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According to ECA International, Copenhagen is the most expensive city in Europe

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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 2009): Introduction | Table: World's 50 most expensive cities | Table: Europe's 70 most expensive cities | Table: Asia's 50 most expensive cities |

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
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The Danish capital, Copenhagen, replaces Oslo as the region’s most costly location for assignees. Current international economic conditions, and the fall in oil prices, have resulted in a weakened Norwegian krone. The depreciation of the rouble against the US dollar, coupled with falling oil prices has led to a fall in Moscow’s position in the ranking. Within Europe, Swiss locations along with Helsinki, Paris, Berlin and Vienna are all now more costly for visitors than the Russian capital.

The continued weakness of sterling over the year has seen costs for assignees coming to the UK fall. Central London has dropped significantly in the ranking as many Western European and US locations become more costly than the UK.

Most expensive European cities

European ranking	Cities	Global ranking
1	Copenhagen	6
2	Oslo	7
3	Geneva	8
4	Zurich	9
5	Basel	10
6	Bern	12
7	Stavanger	13
8	Helsinki	14
9	Paris	15
10	Berlin	21
11	Vienna	22
12	Moscow	23
13	Strasbourg	30
14	Dublin	32
15	Munich	33
16	Brussels	34
17	The Hague	35
18	Rome	37
19	Luxembourg City	39
20	Dusseldorf	40
21	Milan	41
22	Antwerp	42
23	Lyon	43
24	Stuttgart	45
25	Toulouse	47
26	Athens	48
27	Barcelona	50
28	Frankfurt	51
29	Hamburg	53
30	Madrid	54
31	Amsterdam	56
32	Turin	63
33	Rotterdam	64
34	Eindhoven	67
35	Lisbon	70
36	Tbilisi	71
37	Central London	73
38	Istanbul	74
39	Zagreb	78
40	Stockholm	79
41	St Petersburg	80
42	Ankara	93
43	Bratislava	96
44	Gothenburg	98
45	Ljubljana	99
46	Tallinn	103
47	Riga	105
48	Sofia	112
49	Outer London	121
50	Porto	124
51	Edinburgh	125
52	Reading	131
52	Southampton	131
54	Belfast	134
55	Birmingham	138
56	Manchester	139
57	Cardiff	142
57	Glasgow	142
57	Norwich	142
60	Vilnius	149
61	Prague	151
62	Aberdeen	152
63	Belgrade	155
64	Leeds	157
65	Sarajevo	160
66	Channel Islands	162
67	Skopje	176
68	Chisinau	177
69	Budapest	185
70	Bucharest	187
71	Warsaw	193
72	Kiev	196
73	Minsk	200

Research by ECA International

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The most expensive cities in Europe Research by ECA International

The most expensive cities in Europe
Research by ECA International