Where to get wasted cheaply
There is more to Cape Town than a mountain, it's also a city of cheap beer. The Mother City is ranked fourth in the world when it comes to lowest prices for beer. The travel website, GoEuro, calculated the average cost of a bottle of beer in 70 cities worldwide, taking into consideration supermarket and bar prices.The cheapest beer was found in the Slovakian capital of Bratislava, where an average pint costs £1.14 (about R23.54) - almost six times less than the costliest city. The lowest beer prices were in eastern Europe, in Kiev, Ukraine and Krakow, Poland. A bottle of beer in Cape Town costs £1.29 (R26.65).On the other end, the most expensive place to have a pint is in the Swiss city of Lausanne. The average price of a bottle is £6.59. This works out to 89p in the supermarket and a hefty £12.20 in a bar. In Hong Kong, a pint costs £4.31; £3.98 in Singapore; £3.94 in Zurich and £3.85 in Oslo. A brewsky in a London pub will set you back £5.70...
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