Oslo again most expensive
While studies continue Norway to name as the world's best country to live in, capital Oslo is building a similarly strong reputation for being costly. The French newspaper Le Monde put Oslo at the top of its world list for the cost of goods and services.
The survey compared prices of food, lodging, public transport and bank services, among other factors, TV2 reported.
Oslo edged out Hong Kong and Tokyo for the dubious honor of world's most expensive city, with New York and Zurich following after.
"We in Norway have some of the highest wages in the world and one of the highest standards of living. Then it is also natural that the cost level is the highest in the world," Bjørn Erik Sættem, editor of finance magazine Dine Penger, told TV2
Via Aftenposten News in English.
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