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22nd May 2015

A round of drinks in Dublin compared to other European cities makes for brutal reading

Yikes

Joe Harrington

We knew it was expensive but this puts it into context.

Anyone that’s been on a night out in Dublin recently ever will know that it can be murder on the old wallet.

In some places, your trip to the bar looks a little something like this (using Euro of course).

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A survey by Post Office Travel Money has put things into a little more context by comparing an exact round of drinks in a number of European capital cities.

The round is as follows: bottle of beer, a bottle of lager, a glass of white wine, a glass of champagne, a shot of Southern Comfort, a cocktail, a gin and tonic, a rum and coke, a scotch and soda and a dry Martini.

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Dublin is the most expensive city to buy that round with the cost coming in at €77, with Budapest coming in the cheapest at €28.

The round was pretty cheap in  Prague where the drinks all cost €36.21, while Riga in Latvia was decent at €47.55.

Moving a little bit closer to home, you can buy the round in Amsterdam for €57.67, while Paris was pricey enough at €66.50.

Anyone up for a trip to Budapest?

Clip via GeorgeEzraVEVO

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