A shoe handling and washing system, comprising: - a plurality of shoe carrier elements; - a conveyor for moving the plurality of shoe carrier elements along a track; - at least one loading and/or unloading station arranged next to the track for loading shoes to and/or unloading shoes from the shoe carrier elements; and - a washing unit positioned next to the track, in which the washing unit comprises a bowl that is fillable with a cleaning liquid, in which the track is an endless loop with vertical leg sections (14, 15) connected to each other by an upper and lower bend section (16, 17), in which the bowl is positioned at the lower bend section such that shoes that are carried by the shoe carrier elements get moved through the bowl by movement of the shoe carrier elements along the lower bend section, in which a housing is provided which covers at least a front side of the system, in particular the entire system for forming a protective cabinet around it, in which housing an inlet and/or outlet opening is provided at the loading and/or unloading station, and in which a door is provided in the housing at the inlet and/or outlet opening, which door is movable between an open and closed position, characterized in that, a control unit is provided for locking the door in its closed position during movements of the shoe carrier elements along the track, for having the conveyor halt a respective one of the shoe carrier elements in front of the inlet and/or outlet opening during a stop, wherein the control unit is designed to only allow the door to be unlocked for movement to its open position during such a stop, wherein the respective one of the shoe carrier elements is accessible through the inlet and/or outlet opening for a user when the conveyor has stopped the shoe carrier elements from moving along the track, and wherein the control unit is connected to a user interface for controlling a moving/stopping of the conveyor and locking/unlocking of the door in dependence of a user specific code, such that the user specific code corresponds to or gets to correspond to the specific one of the shoe carrier elements getting halted by the conveyor in front of the inlet and/or outlet opening. - a plurality of shoe carrier elements; - a conveyor for moving the plurality of shoe carrier elements along a track; - at least one loading and/or unloading station arranged next to the track for loading shoes to and/or unloading shoes from the shoe carrier elements; and - a washing unit positioned next to the track, in which the washing unit comprises a bowl that is fillable with a cleaning liquid, in which the track is an endless loop with vertical leg sections (14, 15) connected to each other by an upper and lower bend section (16, 17), in which the bowl is positioned at the lower bend section such that shoes that are carried by the shoe carrier elements get moved through the bowl by movement of the shoe carrier elements along the lower bend section, in which a housing is provided which covers at least a front side of the system, in particular the entire system for forming a protective cabinet around it, in which housing an inlet and/or outlet opening is provided at the loading and/or unloading station, and in which a door is provided in the housing at the inlet and/or outlet opening,