Cost of living in European and Asian cities???

[wideload]

I am planning on doing an exchange next year through my school.... we can pretty much go anywhere. Since there are a lot of non-north americans here, I thought you guys might be able to help me....

Basically I need to know the cost of living (rent, food, etc... in the following places. Exact figures would be very helpful

coppenhagen
manchester
seoul
osaka
budapest
maastricht

also any general comments on these cities is appreciated... im looking for a fun factor here and will be spending about 4 months in whatever city i go to.

[Eline]

Maastricht is absolutely wonderful!

I've been there twice, once on a day-trip and once on a romantic mini-holiday.

It is a very old and very beautiful city in the southeast of the Netherlands and the atmosphere is very good, there are lots of students living there too. You are on the border of Belgium and Germany, and Amsterdam is 2.5 hours by train. There are a lot of tourists so you could get by in English if you don't want to learn Dutch.

pictures:
http://images.google.com/images?sourcei ... a=N&tab=wi

I think the costs will be more or less average for living costs in the Netherlands, so I give you the figures from where I live which is in the west of the country(in Euros)

• - rent for an average student room with shared facilities = minimum € 250
  - rent for a small apartment = anything from € 450 - € 900
  - food per month = € 150 if you cook your own meals
  - a glass of beer = € 1.80 (I think, don't drink beer)
  - cinema ticket = € 8 (excluding popcorn and beer)
  - a second-hand bike = € 80 (or € 15 if you buy a stolen bike from a junkie but that's illegal)
  - a return train ticket to Amsterdam = € 38.20

If you need more figures, just let me know what kind and I'll see if I can find them
Ask EmVee for the prices of cannabis because I have no clue.

(I have been to Copenhagen once and it was very expensive)

[Obfleur]

Do you want the price of a loaf of bread, or what's the deal here?

I believe the cost of living in Denmark, Copenhagen is about the same as living in Sweden.

If you want to eat at a restaurant it'll cost you about $18 (dinner and a beer).
If you want to eat at a McDonalds, I imagine a Big Mac'll (with fries and beverage) cost you $9.
There's also a lot of small chinese restaurants that'll give you a super awesome meal for about $5.

If you are planning on cooking your own food you can get a kilo pasta (2.2 lbs or whatever the hell it is you use) for $1 (in Sweden at least).
And you can get a bigass sausage for about $3.
And you can drink the tap water.
Do you want fries? Why don't you buy some in the store for like $2 - $3.
Potatoes is sold for like $1 / kg.
A loaf of bred: $3.
I spend around $200 - $250 / month on food (don't know why Eline thinks it's expensive?).

Geting around in Copenhagen is easy. There metro/subway/underground system is really nice.
They also have buses and the other usual stuff.
Don't know the price of this though, but it's not expensive.

You can also travel to Sweden by train (takes about 30 minutes). That'll cost you $20, and you can use that ticket to go wherever you want. You can just travel back and forth if you want to.

I have no idea what rent is. It all depends what you are looking for I assume, and if you want the apartment to be located at the heart of the city, or in the outskirts.

Any questions?

[wideload]

Do you want the price of a loaf of bread, or what's the deal here?

I believe the cost of living in Denmark, Copenhagen is about the same as living in Sweden.

If you want to eat at a restaurant it'll cost you about $18 (dinner and a beer).
If you want to eat at a McDonalds, I imagine a Big Mac'll (with fries and beverage) cost you $9.
There's also a lot of small chinese restaurants that'll give you a super awesome meal for about $5.

If you are planning on cooking your own food you can get a kilo pasta (2.2 lbs or whatever the hell it is you use) for $1 (in Sweden at least).
And you can get a bigass sausage for about $3.
And you can drink the tap water.
Do you want fries? Why don't you buy some in the store for like $2 - $3.
Potatoes is sold for like $1 / kg.
A loaf of bred: $3.
I spend around $200 - $250 / month on food (don't know why Eline thinks it's expensive?).

Geting around in Copenhagen is easy. There metro/subway/underground system is really nice.
They also have buses and the other usual stuff.
Don't know the price of this though, but it's not expensive.

You can also travel to Sweden by train (takes about 30 minutes). That'll cost you $20, and you can use that ticket to go wherever you want. You can just travel back and forth if you want to.

I have no idea what rent is. It all depends what you are looking for I assume, and if you want the apartment to be located at the heart of the city, or in the outskirts.

Any questions?

Looking for an apartment close to the universities.... Also i propably won't be learning to speak fluently in any foreign languages since I'll be there for 4 months. So I'll be speaking English and broken French (which I used to speak fluently)

[Obfleur]

In both Denmark and Sweden you start studying english at the age of 10/11 or something. So you won't have any problem communicating if you go to Copenhagen (the older generations might be a bit crappy at english though).