Göteborg, Sweden This is monthly expenses in euro. 1 EUR = ~1.4 USD . Rent: Sweden is rent controlled. Expect €200-500 for 1 BR apartment in a large city depen

Göteborg, Sweden This is monthly expenses in euro. 1 EUR = ~1.4 USD . Rent: Sweden is rent controlled. Expect €200-500 for 1 BR apartment in a large city depending on if you live on the outskirts or right downtown. The problem is the queues. If you want to live very central you can stand in line for many many years. Around €100-300 per month if you own a condo and only pay the condo association fee. Around €150-200k to buy a 1 BR very central condo. Electricity: Around 10 euro cents per kWh. Internet: €30-40 for 100/10Mbps cable or 100/100Mbps FTTH(whatever is available) or ADSL (24/3Mbps) if you live in a house. I get 100/10Mbps for free and 100/100Mbps for €20 extra per month. Phone: €10 if you make a few calls and send a few SMS per day, I pay €6 for flatrate 1Mbps data per month. €15 for 6Mbps flatrate and €20 for 10Mbps. (I'm writing this message riding a train with my laptop and cell phone in tethering harmony) Food: €150 I make my own food to 99% and don't buy much meat. Double it if you eat like a regular person. :) A lunch is €6 for kebab/McD and stuff like that, €10+ on restaurant. Expect €30 per person to eat dinner and drink wine/beer on a nice restaurant. Beer/Alcohol: Expensive! €1.5 for 50cl beer of the cheapest kind in the state owned alcohol monopoly store. In clubs/bars it's around €5 for ~40cl beer. €10 for 4cl shots. Ramen: 20 euro cents for a package of noodle (80gr). You can buy 500gr of pasta for €0.5-1. Transport: €2 per ride on the tram with SMS ticket (How many rides you want within 90min). I take 5-10 rides per month and walk every where I need to go otherwise. Shopping: iPad €550. Xbox 360 slim 250GB €230. Clothes are europy-pricey I guess... Insurances: The only one you need to have is home insurance. Mine is €10 per month. Wages: Around €2500-3000/month for entry level programmers with a uni./college degree. I don't know if I've forgot something important but my living expenses are around €500 per month total.