Today we look at moving to Cologne in Germany from Helsinki in Finland. We highlight cost of living and other major differences likely to be experienced in our series of short blogs on moving between different international locations.
In Cologne people speak German. In Helsinki people speak Finnish and Swedish.
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city (after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich), and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants. Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland.
Cologne is known as an important media center. Cologne is a major cultural center of the Rhineland and has a vibrant arts scene. The Helsinki metropolitan area generates approximately one third of Finland's GDP. GDP per capita is roughly 1.5 times the national average, making Helsinki one of the wealthiest capitals in Europe.
The overall cost of living rank in Cologne is 47 out of 300 global locations, which equates it with high cost of living locations. An expatriate moving from Helsinki to Cologne will experience a change in cost of living of -5.3%.
In terms of the hardship people are likely to experience, assessed in global terms, Cologne is ranked as a minimal hardship location with a hardship index of 10% the same as Helsinki.
Source: http://www.xpatulator.com as at July 2011.
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Germany, Cologne Cost of Living April 2010
Country Full Name: Federal Republic of Germany.
Location: Germany is in Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark.
Country Climate: Temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm mountain (foehn) wind.
Country Terrain: Lowlands in north, uplands in center, Bavarian Alps in south.
Major Languages: German.
Major Religions: Christianity.
Country Population: 82.1 million (2008 est.) 82.0 million (2009 est.).
Country Economy: The economy of Germany is the largest national economy in Europe, the fourth largest by nominal GDP in the world. The service sector contributes around 70% of the total GDP, industry 29.1%, and agriculture 0.9%. Most of the country's products are in engineering, especially in automobiles, machinery, metals, and chemical goods. Germany is the leading producer of wind turbines and solar power technology in the world.
Currency: Euro (EUR).
Country Inflation: 2.75% (2008 est.) 0.14% (2009 est.).
City: Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city (after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich), and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.
City Economy: Cologne is known as an important media center. Cologne is a major cultural center of the Rhineland and has a vibrant arts scene.
Cost of living: Cologne has an overall cost of living index which equates it with high cost of living locations. The overall cost of living index is comprised of the prices for defined quantities of the same goods and services across all 13 Basket Groups. Cologne is currently ranked 34 overall, most expensive place in the world for expatriates to live, out of 282 international locations.
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Location: Germany is in Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark.
Country Climate: Temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm mountain (foehn) wind.
Country Terrain: Lowlands in north, uplands in center, Bavarian Alps in south.
Major Languages: German.
Major Religions: Christianity.
Country Population: 82.1 million (2008 est.) 82.0 million (2009 est.).
Country Economy: The economy of Germany is the largest national economy in Europe, the fourth largest by nominal GDP in the world. The service sector contributes around 70% of the total GDP, industry 29.1%, and agriculture 0.9%. Most of the country's products are in engineering, especially in automobiles, machinery, metals, and chemical goods. Germany is the leading producer of wind turbines and solar power technology in the world.
Currency: Euro (EUR).
Country Inflation: 2.75% (2008 est.) 0.14% (2009 est.).
City: Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city (after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich), and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.
City Economy: Cologne is known as an important media center. Cologne is a major cultural center of the Rhineland and has a vibrant arts scene.
Cost of living: Cologne has an overall cost of living index which equates it with high cost of living locations. The overall cost of living index is comprised of the prices for defined quantities of the same goods and services across all 13 Basket Groups. Cologne is currently ranked 34 overall, most expensive place in the world for expatriates to live, out of 282 international locations.
For more cost of living information on Germany, Cologne
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