What Can $100 Get in SWITZERLAND (World's Most Expensive Country)

This is what $100 can buy you in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Switzerland is the most expensive country in the world. In today's video I showcase just how expensive it is. From food, transportation, to what kind of hotel you can get..
Spoiler alert - it's not very much.

[budarnie]

Being a Swiss tourist in foreign countries is amazing. Everything is so cheap!

[stxdxnt]

Wants to save money, goes to the most expensive and overpriced chocolate store you can find in the whole country 😂😂😂

[Mia-sbbb]

Being a swiss citizen, you only really notice how expensive switzerland is when you go abroad and see how cheap everything is 😂

[stephanier]

Man refused to go on the train for five bucks but wasted $8 on a croissant... that's bougie 🤣

[Schnabeltassentier]

One mistake you made: A day ticket for the entire city costs CHF 8.80, the CHF 30 one is for the entire CANTON (state) of Zurich.

[FabianStPinoy]

I live in switzerland. And i like watching this stuff is some time so funny couse he is going right for the most expensive stuff hehe.

[Fabian-hvoj]

As a swiss person i am still impressed by the prices in Zürich. Never would i ever spend 8 dollars on a choclat croissant thats just madness😅

[ogflorin]

i’m from switzerland and trust me 90 francs can get u through a week if u know how.. as a student i used to eat lunch for 1.90 francs everyday. you really learn how to manage when u live here and don’t have much money

[gedoens]

Even the Swiss don’t really buy Läderach chocolate. You get it for special occasions or as a gift tbh.

[SuminaStuder]

As a native Swiss... the water quality really is something we're grateful for haha. On the downside, Lake Zurich was *too* clean at some point so the fish in it started dying. They had to "pollute" it with algae and whatnot lol 😬

[alansevents]

Apart from the Hotel and Denner, all other places are amongst the most expensive you could have gone. It does show the general philosophy of Switzerland that you pay a lot for everything, but it results in excellent quality in all things

[dayanagordina]

No croissant deserves to be eaten with a fork. Even the one that costs $8...

[saschslife]

For us who live here in Switzerland the prices are just normal. We just don't really go to a restaurant to eat.. well I'm speaking for me and my family. You really need a good budget to plan.
But you get to know your way to spend less money.
The prices in other countries are sometimes unreal to us. (We can't believe it)
And Zürich is also the most expensive city in Switzerland, so it also depense where you stay in Switzerland.

[elainakate]

Any grocery store in Zurich is pretty affordable. Denner, Lidl and Aldi Are just the cheapest! Greetings from Zürich!

[pioupiou]

As a Swiss guy who made an intership in England I remember on the first day litteraly filling my backpack + two big ass bags only with food and spreading all the stuff I bought on the kitchen table and taking pictures for my friend and parents while labelling "Look at all the food I got for 60 bucks !!! 😱".

[Annaable]

You made several mistakes:
1) don’t go to the most touristy extensive cafe for coffee and a croissant. You could have got that for half at an equally nice place
2) the free bikes by Züri rollt are on the other side of the main station.
3) never ask people around the main station, they are not locals ;)
4) don’t go to the most overpriced chocolaté Shop, there is even outstanding chocolaté thats cheaper from confiseries…
5) a day ticket for the city of Züri is CHF 8.80 without a discount. Not 30. 30 is for the whole canton (state)! ;)

[jeanpauljh]

By avoiding cafés / restaurants in the expensive parts of town (and choosing the right travel pass) you could have easily made the USD100/CHF90 go a lot further ;-)

[bricepetit]

if you target the most expensive cafe and shops of course you'll not make it. A coffee can be 4.5 and a croissant 2

[RahulCatking]

Ah I did the same challenge - 100 dollars a month in India :)

[savethenacktschnecke]

Tips from a local: buy subscriptions / combined tickets for cheaper public transport that will also either include boat / mountain railway trips and museum tickets, or at least make them a lot cheaper. Also, Switzerland is small and possesses a great public transportation system. The logical conclusion to that is to not take a hotel in Zurich, which is expensive even for locals, but in a smaller city or village nearby. Also, Switzerland is highly walkable. As long as you are healthy and motivated and possess a minimum of organizational skill, there is simply no need for a vehicle to discover any Swiss city once you are there. There are also a lot of free things to do, such as visiting our historical buildings (visiting gothic cathedrals, roman ruins etc. usually costs nothing) or local traditions and festivities. Next point: Eating out in a (fast food or any) restaurant is considered a treat rather than a normal everyday activity among average people. If you want to eat cheap without cooking yourself, go to Denner as shown in the video, or really any other grocery store and look for the “budget-brands” such as m-budget in the store called Migros or prix garantie in the store called Coop.