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Lots of comments here saying Germany is 30 percent cheaper than Austria. Isn’t living in Vienna much cheaper than living in big cities in Germany like Berlin a
by j7ake 3y ago
Lots of comments here saying Germany is 30 percent cheaper than Austria.
Isn’t living in Vienna much cheaper than living in big cities in Germany like Berlin and Munich?
So overall it’s still a better deal to live in Vienna than in Munich.
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoDepends. Germany is a lot bigger than just Munich and Berlin. There are cheaper places in Germany (NRW for example) where you can pay rent close or even less than Vienna while still benefiting from much cheaper products and let's not forget, the higher wages (there's no big tech nor big SW companies in Austria so tech wages are depressing). So you're still better off in Germany, if wage/Col is your priority and not the history/culture/vibe and other such non-easily quantifiable things.
- asyx 3y agoMunich and Berlin (as well as Hamburg and I personally know people from Cologne that move away due to rent increasing heavily) are really expensive for German standards though. They're almost statistical outliers.
- j7ake 3y agoBut I’m comparing the most expensive city in Germany vs Austria so it’s a fair comparison.
- bowsamic 3y agoRent is expensive in Berlin for sure, but supermarkets are still way cheaper than Austria
- boruto 3y agoA lot better too. Rewe has ton of options and quality food compared to billa. But I think the supermarkets in germany are better than anywhere else in EU.
- bowsamic 3y agoI agree that most Rewes are really good. I'm from the UK and Rewe is comparable in quality and selection to the absolute best supermarkets in the UK like M&S and Waitrose, but much cheaper than M&S and more readily available than Waitrose. That said, I've definitely been to a couple of poor quality Rewes, though most often this is in rural areas or on the outskirts of major cities. Overall I prefer EDEKA for a few reasons. Generally I think Germany does well to have a strict two-tier system: there are supermarkets, and then there are "discounters" (lidl, aldi, penny, netto, etc.) and they are very different and have very different aims. The good supermarkets feel free to sell whatever they want because they are not competing in price with the discounters, since most Germans are accustomed to shopping at both lidl and Rewe in the same visit. There is also a third tier, "Bioladen", which often have really good high quality organic food for a reasonable price. I have to criticise the discounters though, specifically lidl and aldi, they do not give you baskets, only carts, and one of my local lidls had a policy for a few months of not allowing you in the shop unless you had a cart!! German food shopping is very complex overall, but the quality and range of options is impressive.
- fractallyte 3y agoIronic, since REWE owns Billa...
- whyever 3y agoGroceries are more expensive, but rent and salaries are lower than in Munich.