I've owned a few pairs of Birkenstock and I thought this shoe was going to be something similar. But these run narrower and the straps are a bit tight at first but since this is leather they stretch a lot from the first time of wearing. They look the same as the picture and I normal wear 8 1/2-9 shoe size. I ordered size 39 and it was perfect!! I subscribed to the amazon shoe department newsletter and used the code to get 20% off!!