Vienna in Figures 2010 - IMPACTS
Vienna in Figures 2010 - IMPACTS
Vienna in Figures 2010 - IMPACTS
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PEOPLE IN VIENNA<br />
Work<strong>in</strong>g time required to buy a Big Mac 2009<br />
<strong>in</strong> m<strong>in</strong>utes<br />
70<br />
60<br />
50<br />
40<br />
30<br />
20<br />
10<br />
0<br />
13<br />
London<br />
Dubl<strong>in</strong><br />
mbourg<br />
Luxe<br />
Zurich<br />
nhagen<br />
Cope<br />
17<br />
<strong>Vienna</strong><br />
Ams ter dam<br />
Berl<strong>in</strong><br />
russels<br />
B<br />
Paris<br />
ckholm<br />
Sto<br />
Lisbon<br />
Hels<strong>in</strong>ki<br />
Rome<br />
Athens<br />
Prague<br />
Sofia<br />
62<br />
Bratislava<br />
Source: UBS, "Prices and Earn<strong>in</strong>gs", 2009 edition.<br />
Price divided by weighted net hourly rate for 14 occupations.<br />
On average, a person liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>Vienna</strong> has to work for 17 m<strong>in</strong>utes<br />
to earn the equivalent of the retail price of a Big Mac. In<br />
Bratislava, the EU capital closest to <strong>Vienna</strong>, this takes about<br />
3.5 times as long.<br />
The romantic skat<strong>in</strong>g trail <strong>in</strong> front of<br />
<strong>Vienna</strong> City Hall has attracted skaters<br />
for the past 15 years. In the <strong>2010</strong><br />
season, it marked a record high of<br />
more than 560,000 visitors.<br />
Quality of liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dex <strong>2010</strong><br />
Index: New York = 100<br />
120<br />
100<br />
80<br />
60<br />
40<br />
20<br />
0<br />
108.6<br />
<strong>Vienna</strong><br />
Zurich<br />
Geneva<br />
Copenhagen<br />
Amsterdam<br />
Brussels<br />
Berl<strong>in</strong><br />
Stockholm<br />
Paris<br />
London<br />
Rome<br />
Prague<br />
Budapest<br />
Athens<br />
Bratislava<br />
Bucharest<br />
Sofia 74.0<br />
Source: Mercer, Human Resource Consult<strong>in</strong>g, Quality of Liv<strong>in</strong>g Survey <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the <strong>2010</strong> Mercer Study on Quality of Liv<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
<strong>Vienna</strong> succeeded for the second time as the city with the<br />
highest quality of liv<strong>in</strong>g worldwide.<br />
VIENNA IN FIGURES <strong>2010</strong> 2009 – 9
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