Snus in Bergen

[Craig de Tering]

... around here the alcohol is still 'free',

You mean "free" as in "available in any old supermarket or convenience store yet still priced for heart attacks" ??
How about special opening times in DK?

[Subtilo]

... around here the alcohol is still 'free',

You mean "free" as in "available in any old supermarket or convenience store yet still priced for heart attacks" ??
How about special opening times in DK?

Yes, more or less. 'Free' as in not controlled by the government and available in most shops. Sorry for being unclear about that.

Special opening times ... yes, the older version of the 'Lukkelov' (literally Closing law) we had some years ago said that you couldn't purchase any alcohol between 8 pm and 6 am. But not anymore. Today you can get beer, booze and wine anytime (and almost anywhere).
Funny though, it's not that long ago that I met someone who still thought that getting something to drink in the night was impossible

Oh, guess I should mention that of course you could get some beers in those days if you really wanted. It was - well, at least in Copenhagen - easy to find a kiosk owner who didn't gave a flying f*** about 'the man'.

But yes, it is expensive. Everything really is in DK. I'm absolutely NOT a rich man, but still I have yet to visit a country or capitol that I find over-priced. And I've been around :wink:

[Zero]

Well, it could be worse. In Greenland you pay in the neighborhood of 90 USD for a bottle of booze!

:shock:

Same in the far north of Canada. Economies of scale working against you and all that.

[Zero]

But yes, it is expensive. Everything really is in DK. I'm absolutely NOT a rich man, but still I have yet to visit a country or capitol that I find over-priced.

Copenhagen this year ranked 6th in the world's hierarchy of most-expensive-cities, beaten only by Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul, London, and the most expensive city - Moscow! :shock:

[Subtilo]

What? Moscow? Had no idea :shock:

Also, I would have thought that Stockholm (or at least one Swedish city) would've been in top20.

[Zero]

Hard to believe Beijing beats Stockholm, eh? I guess if you wanted to live in Beijing "like" you lived in Stockholm...maybe. Are there Ikeas in China?

[Craig de Tering]

But yes, it is expensive. Everything really is in DK. I'm absolutely NOT a rich man, but still I have yet to visit a country or capitol that I find over-priced.

Copenhagen this year ranked 6th in the world's hierarchy of most-expensive-cities, beaten only by Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul, London, and the most expensive city - Moscow! :shock:

Yeah but I guess that study takes into account an average of products bought locally whereas we're only talking booze here.

Also, I'm plenty sure there are mega-Ikeas in China. If only because most things Ikea I have are all "made in China" ;-)

Oh, here's my contribution to the discussion about high-price grievances: gasoline/petrol prices in the Netherlands: it's already the highest in the world (been that for like ages) and today the gov't announced thay're hiking it another €cent. Here's a detailed list of prices in NL updated daily (vrijdag 31 augustus 2007) in €/l (second column):
http://www.unitedconsumers.com/link....tion=showframe