Iren in Europa: „Ich finde es toll, wie erschwinglich es ist.“ Es gibt keines deiner 8-Euro-Pints.
https://www.irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/07/04/irish-in-europe-i-love-how-affordable-it-is-theres-none-of-your-8-pints/
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Iren in Europa: „Ich finde es toll, wie erschwinglich es ist.“ Es gibt keines deiner 8-Euro-Pints.
https://www.irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/07/04/irish-in-europe-i-love-how-affordable-it-is-theres-none-of-your-8-pints/
Von Life-Leadership-4108
28 Kommentare
We hate being stereotyped as drinkers and yet pints are the metric for affordability.
This is what happens when you’re an island that pegs your currency to other countries that live on a continent.
So the lad stating it’s 2.50 for a pint in Slovakia. Great sounds cheap. But then you look up the avg wage in Slovakia and it’s around 20k annually. Avg in Ireland is around 52k annually. Not sayijg an 8 euro pint is normal but it is relative
The Netherlands is mad expensive too. Maybe the guy got lucky with buying his home but there is a also a huge housing crisis here.
In Gothenburg Sweden, you can expect to pay 85 to 100 SEK ( €6.10 to €7.90) for a pint, in Night clubs you can to pay double that. Swedish incomes aren’t dissimilar to Irish ones.
€12 in Norway and €3.50 in Spain
Ah yeah, 8€ pints without the wages to match in France.. Tis stronger stuff I suppose so you wouldn’t have as many.
Fair play to all these people. All living really interesting positive lives.
It pisses me off that a pint of guiness is cheaper in almost any other part of the world except the town its brewed in.
Sometimes I think the Irish are the greediest tuckers on the planet.
In the rest of Europe, there’s alot less shame attached to alcohol consumption. Very typical to have a Caña or two in the afternoon. Like coffee when you need a pick me up , it serves a purpose in that moment. It’s seen like any other fuel that has an affect on your body.
In Ireland drinking like that in a supermarket of cafe would be viewed as alcoholism . Drinking small amounts casually throughout your week is the norm on the continent – here, alcohol is for binging large amounts, in large groups, in specifc venues and at specific times.
Even what’s available to buy at the shop. The individual small 330ml cans and bottles have to be bought as part of a “slab” and the bottles? Same – but you CAN buy individual 630ml bottles – in Ireland alcohol is marketed for bulk consumption. It’s not meant to be a daily thing here, just select days and in abundance.
Don’t even get me started on the lack of 3rd places here.
I’m from the Netherlands, living in Dublin for the last 2.5 years. Recently went to visit my mum, and she was complaining large chocolate bars were up to €2.50 and I was there like „they’re twice as much in Dublin“
Beer in Ireland isnt beer. It’s swill. Stout is fine but lagers are bad. It starts to actually become real beer in Germany moving eastwards. So basically Ireland is being ripped off twice by horrible prices and crap product. No wonder it causes the hangovers it does. Once you taste real beer you will cry when you drink the swill you get back home.
Itsnt Denmark and Scandi countries mad expensive? Like €20 pints?
He is living in Czech Republic and missing bread? Wtf?
Here i am sitting in Amsterdam loving the whole 10 cents I save per pint
I’m Czech and my Irish husband calls my country the beer heaven lol. His favourite czech beer is 80c per bottle in shops there and around €2 on tap. He bought a few 30L kegs of pilsner for his sixtieth for €80 per one and a few 30L Guinness ones for almost €200 per one. The pilsner would have been €205 here for the exact same keg we got in Czechia for €80
By way of contrast. I pay €2.50 for a 330ml bottle of pils in rural Germany, €2.90 for 330ml draught. Typical working class, casual “bars”, one is attached to the local football club. Wages are comparable or better than Ireland, and what you get for your taxes is lightyears ahead. Local government actually proactively serve the community, for example, well run and heavily subsidised kindergartens are managed by the local municipality.
Ireland has some of the highest taxes on alcohol in Europe. Talk to your TD.
Being pedantic, that’s a silly headline. Ireland is in Europe, it should be „Irish on the Continent…“
Good for them. I did similar when I was a bit younger. I missed home though,being near the sea,my family. Some really important things in life dont cost money
I paid €15 for a pint of Murphy’s recently.
Well I knew right away that person quoted in thr headline wasn’t in a Nordic country.
I would say the Netherlands at least is identical price wise but what you get is a well run country, good infrastructure and the possibility to buy a home if you’re willing to do a 100% mortgage. Daily expenses and rent are pretty much the same as home though.
Pathetic putting price of pints as a metric in the headline
I can think of at least 6 countries where 8 is reasonable, tho 😂
They really love quoting the price of pints for this articles instead of eggs or milk or bread.
Was in London last year.
Made temple bar look cheap.
Except you hardly can get a full pint on the continent. Around 200ml less