Cost of living in Stavanger

To give you an idea of the living expenses for a student in Norway, we have
put together a modest budget for one semester (all numbers are approximate).
The budget is calculated for a student living in a student room and who cooks
most of his/her meals in the dormitory kitchen, with the occasional lunch at
one of the canteen on campus. This student buys 1 - 2 textbooks per course
and has a rather modest clothing budget.
The amount of money you spend each month will of course vary depending on your personal
lifestyle and preferences, so you should take this into account when making your own budget.
Expenses
Food
Accommodation
Phone (500 min, sms and MB in Norway and 250 international minutes)
Local travel monthly bus ticket 1 zone (3 zones)
Personal products
Sport center
Leisure
Total sum per month (NOK)
Semester fee - obligatory (first month only)
Bus card (first time only)
Textbooks (first month only)
IKEA trip (buying blanket, pillow, bed linen, kitchen utensils, etc.)
Total sum per first month (NOK)

Per month (NOK)

2 000
4 500
200
390 (510)
250
210
500
8 050 (8 170)
700
50
1 000
1 000
10 800 (10 920)

Examples of the approximate cost (in NOK) of certain common items and entertainment are:
20 eggs
1,75 liter milk
Bread
1 kg cheese
1 kg chicken
1 kg fish
kg ground beef
1 kg bananas
1 kg apple
1 kg potatoes
2 kg rice

60
27
10-30
90
100
50-200
35
20
30
15
30

1/4 kg coffee
Pack of cigarettes
Bottle of beer (shop)
liter beer at a pub (student price)
Bottle of wine (shop)
Meal at a restaurant per person
Meal at campus canteen
One way bus card (night ticket)
Ticket to the cinema
Ticket to a concert
Taxi (10 km)

30
100
30
30-70
90-200
100-300
50-100
31 (75)
80-120
100-300
300