Iceland is an eye wateringly expensive country to visit.
Norway is prohibitively expensive for tourists at least, if not the locals. I know per capita they are one of the richest countries on earth but I'm convinced there must be a two tier pricing policy
Quote from: mr underhill on March 11, 2018, 02:06:17 PMNorway is prohibitively expensive for tourists at least, if not the locals. I know per capita they are one of the richest countries on earth but I'm convinced there must be a two tier pricing policyNah, it's one of the most transparent countries in the world. The pricing is a funny one, the main issue is that you pay a premium for service. Go to a bar and order the local beer (Hansa for example) and you'll pay about £8 for a pint (well half litre). Buy something imported and you'll pay £12-13. However buy that same beer in cans and you'll pay about £2-3 for the local stuff and £4ish for the imported. Still expensive but not on the same level. It's the same with restaurants, you can expect to pay about double what you'd spend in the UK but groceries are about 20-25% higher, again because you're paying a massive service charge. The main reason is that most of those people are going to be earning 2-3x their UK counterparts (I know a lad who works in a bar in Bergen and is on £17 an hour, he's 19 so here he'd be on £5.60).Sorry, that's got very little to do with Bjarnason who i still think looks lost playing wide left but he's looking much more confident now than when he arrived.
Quote from: Richard E on March 11, 2018, 09:46:04 AMIceland is an eye wateringly expensive country to visit.Yes indeed but don't give them any prizes till you have been to Singapore.
So based on the above posts was it a toe poke or full on money driller?