I got jewed £14 for a pint of lager in Tromsø last year.
You could even see the brewery from the window of the bar so god knows what made it so pricey. 'Norway', I guess.
( Fray Brentos *mega-belms*, Fri 8 Nov 2013, 11:00, 18 replies)

Maybe they took one look at you,
realised you were a boorish casual antisemite, and decided you were ripe for ripping off.
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Fri 8 Nov 2013, 11:06, closed)

No - he's right - it's Norway.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 8 Nov 2013, 11:12, closed)

I know Norway is as expensive as hell.
High taxes and State-regulated alcohol sales make its booze some of the costliest in the world. No excuse to talk like Goebbels.
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Fri 8 Nov 2013, 11:37, closed)

90% of the tax goes on rebuilding their churches, though

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Fri 8 Nov 2013, 11:48, closed)

After Count Grishnackh burnt them down?

( Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Fri 8 Nov 2013, 14:34, closed)

That's the one.

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Fri 8 Nov 2013, 14:37, closed)

The things some people will do to cut down on their fuel bills, eh?

( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Fri 8 Nov 2013, 20:27, closed)

I thought it was an ironilol.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 8 Nov 2013, 11:49, closed)

Typical jew.

( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Fri 8 Nov 2013, 20:25, closed)

hey jewed

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Fri 8 Nov 2013, 11:36, closed)

jewed Sweden!
( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Fri 8 Nov 2013, 11:45, closed)

Yeah, Norway's alcohol tax iis far higher than the net price of the booze.

Basically, it's "Sell your organs or stay sober".
(GermanGuy invaded on, Fri 8 Nov 2013, 16:31, closed)

Well, it's not.
It's "be better paid or stay sober"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Nov 2013, 9:45, closed)

That's a fuck of a lot for local stuff.
My ex's dad bought a bottle of Speckled Hen for around that but that is, at least, an import and was in one of Oslo's most expensive areas.
If you drink the standard local stuff I found it's like drinking "premium lager" in the UK. The wines at Vinmonopolet looked cheaper to me than they would be here too.
My advice for drinkers going to Norway though is to buy some aquavit in the duty free when you land -- it's half the price it is in the wine monopoly and is OK with customs.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Fri 8 Nov 2013, 18:39, closed)

That's a bit sharp
but I spend a fair bit of time in Tromso and Trondheim and can confirm at least a tenner a pint is standard. It's just down to taxation so it makes no real odds whether it is local or not, though.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Nov 2013, 9:45, closed)

Sounds like Oslo is a bit cheaper.
The local bottled stuff like Ø was around £10. For a pint of the cheap domestic lager in my local it was about £6.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Tue 12 Nov 2013, 7:25, closed)

yeah, Trondheim particularly surprises me as it's a massive student town.
something like 18,000 students at the Uni there. But I have never found a pint for less than about £7.50ish.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 12 Nov 2013, 15:42, closed)

Yeah, it is.
Povvo.
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Fri 8 Nov 2013, 20:26, closed)