Db Journey: travel gear built the Norwegian way
Db Journey is one of the few brands in our store that does not make clothing. It makes the case you put the clothing in, and it does that better than almost anyone. The brand was founded in Norway in 2009 by freeskier Jon Olsson and engineer Truls Brataas, who started with a simple frustration: travel gear that could not keep up with people who actually travel. Seventeen years later, Db is still independently run from Oslo, now backed by LVMH Luxury Ventures and B Corp certified since 2023. At Hombre Amsterdam, we carry the two pieces from the Ramverk Pro line.
What sets Db apart is the way it thinks about luggage. Most suitcases are designed to look good on a shelf. A Ramverk is designed for the carousel, the cobblestones, the overhead bin and the trunk of a car that is slightly too small. Rigid construction, hook-up points that let you stack a backpack on top, and a hard shell that takes a beating without showing it. It is Scandinavian design in the truest sense: nothing decorative, everything considered.
The two we carry
The Ramverk Pro Check-In Medium is the hardside suitcase for the longer trip. Big enough for a week and a half, structured enough that your tailoring arrives the way it left. The internal layout is unusually well thought out, with compression on both sides and a depth that swallows shoes and knitwear without forcing you to sit on the lid.
The Ramverk Pro Carry-On is the cabin suitcase most of our customers end up using weekly. Cabin-sized, so it never leaves your side, with the same rigid frame and the same quiet, matte look. If you fly a few times a year and you are tired of soft trolleys that bulge and sag, this is the upgrade that settles the question for good.
Erling Haaland, who is both an investor in Db and the face of its campaigns, travels with the Ramverk Pro himself. The same line we carry in the store.
Norway takes them to the World Cup
This summer, the brand gets its biggest stage yet. Db has partnered with the Norwegian Football Federation, supplying its new Ramverk Alu aluminum luggage to the players and support staff of the Norwegian national team at the 2026 World Cup. The launch ties into Db's New Icons campaign featuring Haaland, putting the suitcase in front of an international audience just as Norway returns to the World Cup for the first time in 28 years.
The Ramverk Alu is the aluminum top of the line: rivetless, infinitely repairable and built from 369 custom-engineered components. The Ramverk Pro we carry shares the same design thinking in a lighter polycarbonate build, at a price that makes more sense if you are not travelling with a national team's equipment budget.
Why we keep them in the store
We carry Db for the same reason we carry Berwich trousers or Wahts knitwear: it is the best version of the thing it is. A Ramverk costs more than a suitcase from the airport shop and it will outlast three of them. Db became a Certified B Corporation in 2023, which fits how the product feels: built to be kept, not replaced.
If you want to see the difference, come by Hombre Amsterdam on Jan Evertsenstraat. Pick one up, roll it across the floor, open the lid. Five minutes with the real thing tells you more than any product page.
