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tiompan Jan 6, 2017 18:51:58
Replying to Dog in fog

Dog in fog wrote:
I had carried food (and Whisky) with me,
You must have been forewarned .
Sounds like you had a great time .
There has always been a gulf in pricing but if anything it seems worse these days .Don't have clue about housing , rents etc but the only thing that is cheaper for a Brit /southern European in Scandinavia afaik is , strangely , car hire .

D Dog in fog
Dog in fog Jan 6, 2017 19:50:10
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
Dog in fog wrote:
I had carried food (and Whisky) with me,
You must have been forewarned .
Sounds like you had a great time .
There has always been a gulf in pricing but if anything it seems worse these days .Don't have clue about housing , rents etc but the only thing that is cheaper for a Brit /southern European in Scandinavia afaik is , strangely , car hire .
I had half a pint of locally brewed bottled lager in a pub on the first night in Tromsø which cost 7 quid! :O The same beer in the supermarket was only just over 2 quid, which surprised me.