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Cost of living

The cost of living in Belgium may be higher than it is in your home country. That's why it is important to start out by figuring up a budget that includes sufficient financial resources to pay your expenses while you are studying. If you need help budgeting your expenses, we suggest you visit our page containing information about costs of studies in Belgium.

Your budget should include consideration of the expenses that come up in your daily life.

Just for example, here are the prices of some common items of consumption current in Liège:

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  • 800 g sliced loaf: €1.90
  • Packet of chips (stalls): €1.50 - 2
  • Glass of beer (café - bar): €1.70 - 1.80 
  • Restaurant in town (single dish): from €9
  • Fast food - McDonald's: €3.00 - 6.50
  • Pizzeria: from €8
  • Cinema ticket: from €8 (less in certain film clubs: La Sauvenière, Le Parc, Le Churchill, etc.)
  • Unleaded petrol 95 - 98: €1.25 - 1.30/litre
  • Diesel: €1.1/litre
  • Daily newspaper: €1
  • 1st class domestic stamp: €0.54
  • 1st class international stamp: €0.80
  • Bus ticket: €1.60
  • Card for 8 bus journeys (within city area): €6.80 

Contact(s) : Admissions Department

Print version Page updated on 2012-12-14