I had last year already in the store trying on clothes for VAUDE at SportScheck, and the seller had me right out that the matters to be somewhat smaller in general. Nevertheless, this time I wanted to use the 50% offer on Amazon and the pants have ordered as a precaution one size larger (56). Good decision, because with these pants size 54 fits 56er just recently. Otherwise, the pants are an excellent workmanship, the material is properly and the design is also great.