Proponents of a sober lifestyle can take this skeptical, but the beer index can really reveal best European countries for living. It was estimated how many pints (0.57 liters) of beer can be bought for the minimum wage in different countries. Germany and the Benelux countries have become the leaders, while Russia, Moldova, Montenegro and countries of the southern Caucasus have obviously lost, according to ee24.com citing thelocal.es.
So, if you buy real estate in Germany, settle and start to work there, the minimum wage will allow to buy 521 glasses of beer. Residents of the Netherlands (761 beers) may even lose themselves into drinking with such a ratio of income and the cost of beer. And if you decide to buy property in Belgium, you'll get the opportunity to drink 1028 beers a month! But portal ee24.com warns: the excessive beer drinking is harmful to your health.
Amost all of Western and Central Europe is in the second tier (from 200 to 500 beers). Finally, residents of Eastern Europe (Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic states, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Macedonia, Turkey) cannot afford more than 200 glasses of beer.
It should be noted that calculations take into account the minimum wage, which has a real basis in many countries of Western Europe, while in Eastern Europe people generally get much bigger salary than the minimum wage suggests.