The average temperature in Vienna in September is 15Â°C, which is already four degrees fewer than it was in August, but still also five degrees more than it will be in October. In the afternoons, the mercury climbs to a still comfortable 19Â°C high, but at night, it drops to a chillier low temperature of 10Â°C.
Trippen might well have been the predecessors of wooden shoes, or âklompenâ, as the footwear is called in Dutch. Anyhow, wooden shoes gained in popularity ever since the beginning of the 16th century. Because wooden shoes are made out of one piece, they proved to be a firm, practical and relatively cheap alternative. They protected the feet from dirt and formed a useful additive in the moistures Dutch climate.
Sandals were the most common footwear in most early civilizations, however, a few early cultures had shoes. In Mesopotamia, (c. 1600-1200 BC) a type of soft shoes were worn by the mountain people who lived on the border of Iran. The soft shoe was made of wraparound leather, similar to a moccasin. As late as 1850 most shoes were made on absolutely straight lasts, with no difference between the right and the left shoe.