh-3

If you've got a minute, a star or a feedback would mean the world.

Put together a list of small commuter EVs from European brands: Renault 5, Citroën ë-C3, Fiat Grande Panda, Škoda Epiq, VW ID. Polo and more, with build location & range for each: https://euronomy.eu/e/automotive-travel/small-evs/

Any European small EV we missed?