Traditional outdoor/hunting boots work. The problem with 'outdoor shops' is that footwear is becoming disposable and running-shoe derived. I recently wanted to replace a pair of Lowa leather hiking boots and had to order them from online shop - the local outdoor shops looked at me and said 'is that a brand of shoes?'. Yes, Lowa is like Scarpa or Garmont ;-)
Hunters, particularly western hunters (in US) still demand burly footwear.
Schnee's this outfit has great boots, I'm sure you can find something along the same lines in EU?