12. Oslo, Norway
Norway is another country with a really weird conversion rate, so I couldn’t even talk about what the prices are in Oslo without learning the country’s conversion rate, which is 0.11815 USD / NOK. That means that Norwegian dollars are worth about ten percent of a US dollar. However, unlike in Tokyo, even the converted prices in Oslo are pretty pricey.
For example, a nice lunch in Oslo would run you something like kr 197. To be fair, this number isn’t quite so scary as when you’re dealing with Yen, but it’s still pretty out there. However, when you apply the conversion rate, you find that a nice lunch in Oslo will cost you something like $23 US. I know some people who wouldn’t pay $23 for a meal in a fancy sit down restaurant, so I can’t imagine how those people would deal with a $23 lunch. Fast food is also more expensive here, as is a carton of eggs. The rent isn’t quite so bad in Oslo, but you might want to grow your hair long in Norway, because a men’s haircut will run you about $57 US. Gym memberships are around the same price in Oslo, which seems a bit odd to me, but maybe the gyms and haircuts there are amazing and I don’t know about it. Who knows?
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