SLUIZ IBIZA
Ibiza · Shops we miss
SLUIZ Ibiza's "Ikea on acid" is coming back.
Life-size pink, purple and blue cows. Rainbow torsos on whitewashed walls. Cake, cocktails, taxidermy and a sofa you didn't know you needed. Here's what happened to the island's wildest store, and what happens next.
If you've been to Ibiza, you've probably heard someone say "you have to go to SLUIZ." And then you went, and you weren't sure if you were in a design boutique or a circus.
SLUIZ was a gigantic interiors, fashion and lifestyle concept store outside the village of Santa Gertrudis, in the middle of the island. Homeware, clothes, art, a café that turned into a bar at night, live music, Mongolian fleeces next to Moroccan tea glasses next to something nobody could explain. People came for a lamp and left three hours later with a story. Long before "dopamine decor" was a thing, SLUIZ was already doing it, loudly.
The SLUIZ story in four acts
The dream
A Dutch family, Hans and Yvonne and their kids, built SLUIZ from scratch and ran it for close to two decades, sourcing much of it on their own travels. It grew from a boutique into an enormous warehouse on the road from Ibiza town to Sant Miquel, and became the place everyone sent their visiting friends.
The shutdown
In late July 2024, Santa Eulària council ordered the Santa Gertrudis store to close by noon on July 31. According to local press, the site was licensed only as a restaurant, had been extended on rural land without permission, and fell short on fire safety.
The family called it inhumanely short notice
and threw a 48-hour goodbye party. They tried again across the road that August, but the original SLUIZ eventually closed for good.
The superfans
Enter Leticia La Valle, a designer from Barcelona, and her husband: longtime SLUIZ customers who were heartbroken (she says she cried) at the thought of it disappearing. In summer 2026 they announced they had acquired the brand, and SLUIZ started showing up again, sponsoring Ibiza's ROLA film festival before it even had a shop.
The comeback
The new SLUIZ is planned for 2027 at a new location, once the paperwork is done. New collections from island makers, more art and events, and a promise that the icons stay: in La Valle's words to Ibiza Property Journal, the blue cows will graze again.
Apparently the naughty dwarves are coming back too.
The plot twist
Not everyone is celebrating. The new SLUIZ is a new team with a famous name, and the founding family has distanced itself from the revival: it isn't their project, and it doesn't come with their blessing. They're doing their own creative and event projects around the island.
So, two camps, one cow. Which SLUIZ is the real SLUIZ? The original was a place. The new one is a brand trying to become a place again. Islanders will decide when the doors open.
Will the cows come home?
The new owners say news of the comeback will land on Instagram first.
Follow @sluizibizaSources: Ibiza Property Journal, Diario de Ibiza, La Voz de Ibiza, Noudiari, Interior Daily, Urban Junkies.
