Beer is now cheaper in the UK than in Tallinn
According to a news piece on balticbusinessnews.com , the prices for most consumer goods are still more expensive in Tallinn than many European capitals.
And according to a news item on the BBC, some pubs in the UK started selling a pint of beer for 99p, which is roughtly 17 EEK at the time I write this piece. The recent devaluation of the British Pound means that now it is actually cheaper to drink beer in the UK than in most pubs in Tallinn, where a pint of beer (or actually half a liter) costs at least 35 EEK. Almost twice as much as in the UK.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7810263.stm
A new survey shows that although food prices in Estonia have been falling since the second half, food is still relatively more expensive in Tallinn than, for instance, in Budapest or Prague.
Postimees quotes a survey made by the Estonian Institute of Economic Research which showed that wheat flour, potatoes, domestic cucumber, chocolate, rape seed oil, brie and also beer cost relatively more in Tallinn than elsewhere.
At the same time Tallinn is doing relatively well in comparison with other Baltic capitals, since it has now the cheapest food among the three cities although at the end of 2007 food in Tallinn was still more expensive than in Riga or Vilnius. Especially sharply have declined the price of poultry, eggs, some dairy products, vegetables and fruit.
The survey shows that while price of petrol 95E fell 14 percent during the year in Europe, the fall in Tallinn was only 10 percent. In the pan-Baltic comparison, while normally fuel has cost about the same in the three Baltic capitals, Tallinn is not the city with the most expensive fuel 95E and diesel in the Baltic states.
And according to a news item on the BBC, some pubs in the UK started selling a pint of beer for 99p, which is roughtly 17 EEK at the time I write this piece. The recent devaluation of the British Pound means that now it is actually cheaper to drink beer in the UK than in most pubs in Tallinn, where a pint of beer (or actually half a liter) costs at least 35 EEK. Almost twice as much as in the UK.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7810263.stm