Travelers to Norway are having a hard time in knowing how much money to bring. Well, I’ll try to give you a chanse here. If you go to Norway for a holiday, you can’t spend your meals out. I know lots of you are used to having your dinner and lunch out, but in Norway this is TOO expencieve. I will give you some prices on everyday food, and some on what the prices are eating out.
A few Years back we got a new brand in Norway, called First Price. They sell everything at a cheaper rate than usual, and are sold in most foodstores.
You get more for less, and is a great tip on everyone comming to Norway. Not everything is as good as the “real” products, but a lot of them are!
Currency:
10 NOK (Norwegian Kroner) is at this date:
$ 1,70
£ 1,00
€ 1,20
Everyday
Bread – 25 NOK
Milk (1 liter) – 12 NOK
Ham (150g) – 20 NOK
Cheese (500g) – 50 NOK
Eggs (18 pack) – 30 NOK
Jam – 30 NOK
Cereal – 20 – 40 NOK
Extra
Chocolat (150 g) – 30 NOK
Potatochips – 30 NOK
Soda (o,5 liter)- 15 NOK
Café/Restaurant (Everything is cheaper if you have it to go!
Tax reduction)
Coffee Latte – 40 NOK
Black Coffee – 20 NOK
Cake – 50 NOK
Toast – 30/40 NOK
Salad – 70 NOK
Pizza (eating out, sharing) – 250 NOK
Mc Donalds Bigmac meal – 80 NOK
Soda 30 NOK
Cinema ticket – 100 NOK
Popcorn and Soda (At cinema) – 80 NOK
Travel
Buss ticket (local) – 25 NOK
Buss over different zones (Local)- 50 NOK
Train from Oslo to Kristiansand – 1200 NOK (You can be lucky if you book in advance and get a MiniPrice ticket for half the price).
Well, this was all my head could come up with today, just leave comments and I will try to put everything in this post as we go along. 
I’m sorry it’s all so expencieve ^^
hey
thanks Karin for the infos, this kinda posts are really interesting.
How much costs
- a mirelit pizza
- a bottle of mineral water
- an Advil
- hair cut
- a coffee
thank you
I think I already told you the coffee and mineral water (soda)!
What is mirelit?^^ and I will edit the post with your other requests when my pc is back <3
sorry that was a non-english word.(*_*)…:D
I meant frozen. So the Grandiosa is 38 NOK.
Here you can eat for that in a restaurant.
And a frozen is about third of 40 NOK.
thanks for the help.ʘ‿ʘ
Haha, i though i was Failing english vucabulary ^^
you van Get frozen pizza for 40 for 2 when there is a campaign or something, but yeah, around 35 ish is typical!
That’s fine. I will eat only pizza and fast food, when I go to Norway.ツ
Train journeys are even expensive in England and the prices keep going up and up – crazy! The Minipris tickets are huge cash savers, I think you can get from Oslo to Trondheim for about £20 with Minipris.
Thank for that Karin.
Oh, and a quick question – how much does the average Norwegian get paid?
Nikki xx
Hey! Sorry for long wait. This is hard from my phone ^^
Well, I have to research what the average Norwegian makes… And that’s also hard from my phone! Will get back to you. <3
No problemo! I dread the day my computer decides to die on me.
I think it must all be relative, as cost of living and wages should be closely correlated (i’m not economist though hehe), must just be expensive to the foreigners. I think the only time I ate out in Oslo was McDonalds
Oh I’m ashamed!
I think I found the answer to your previous question!
The average Norwegian makes, 442.671 NOK a year.. in 2009!
@citysoliloquy and @me
from her tweets I think she has still a dead computer and she going to respond soon.
Thanks for that
Computers…unpredictable creatures!
thank you for that, Karin!
and how much is your favorite grandiosa btw?:)
Hihi ^^ my fav Grandiosa is 38 NOK! its getting more and more expencieve every year!
Hihi… very interesting!
and I like how yout milk looks.. pink flowers!
I must be in Norway one day…! I will!:)
Have a nice day,
Gal
Every season or holiday the milk carton changes, for Easter there is crime
Story on it, with drawings.. And at Christmas there is Santa clauses on it ^^
Tusen takk for informasjonene! (is it correct?) Luckily I’m good at cooking, so I’ll save some money… But I have no less than one year before coming, many things could happen. Will Euro become stronger and stronger over kronen? Only time will tell!
I doubt the Euro will become stronger than the krone! I think the Norwegian krone is the most stabile currency ever (?) :p and you was almost all right, it’s informasjonen! It’s neve plural in that word! (like the english)!
I wouldn’t debate with you on that statement! The Eruo will hardly get stronger than the Krone for the simple reason that the Norwegian Economy holds a strong base on its Peutroleum sector. So don’t count on the Euro beating the Krone
… If you wanna know the average salary of a Norwegian, the standard economic term is either salary or “GDP per capita”.
thank you so much for the blog! now i feel much more convenient in planning my budget. i go to Norway in 2 weeks only.. uhhhh, can’t wait!
and i think everyone would be interested in knowing what are your favorite places in Oslo! maybe some well-known ones that you personally like and some “hidden treasures” would be just awesome! i’m going to spend 5 days in the city and desperately need some tips.
x
The only thing I found quite affordable on my journey to oslo last november was, in fact, public transportation. 200 NOK for a 2-week metro-ticket in Oslo is really cheap, compared to prices in Germany.
The cheapest fast food were – IIRC – hamburgers at McDonald’s for 12 NOK each. And pølse
Thanks Karin!
Apparently that’s about £47,825.60 with today’s exchange rate. In Britain the average wage in 2009 was £25,800! Yikes!
Wow! Thats a lot in difference! :O
haha I doesn’t really want to know what the numbers here in Hungary…-.- but I know that, annual average incomes are about £9000. It’s a crappy thing because prices are not much cheaper than in England or in Norway(sure cheaper) but I mean it relatively.
WOW! translated into US dollar it would cost $4.50 for a loaf of bread, that is a lot considering you can sometimes buy a large loaf of bread for $1.00
Do remember that the price of bread here in Canada or in the US is thanks to in house production. Norway doesn’t have the climate or the space to grow wheat. Most of the food is imported, ergo high prices.
wow, thanks for posting. I’m really interested. in class we’ve learned that the Norwegian welfare state is really generous. What is the healthcare like in Norway?
I will try to write a blog about the healthcare system
@crien
brutto or netto?
Brutto i suppose?!
oh thanks for your answer…
do you know smtg about tax system in Norway?
Yes i do, what do you want to know?
Well, I work in Norway and I want to know about taxes for married persons with two kids. I noticed that all my mates are taxed with 36%….., married, unmarried, kids, no kids, doesn’t matter… Can you explain me, please?
tusen takk. such a good idea, very helpful tips!
ha det bra,
rita
Oh, Karin, thanks a lot! In a couple of days we’ll be in the Southern part of Norway, and I looked through the Internet for approx. prices for coffee, bread, McDonald’s, etc. To be true, I was kind of ready for such “expectations’ in terms of prices, so – no big surprises. : -) Tusen takk fra Riga, Latvia!
Hello, are you able to tell me what the price of a cornetto ice cream is in Oslo?
Hmmm… I dont know if i know what it is… Im sorry? Picture? :p
hi
I immigrated to Norway I have I have a child one year old. Our visa is for study. My wife wants to continue studying. Please help me with the $ 20,000 I can live comfortably in two years or should do next time to do it. If writing is my fault I’m sorry. Email me
I dont know if you’re asking me to give You money? Cause i dont have that kind of money :p
Hello!
I am from Romania and I am verry interested if I can get a job in your country!
If you know a site or an link with jobs…!
I am an electrician and welder…a good one!
Regards
Bogdan
Hello:) http://www.nav.no is a place to get jobs, but I’m afraid it’s all Norwegian.. I’m really not good at that kind of stuff ^^
haha that’s crazy, the prices are less than I expected. They’re not much more than in britain (at least where I live anyway) but our average income is like half of the norwegian average. What is the minimum wage like in Norway?
I don’t think we actually have a minimum wage… :p
Hi Karen, we are going to holiday in Norway this summer
with our motorhome. Could you please tell us anything you can about
food shopping, eg butchers, grocers- and obviously meat and fish
prices, salads, veg, anything you think may be of use to us. Oh ,
and the obvious beer and wine. thank you derek
Hello:)
Could you please send me an email with hour questions and I will try to answer as best as I can?
(Karin (dot) Bjerga (at) gmail (dot) com)
Hello Karin ! From Ibiza , Spain I send you a big hug an a happy New Year.
I an my son sigin the song Musevisa !
Love Norway
Maria
Hallo Karin
This is Evren from Turkey, i ve attended a master degree program in finnmark university and i m waiting for a reply if i ll be accepted, i was wondering about how it s like to be a student in alta?
Hello!
I have never been to alta så I really dont know what to say. I do have a friend who is studying there right now, and after what I heard she say, she has had some of her life-experiences in Alta!
I am 75 and my wife is 73. We both are patients of high BP. We take medicine. As youngsters we have lived in Shimla (India) and beyond where it snowed from Nov to Feb and temp used to be -10 degree C during that period.
My son works in Stavanger. His family lives with him.They have invited us to visit them. Do you suggest that we should go there for 2-3 months?
You know, I know very little about your condition so I am in no place to tell you if you should go or not. But to tell you about Stavanger, I LOVE IT. My Aunt and Uncle lives there and I’ve been many times!
Could it hurt to trY? 
Karin,
Thank you so much for the helpful tips. In a couple of days I’ll flying to Oslo.
Greetings from Brazil
Hei Everyone tusen Takk for the blog I am immigraitng to Norway the lands of my Ancestors in a month or two and see that Oslo costs about €3500 for a two bedroomed place I love my steak wine and beers…Question do you know of a online shop like ica in Sweden where I can check the Rump Steak per kilo gram prices also how much does Norwegian Salmon costs per kilogram fatty with the skin
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Hi, I’m planning on going to Norway for a month. Obviously I will want to try some exotic foods here and there, but as Gergor said, I’ll probably mostly eat fast food. For that one month, how much money do you think I’d need *just* to cover food and public transport?
I’ve got travelling and accommodation all sorted, now it’s just the little necessities. Thanks.
Hello! Are you planning on just eating fast-food and not make anything yourself?
Cause that is going to be expencieve’ just going to mc Donald’s cost 100
NOK for a meal.. And a latte cost 40 NOK..
Hey
well mostly I’ll be out trekking and wouldn’t have time to actually cook, but I’ll do what I can. How much do microwavable meals cost? Like soups and stuff like that?
Oh I understand! We don’t really have soups in cans in Norway! We have microwave meals though and they are ALWAYS. Expensive, like 70NOK a meal, sometimes more. We do have “Rett I koppen” (cup a soup) in powder form, with you just ad boiling water too!
they are always cheap, like 10 NOK maybe!
Thanks
I gathered even the cheap things in Norway would end up being expensive, converted to Australian dollars. But as long as the quick meals are at a reasonable price. Cuppa soups are around $1 (10NOK) here too, so that works out fine.
I just wont be staying in one city for more than 2 days, so it’s not really worth me going on a big grocery shop.
How much would a traditional Scandinavian meal cost at a restaurant?
That really is hard to say.. Cause I never eat at Scandinavia restaurant ^^ But around 150-300 NOK for dinner sounds right.
Yeah 300NOK is like almost $50 AUD. The most expensive steaks and lobsters in normal restaurants here are about $30, but for a once in a lifetime experience, I’ll pay however much to have a good time
Just means I’ll have to save harder haha.
Thank you soo much for your help, Karin
a big size pizza is around 300 – 350 nok a loaf of bread is around 25 nok 1kg of pasta around 40 Norway is a very expensive country if u plan to live here you will need to have a job
det er dyrt å leve i Norge
Hi! What is cheapest way to get from Oslo Rygge airport to Oslo city centre?
By bus or train? And how much return tickets cost?
Thanks
Hi, I was reading your prices as you listed above. Quite helpful.
I have a question:
Do you think that 3000NOK is enough for 2 weeks living in Norway? (all expenses are on food, while I am going to make camping, and hitch hiking as transport mean) ..
Thanks,
Marko
Hi all! Please, someone be so kind and help me: to set up a basic calculation before considering moving to Oslo, I would like to know what can be a NETTO MONTHLY SALARY for a McDonalds employee in Oslo. Can someone please drop me a private message and inform me, what can be a typical McDonalds salary in Oslo, per month, and after taxes? Thank you! My email is: akovacs82@gmail.com
dear karin
hw r u i really like ur site and also ur good attitude with foreigner
i want to ask u very important questions and i hope u will reply me as soon as possible
iam coming to alta for study this is my first time to leave my family and my home land iam very nervous abt alta winters nights and also for my part time job can u give any reference for getting a part time job as soon as possible if u do this i shall b really really thank full to u
actually i want to do job only to prevent my aloneness and boreness
reply me:
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