Yet on the flipside, when I went to the USA last year everything was cheaper than in the UK. Beer was cheaper (though that was bottles, not pints, since the US doesn't seem to have grasped the idea of the pint), and I managed to get two newly released CDs from Virgin Megastore for less than the price of a normal album in the UK (and this is all taking exchange rates into consideration too...).Wadders said:Dude, I just got back from holiday in Sweden, everything is like double/triple the price of stuff in the UK. A Beer was about £5 (500 kronor) and it wasn't even a whole fucking pint! Outrageous I say
Wow that's worse than Ireland, a pint of Carlsberg is ?4.60.Wadders said:Dude, I just got back from holiday in Sweden, everything is like double/triple the price of stuff in the UK. A Beer was about £5 (500 kronor) and it wasn't even a whole fucking pint! Outrageous I say
Wow, that's a pretty good deal! However, I was under the impression the Americans dont really drink good beer, so that may balance out the benefits of the excellent costTrivun said:Yet on the flipside, when I went to the USA last year everything was cheaper than in the UK. Beer was cheaper (though that was bottles, not pints, since the US doesn't seem to have grasped the idea of the pint), and I managed to get two newly released CDs from Virgin Megastore for less than the price of a normal album in the UK (and this is all taking exchange rates into consideration too...).Wadders said:Dude, I just got back from holiday in Sweden, everything is like double/triple the price of stuff in the UK. A Beer was about £5 (500 kronor) and it wasn't even a whole fucking pint! Outrageous I say
Ouch, and I though my local was expensive...Spaceman_Spiff said:Wow that's worse than Ireland, a pint of Carlsberg is ?4.60.Wadders said:Dude, I just got back from holiday in Sweden, everything is like double/triple the price of stuff in the UK. A Beer was about £5 (500 kronor) and it wasn't even a whole fucking pint! Outrageous I say
As of today (sat. sept.19th) 5 British pounds = 56 Swedish Kronor(8$), which is nowhere close to 500 (probably just a typo^^) but it still sounds strange, I'd have thought a beer in Sweden would be around 40 Swedish Kronor (around 3 and half pounds)(5$80c).Wadders said:Dude, I just got back from holiday in Sweden, everything is like double/triple the price of stuff in the UK. A Beer was about £5 (500 kronor) and it wasn't even a whole fucking pint! Outrageous I say
Could it be because of Sweden's socialist system so embargos and taxes are high? Just a thought.Wadders said:However, almost all of Sweden's female population are outrageously good looking, so I guess the high beer prices are some kind of compromise
You are correct my friend, 'twas a typo. Should have typed 50 Kronor.Steindorh said:Just popped in here out of curiousity (wasn't expecting a question about snapple o0)
We don't have Snapple here in Iceland, I'm not from America, and so don't really have any reason to be here, but Wadders' post caught my eye.
As of today (sat. sept.19th) 5 British pounds = 56 Swedish Kronor(8$), which still sounds strange, I'd have thought a beer in Sweden would be around 40 Swedish Kronor (around 3 and half pounds)(5$80c).Wadders said:Dude, I just got back from holiday in Sweden, everything is like double/triple the price of stuff in the UK. A Beer was about £5 (500 kronor) and it wasn't even a whole fucking pint! Outrageous I say
That said, a beer at a bar in Iceland goes for around 900 Icelandic Krónur, or four pounds forty(7$20c).
To be on-topic : a quick search on google turned up the number 1$39c as a common price for Snapple, that's 9.55 Kronor (around 0.85 British pounds).
Sorry for barging in xP
Actually Budweiser isn't that bad, and they had Heineken too in most places, no British stuff (I wonder why...?) but still some good beer. And they love Guinness over there too ;DWadders said:Wow, that's a pretty good deal! However, I was under the impression the Americans dont really drink good beer, so that may balance out the benefits of the excellent costTrivun said:Yet on the flipside, when I went to the USA last year everything was cheaper than in the UK. Beer was cheaper (though that was bottles, not pints, since the US doesn't seem to have grasped the idea of the pint), and I managed to get two newly released CDs from Virgin Megastore for less than the price of a normal album in the UK (and this is all taking exchange rates into consideration too...).Wadders said:Dude, I just got back from holiday in Sweden, everything is like double/triple the price of stuff in the UK. A Beer was about £5 (500 kronor) and it wasn't even a whole fucking pint! Outrageous I say
One would hope the wages matched the prices =P (which they don't in Iceland at the moment, sadly) And I have to say I agree, Sweden is an awesome place to visit, especially since I'm the kind of person who's okay with drinking a lesser quality beer if all I'm after is the inebriation - plus, if it's saving me 10 Kronor per beer, after four beers I could look at it this way : the fifth one is free!Wadders said:
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's the main reason. Would have thought that EU standards would have brought alcohol prices down, seeing as they have been members for like 14 years, but I guess not.ace_of_something said:Could it be because of Sweden's socialist system so embargos and taxes are high? Just a thought.Wadders said:However, almost all of Sweden's female population are outrageously good looking, so I guess the high beer prices are some kind of compromise
Also, yes, yes they are.
Ahh, it can't be that bad thenTrivun said:
Might have to pay them a visit at some point. Although I'm not a huge fan of Guinness I'm afraid, to me it tastes like soil... Maybe I'm just not manly enough to enjoy it.
Ahah, I like your way of thinking!Steindorh said:
Oh yes, we LOVE Guiness! Although I have been curious, is it the same both here and there?Trivun said:
oh yes it is, try the Canadian version of Bud, yes there's 2 different types. it's actually better. American beer is watered down compared to Canadian beerTrivun said:
I think it's the same, I'd guess it would be. Been a while since I went to the US though. Didn't try a Sam Adams when I was there, is that just an ale then or what? When I went though, I was 17 so I only drank when I could get away with it, whereas it's more lax in the UK (it was almost my 18th anyway) but you have to be 21 to drink alcohol in the US, I believe...?tsb247 said: