Cattle breeds of Europe
Holstein Friesian, Jersey, Angus, Hereford, Charolais, Simmental, Highland and Chianina, and hundreds of local breeds. 115 breeds on EveryCow so far.
Cattle towns, fairs and pastures
Alentejo 2Black Forest 2Brittany 2Galloway 2Hortobágy National Park 2Piedmont 2Tyrol 2Valais 2Yorkshire 2Abondance 1Albany 1Albera Massif 1Alt Empordà 1Altopiano di Asiago 1Aosta 1Aosta Valley 1Aquitaine 1Arezzo 1Argelès 1Auvergne 1Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 1Aveiro District 1Ayrshire 1Bács-Kiskun 1Bagnères-de-Bigorre 1Baixa Limia-Serra do Xurés 1Balearic Islands 1Basse-Normandie 1Bavaria 1Bazas 1
Products of the region
Isigny butter (Normandy cultured butter)Clotted creamButtermilkSkyrFilmjölkViiliCrème fraîcheSmetanaQuarkRyazhenka
Days
St Anthony's Day and the blessing of animalsImbolc and St Brigid's DayBeltane and the cattle firesFête des GardiansSt Wendelin's DaySamhain and the coming down of the herdsMartinmasSt Modestos's Day
Countries
🇦🇱 Albania 1🇦🇹 Austria 10🇧🇾 Belarus🇧🇪 Belgium 3🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1🇧🇬 Bulgaria🇭🇷 Croatia 4🇨🇿 Czech Republic 2🇪🇪 Estonia 2🇫🇮 Finland 5🇫🇷 France 20🇩🇪 Germany 18🇬🇷 Greece 1🇭🇺 Hungary 5🇮🇸 Iceland 1🇮🇪 Ireland 6🇮🇹 Italy 19🇽🇰 Kosovo 1🇱🇻 Latvia 2🇱🇹 Lithuania 2🇲🇹 Malta🇲🇩 Moldova🇲🇪 Montenegro 1🇳🇱 Netherlands 7🇲🇰 North Macedonia🇳🇴 Norway 2🇵🇱 Poland 3🇵🇹 Portugal 7🇷🇴 Romania 2🇷🇺 Russia 7🇷🇸 Serbia 3🇸🇮 Slovenia 3🇪🇸 Spain 9🇸🇪 Sweden 6🇨🇭 Switzerland 9🇺🇦 Ukraine 4🇬🇧 United Kingdom 19
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 3 moreHolstein Friesian
A black and white dairy breed kept worldwide, with red and white lines tooTaurine · Dairy
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreAyrshire
Red-and-white dairy cattle from south-west Scotland, hardy, long-lived and easy calversTaurine · Dairy · Easy calving
🇨🇭 Switzerland and 5 moreBraunvieh
A large Alpine brown dairy breed from Switzerland, known for its strength and high milk yield.Taurine · Dairy · Rich milk
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreDanish RedRød Dansk Malkerace
A red Danish dairy breed, with a modern line and a 1970 lineTaurine · Dairy · Rich milk
🇺🇸 United StatesGuernsey
A fawn dairy breed from Guernsey, its milk tinted gold by beta-caroteneTaurine · Dairy · Docile
🇩🇪 Germany and 4 moreGerman Black Pied
A dairy breed of the North Sea coast, black and white, smaller than the HolsteinTaurine · Dairy · Long-lived
🇫🇷 France and 2 moreMontbéliarde
A red and white dairy breed from eastern France, prized for cheesemaking milk.Taurine · Dairy · Rich milk
🇱🇻 LatviaLatvian Brown
A red dairy breed from Latvia, developed from Angeln stock and once numbering over a million head.Taurine · Dairy · Docile
🇸🇪 SwedenSwedish Red-and-WhiteSvensk röd och vit boskap
A red and white Swedish milk breed with horns on cows and bulls alikeTaurine · Dairy
🇫🇷 France and 2 moreAbondance
A red and white dairy breed from the French Alps, kept for milk and mountain grazing.Taurine · Dairy · Heat-tolerant
🇸🇪 SwedenFjällSvensk fjällras
A polled, mostly white dairy cow from the Swedish mountains, hardy on thin grazing.Taurine · Dairy · Polled
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreTarentaise
A French alpine breed from the Tarentaise valley, kept for cheese and for crossingTaurine · Dairy · Docile
🇮🇸 IcelandIcelandicíslenskur nautgripur
A small, mostly polled dairy breed isolated in Iceland for a thousand yearsTaurine · Dairy · Polled
🇪🇸 SpainMenorquina
A red, hornless dairy breed from the Spanish island of Menorca, prized for Mahón cheese production.Taurine · Dairy · Disease-resistant
🇸🇪 SwedenVäneko
An endangered Swedish dairy breed, black or red with white, named for a villageTaurine · Dairy
🇫🇮 FinlandWestern Finncattle
A red, hornless dual-purpose breed from western Finland, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dairy · Polled
🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreMurnau-Werdenfels
A long-lived brown dairy breed of the Bavarian uplands, milk and beefTaurine · Dairy · Long-lived
🇮🇪 Ireland and 2 moreKerryBó Chiarraí
A rare black dairy breed from southwest Ireland, one of Europe's oldest milk cattleTaurine · Dairy · Thrifty foragers
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 moreRed Poll
A naturally hornless red English breed, kept for milk and beefTaurine · Dual-purpose · Polled
🇪🇪 EstoniaEstonian nativeeesti maatõug
A polled dairy breed from Estonia, yellow-brown to red, with a herdbook since 1914Taurine · Dairy · Polled
🇫🇷 FranceBretonne Pie Noir
A small pied black and white dairy cow from Brittany, once half a million strongTaurine · Dairy · Thrifty foragers
🇳🇴 NorwayTelemarkTelemarkfe
A small red dairy breed from Telemark in Norway, with a white cross on the backTaurine · Dairy
🇫🇮 FinlandEastern Finncattleitäsuomenkarja
A dual-purpose Finncattle landrace from eastern Finland, also called kyyttöTaurine · Dairy
🇦🇹 Austria and 1 moreMurbodenMurbodner Rind
An Austrian mountain breed kept for milk, meat and draught workTaurine · Dairy
🇩🇪 GermanyHarzer Rotvieh
A solid red upland breed from the Harz, once kept for milk, beef and draught workTaurine · Dairy · Cold-hardy
🇬🇧 United KingdomAlderney
An extinct small dairy breed from the Channel Islands, dun or fawn and short-hornedTaurine · Dairy · Rich milk
🇫🇷 FranceFrench Simmental
A large French dairy breed, red pied with a white head, milked for comtéTaurine · Dairy
🇫🇮 FinlandFinncattle
Small, hornless Finnish dairy cattle in three types: red, white and red-and-whiteTaurine · Dairy · Polled
🇫🇷 FranceMaraîchine
A large wheaten marsh breed of western France, kept for beef and wet meadowsTaurine · Beef · Disease-resistant
🇫🇮 FinlandFinnish AyrshireSuomen Ayrshire
Finland's most numerous dairy breed, red and white, from Scottish Ayrshire stockTaurine · Dairy · Rich milk
🇵🇹 PortugalMinhota
A tall beef breed from Minho in northern Portugal, once also worked and milked.Taurine · Beef
🇪🇪 EstoniaEstonian RedEesti punane veis
A red-coated dairy breed from Estonia, formed from local cows and imported red stockTaurine · Dairy
🇸🇪 SwedenSwedish PolledSvensk Kullig Boskap
A hornless red dairy cow from Sweden, formed in 1937 from the Rödkulla and Fjäll breedsTaurine · Dairy · Polled
🇸🇮 SloveniaCikaCikasto govedo
A small red-brown dairy breed from Slovenia's alpine valleys, with a white line along the backTaurine · Dairy · Thrifty foragers
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Menorquina: Discasto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Swedish Red Polled: Ankara, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- German Black Pied: WytzeNauta, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Braunvieh: 4028mdk09, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Väneko: Philaweb, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Montbéliarde: Abujoy, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Telemark: Torstein Frogner, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Western Finncattle: MPorciusCato (cropped by Pitke ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Maraîchine: Eponimm, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Abondance: Walpole, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Guernsey: Man vyi, Public domain, source
- Icelandic: Christian Bickel (user Fingalo ), CC BY-SA 2.0 de, source
- Murnau-Werdenfels: Pippo-b, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Latvian Brown: Ingrīda Briede, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kerry: Pedroserafin, CC BY 2.5, source
- Red Poll: Poinciana, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Holstein Friesian: Vista Alegre baserria, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bretonne Pie Noir: Tsaag Valren, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- French Simmental: Grimlock, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Harzer Rotvieh: Karen Alge, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Eastern Finncattle: Sini Merikallio, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Ayrshire: Biggle, Jacob., Public domain, source
- Danish Red: Malene Thyssen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Minhota: Figueiredo, Pedro, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Estonian Red: Sillerkiil, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cika: romanm ( talk ), Public domain, source
- Murboden: Marion Schneider & Christoph Aistleitner, Public domain, source
- Fjäll: Yvonne Zimmermann, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Alderney: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, source
- Swedish Red-and-White: Tjalve77, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tarentaise: BlackSlash73, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Finnish Ayrshire: Ximonic , Simo Räsänen, GFDL, source
- Finncattle: Eero Järnefelt, Public domain, source