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Originally Posted by After Shock Media
Please explain and give those numbers that go along with it. I really want to see how the cost of living is significantly higher. Also feel free to post the McDonald's prices to see if indeed they are "loads" more and in proportion to ones wages. Though I honestly would not doubt that McDonald's may be more expensive there. I would just be surprised if it was that big of a difference for daily things, and really at least almost 5 times the expense since apparently the minimum wage is nearly 5 times higher.
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The main numbers I can find (on an admittedly quick scrape) seem to indicate that the cost of living is much higher. From
http://www.uio.no/english/student_life/budget.html:
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Originally Posted by http://www.uio.no/english/student_life/budget.html
You will need a minimum of approximately NOK 8 000 per month in order to cover basic expenses [...] To give you an idea of the living expenses for a student in Norway, we have put together a modest budget for one semester: (figures are approximate)
* Housing: NOK 15 000
* Food: NOK 12 600
* Books & Supplies: NOK 4 000
* Transportation: NOK 2 150 (students under 30)
* Other expences: NOK 7 700
* Total for 5 months: NOK 41 450
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Obviously this guide applies to students, but you can get an idea from the figures that the one hour's worth of work at 24 NOK doesn't get you much.
According to the Big Mac Index (very fitting seeing as we are discussing McDonald's labour rates), Norway actually equates to being the second most expensive out of the countries analysed (see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mac_Index). From some figures I found on t'interweb (I know - if it's on the net it must be true...), a regular meal costs:
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Originally Posted by http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_McDonald%27s_cost_in_Norway
A regular menu is approximately 59-79 norwegian kroner. (11-16 US dollar)
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which compares with (obviously you'd know more than me how accurate this figure is, as you live there) around $3-5 for a meal in an American McDonald's (I couldn't really find any half-accurate sources for this, but
this forum page gave me a rough indication to the individual pricing of the different items.
Somewhere along the line I've probably confused the working rate of 24 as being NOK when it should have been USD, but there you go.