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Originally Posted by adamvoges
how much is the living cost in bergen ??
how much is the rent in housheshare of flatshare or apartment share ?
is it easy to get decent houseshare ??
is it easy to get job in bergen, norway.
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The living cost, the house rent, the easy of finding a job in Bergen, all of these are not very different from in any other large Norwegian city. Bergen should be little different from Oslo, Stavanger or Trondhjem.
It all depends on your lifestyle. I would say you would need about 10.000 NOK a month for housing and at least an additional 10.000 NOK per month for living per person. Anything less than this will feel very cramped. Please note that a net income of about 20.000 NOK per month in Norway will not give you a lifestyle comparable to that income anywhere else. You will need to pursue a quite frugal subsistence.
The ease with which you can find a job depends on your skills. A degree in some useful fields helps a lot. Fluency in Norwegian helps a lot. Without any of those two, you would most probably end up with dead-end jobs, often manual or unskilled jobs.
One trap which foreigners in Norway often overlook is the tax trap. A salary can be quite impressive in itself, until you realize how much disappears in taxes. Unless you have a mortgage (you can deduct all the interests from your taxable income), you might quickly find yourself paying 30-40% income tax. Adding to this that prices are twice the European average for just about anything, you should calculate any job offer very carefully before accepting. In particular note that a regular car in Norway may cost two to three times what it costs in its land of origin.
Ingar
04-05-2010, 13:33
How much is the living cost in Bergen, Norway ??
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