Norway’s high prices are telling.
A small 0.33 liter beer is about 12 euros. A piece of pizza 23 euros. Venison hamburger 17.50 euros. Mineral water (0.7 liters) 7.50 euros. Zero Cola (0.33 liters) 5.30 euros.
– Porky. The money is being taken away from tourists, Finns sigh Lasse and Jerk off On Oslo’s Holmenkollen.
The high prices of the ski mecca also speak volumes among the locals.
– Everything is really expensive. I can’t imagine that anything is more expensive in our neighboring countries, says Ludvik Kristiansen.
– The prices of alcohol and sweets are frustrating – after all, they are the most important purchases, after returning from a ski run Additional and Anne state.
The gin and tonic, one of their favorite drinks, costs 14.50 euros per shot at Kollen.
Fuck the government
A small beer costs around 12 euros in Holmenkollen. PASI LEISMA
Finnish men Lasse and Jykä say that they are passionate bench athletes who go to major events in different sports a few times a year.
– An extended weekend in Oslo costs the same as a month in Budapest – and the Budapest price includes entrance tickets to the F1 qualifying event and the race, the men say.
Data bank Numbeo listed Norway as the third most expensive country in the world in 2022. The currency exchange company Forex ranked vuonomaa in the shared tenth place last year.
– The devil! Food, fuel, beer… Everything is expensive. This is the result of the actions of the country’s current government, Oslo native Magnus Aurlie comment.
The leader of the Labor Party serves as the Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Störe.
Expensive gas
Oslo residents Magnus Aurlie (left) and Ludvik Kristiansen, who returned from a ski run, criticized the Norwegian government for high prices. Pasi Liesimaa
In the restaurant of the hotel located on Holmenkollen, starters cost 22 euros on average and main courses 39 euros on average. This is definitely not a fine dining restaurant.
In Oslo, the average price of 95-octane fuel is EUR 2.53 and diesel EUR 2.42.
– I try to buy raw materials as cheap as possible, because food is hugely overpriced in Norway. When the price of a product is, say, NOK 40, it should be NOK 15–20, says Aurlie.
One Norwegian krone is about nine cents.
A surprising statistic
Tone (left), Torbjörn and Tarjus Lökken remind us that Helsinki is as expensive or even more expensive than Oslo. Pasi Liesimaa
– I was in Helsinki in October and it was also very expensive there, comments a person waiting for a train at the Holmenkollen metro station Tarjus Lökken.
The man is at the core, because according to the 2023 international price comparison, Helsinki is a more expensive capital city than Oslo. Oslo was ranked 60th on the list and dropped no less than 33 places from the previous year. Helsinki was number 34 on the list.
Housing price trends have been declining in Sweden, Finland and Denmark in recent years, but the Norwegian housing market has not been significantly affected by the global economic challenges. According to Statistics Norway’s 2023 report, apartment prices rose by a few percent and, for example, in Oslo by more than four percent.
– Everything is expensive, but at this age I have already adapted to it, Torbjörn Lökken states.
Johaug luxury house
Therese Johaug’s house is located about 20 minutes’ walk from the Holmenkollen ski stadium. PDO
Holmenkollen is located in Oslo’s Vestre Aker district. The region has been characterized as a value area.
Therese Johaug bought a 400-square-meter detached house in the area in 2017 for 1.92 million euros. According to Statistics Finland’s monetary value calculator, the 2017 price is currently equivalent to 2.3 million euros.
Of course, citizens of the oil country have more chips at their disposal than Finns. For example, in 2021, the gross domestic product per inhabitant of Norwegians was 54,300 euros per person, and that of Finns was 36,400 euros.
The price of a deer burger at the Kollen ski stadium is 17.50 euros. PASI LEISMA