Vienna is Among the Cities with the Greatest Purchasing Power in Europe

Lifestyle & TravelLuxury Goods ♦ Published: February 25, 2011; 00:54 ♦ (Vindobona)

Austria comes out relatively well in a study on the purchasing power of Europe The capital leads the Austrian comparison.

Vienna is Among the Cities with the Greatest Purchasing Power in Europe / Picture: © Vindobona.org

Vienna emerges as the tenth richest region of the EU from a current study with data collected in 2008.  Assessed was the relationship between the GDP and the purchasing power standard. Forty regions are above the 125% average of the EU, four of these regions are in Austria.

It is also striking that the development gap between poor and rich regions increases more and more. The…