Common list of expenses in Norway
Monetary unit: Norwegian kroner (NOK); 1 Norwegian kroner = 0.16 U.S. dollars or 1.25 yuan
Lodging
Youth Hostels: 150-200 / night
Hotels: 500 / night
Student Apartment: 2500 ~ 3000 monthly, including electricity
Apartments: 3,000-4,000 monthly rent, excluding tariffs
Living with Local Residents: 1500-2000 monthly, including electricity
Electric fee: 300-800 per month
Water: Free
Communications
Public telephone IC cards: 40/90/140 -
Long-distance phone cards with 60 minutes call: 100
Stamps for sending to China: 10
Postcards: 6 to 20
Envelope bag (the smallest): 10
Documents
Student card (commercial or for business use), such card is not on sale in Norway
Re -entry visa: if applicant is holder of UT Norway, there is no need for re-entry visa
Multiple-entry visa
Books and daily necessities
Transformer device for power converter. In China, most electrical device has two feet head and round power socket and there is no need for the transformer.
School textbooks: 200
Smallest Dictionary (Norwegian to English): 155
Smallest Atlas: 135
An ordinary book: 200
Major newspapers: 15
Food and beverages
Instant noodles (the cheapest): 3
Canned fish (most expensive): 8
Rice (Supermarkets): 27 for 2kg
Rice (Other stores): 10-20 for 20kg
McDonald's packages: 55~85
Hamburger: 0.65 to 0.85
A cola, 0.5 liter bottle 9.9
Cola 0.5 liter bottle (Street shops) 18.9
Cola 0.5 liter bottle (supermarket) 9.9
Cola 1.5 liters bottle 20.9
Transportation
In a 20-hour travel in Oslo, traffic is about an hour
Traveling in other cities by bus is about 10 hours
Reference and the others
Fast passport photos: 50 /6 passport photos
Barber (M): 300
Internet cafes: 60-100 / hour
In Norway, the minimum wage level is 120 / hour
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