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Switzerland is often perceived as an expensive
country, and to a certain extent this is true. If you compare the prices in various
countries of basic goods and services such as rents, food or cinema tickets, Switzerland
is usually on the top of the list. However, you will always get top-quality goods and
excellent service in Switzerland, and when your income is above a certain level,
price for basic goods is not a consideration anymore, is it?
Here is a list of prices for some basic goods in
the Geneva region, which is representative of prices in all the major Swiss cities.
| Price
for basic goods in Swiss cities |
in Swiss Francs |
Quality |
Type
|
Fair |
Best |
| 3
room apartment (monthly) |
1'300.00 |
3'000.00 |
| Hour
of cleaning lady |
15.00 |
20.00 |
| Food |
| Restaurant
meal without wine |
20.00 |
30.00 |
| Liter
of milk |
1.10 |
1.40 |
| Cup
of coffe |
2.50 |
4.00 |
| Kg
of carrots |
1.60 |
2.00 |
| Kg of steak |
36.00 |
40.00 |
| Kg
of bread |
4.20 |
6.00 |
| Transport |
| Liter
of unleaded gasoline |
1.15 |
1.20 |
| Daily
ski pass for an adult |
40.00 |
60.00 |
| Train
from Geneva to Zurich (round trip) |
126.00 |
210.00 |
| Leisure |
| Haircut
for men |
38.00 |
50.00 |
| Haircut
for women with brushing |
75.00 |
120.00 |
|
|
|
| Cinema
ticket |
9.00 |
14.70 |
| Decent
Opera seat |
60.00 |
120.00 |
| The
Economist magazine |
7.70 |
|
Don't forget that Switzerland has
the highest per capita income in the world to match those high prices.
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