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The GoEuro Price Index series focus primarily on common expenditures for travellers, aiming to help people better gauge the difference in prices between places around the world. Research for the 2015 Beer Price Index combines data from 75 cities around the world, including the 5 most commonly imported beers as well as the main local beer. The results show a large difference in the price across continents and between countries. Note: - The price of a beer bottle in a supermarket was calculated as the average cost of a 33cl bottle of several worldwide brands and a major local brand in a regular discount store. All prices were converted to USD using the Bloomberg exchange on June 12th 2015. - The price of a beer in a bar was calculated using the average price of local and imported 33cl draught beer in several major hotel chains worldwide. - Data for the average annual consumption per capita is from the World Health Organization. - Average annual spend per capita is calculated based on the World Health Organization and GoEuro Beer Price Index. - Where beers are sold in 12oz (35.5cl) varieties vs the European standard of 33cl prices were normalised to be equivalent to a 33cl bottle. Formula is: Normalised beer price = Average beer price in store * (33/35.5). - For Abu Dhabi non-alcoholic beers were included.

In spite of the fact that "fans will love and support their team at home or abroad no matter the price" it is valuable to understand what the real monetary-value is that fans are getting for their buck in a league vs league comparison. With this in mind, GoEuro teamed up with the experts at Onefootball (soccer app) to compile and calculate the costs of attending a top division game in 25 countries, and included factors like bus, train, and air transport to an away game as well as accommodation, food, and beverages during the matches. In a separate calculation the leagues are ranked based on quality of the soccer played by their teams on the basis of several world rankings including UEFA, FIFA, and third party databases. Finally, each league's ranking is weighted against the average cost of a first league ticket. All costs were converted to USD on the 9th September 2015 using the Bloomberg exchange. Average ticket price was calculated using an average of first division game tickets for multiple stadiums and seat types across a standard soccer season. While indicator "Average cost of travelling for an away game" did not factor on the value ranking, it was calculated for informational purposes, specifically for travelling soccer fans. The away game cost is intended to represent the actual cost of attending an away game in each league's country. Factors included transport costs (using data from the GoEuro Transport Price Index), one night's accommodation costs (using data from the GoEuro Accommodation Price Index), and food and beer costs (using data from The Economist's Big Mac Index and the GoEuro Beer Price Index). "Value score" field is used to determine where you get the best value soccer for the money you're spending to see a game. The score is the result of a calculation combining average game costs and the league ranking. Teams with a better league ranking or a lower cost of a ticket will have more value. Formula = 10000/(TicketPrice*(3+LeagueRanking)^2).

The millions of people that book journeys with GoEuro each month all do so with widely differing agendas. Some arrive looking for a cheap deal while others want to travel the length and breadth of the continent in luxury. GoEuro and our providers cater for these criteria and everything in between, so we thought we’d take a look at the data and see what average prices our users were choosing to pay in each different European country. With offers from more than 450 operators and millions of users searching for connections in countries across Europe every week, the GoEuro database offers a unique perspective on actual consumer behaviour, and on effective price levels resulting from the interplay of supply and demand in each market. This is not just an analysis of prices and tariffs offered by operators, let alone of the cheapest fares available in each case. Rather, our data shows the average price actually paid by travelers, after choosing from the full menu of different rail tariffs, as well as bus and air travel options for their journey. Prices are in Euros per 100 km of travel taken as an average from our booking platform from April 2015 to April 2016.