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The most expensive cities in Europe
Research by ECA International

THE MOST EXPENSIVE CITIES IN THE WORLD
ECA International survey (June 2008): Introduction | Table: World | Table: Europe | Table: Asia |
UBS survey (March 2008): Most expensive cities (Intro) | World's most expensive cities (table) | Richest cities by personal earnings (table) | Richest cities by purchasing power (table |
Mercer survey (July 2008): Most expensive cities
EIU survey (2007): Most expensive cities

RICHEST CITIES BY GDP
Introduction | 150 richest cities in 2005 | 150 richest cities in 2020 | Europe's richest cities |


Most expensive cities in Europe
European ranking
Global ranking
Cities
1
2
 Oslo
2
3
 Stavanger
3
4
 Copenhagen
4
5
 Moscow
5
6
 Geneva
6
8
 Zurich
7
9
 Basel
8
10
 Bern
9
11
 Helsinki
10
17
 St Petersburg
11
19
 Paris
12
21
 Berlin
13
22
 Vienna
14
23
 Istanbul
15
24
 Central London
16
25
 Strasbourg
17
27
 Stockholm
18
28
 Munich
19
30
 Rom
20
31
 Den Haag
21
32
 Milano
22
33
 Brussels
23
34
 Gothenburg
24
35
 Düsseldorf
25
36
 Dublin
26
37
 Ankara
27
40
 Toulouse
28
41
 Luxemburg
29
42
 Frankfurt
30
44
 Lyon
31
45
 Hamburg
32
47
 Amsterdam
33
48
 Stuttgart
34
49
 Antwerp
35
51
 Outer London
36
52
 Edinburgh
37
53
 Barcelona
38
54
 Turin
39
55
 Reading
40
56
 Athens
41
57
 Southampton
42
58
 Belfast
43
60
 Rotterdam
44
61
 Madrid
45
62
 Eindhoven
46
65
 Prague
47
67
 Birmingham
48
68
 Cardiff
49
69
 Norwich
50
70
 Manchester
51
71
 Lisbon
52
73
 Zagreb
53
75
 Glasgow
54
79
 Aberdeen
55
86
 Leeds
56
89
 Sofia
57
90
 Warsaw
58
91
 Channel Islands
59
93
 Porto
60
94
 Belgrade
61
95
 Tallinn
62
101
 Ljubljana
63
102
 Riga
64
104
 Tiflis
65
106
 Astana
66
107
 Kiev
67
108
 Bakou
68
113
 Bratislava
69
120
 Almaty
70
121
 Budapest
71
129
 Sarajevo
72
132
 Bucharest
73
134
 Vilnius
74
140
 Skopje
75
161
 Minsk
76
195
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