The weather is warmer, the days are longer and our visits to the beer garden are quickly approaching.
You may be planning your summer getaways or organizing a trip to the pub with friends.
Besides the cheapest flights and best hotel deals, you might also be thinking about which pints of beer will have the smallest impact on your wallet after a long day of sightseeing.
This is especially true for London residents who find themselves living among some of the most expensive pints in Europe.
It might surprise you, though, to learn that it’s not actually the most expensive capital city on the list, even if you regularly spend more than £7 for a glass of the gold stuff.
Travel booking website OMIO has delved into the data to identify the cheapest and most expensive cities to purchase a pint in Europe, using cost-of-living database Numbeo.
Where can you find the cheapest pint of beer in Europe?
You won’t even spend £1 for a pint in the country often referred to as ‘the last dictatorship in Europe’.
At just £0.90, Minsk in Belarus is the least expensive capital city in Europe for a pint of draught beer.
That’s cheaper than a Coca-Cola from McDonald’s here in the UK.
If you can tolerate the political oppression, you can certainly enjoy a few pints in the far east of Europe.
However, if you find yourself heading a bit further south, the landlocked country of Moldova is second on the list at just £1.11 per pint in its capital Chișinău.
There you can find the Arcul De Triumf that rivals Paris’ own triumphal arch, the city’s 19th century cathedral, and the seven-hectare ‘park of the lovers’ called Stefan the Great Park.
Where can you find the most expensive pint in Europe?
Iceland already has a reputation for being expensive and extremely cold, but the volcanic landscape and Northern Lights might just make £8.61 per pint worth it.
The same is true for the next two on the list – Oslo, Norway and Helsinki, Finland – where beautiful nature and historic cities come with a high price tag.
But people fly from all over the world to explore London and its expensive pints, so why not there?
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