GREEK GROCERY STORE - Is Greece expensive? - Living in Greece as a Foreigner 🇬🇷
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- Опубліковано 13 тра 2024
- 🧿Discover the real cost of living in Greece with this grocery shopping vlog! Join me as I take you on a tour of a traditional Greek grocery store.
🧿From the price of eggs to freshly ground Greek coffee, get an inside look at everyday expenses in Greece. Explore locally produced cheeses, wines, and more. Plus, learn insider tips on where to find the best deals and support local businesses. Whether you're a local or a tourist, this vlog is your ultimate guide to navigating the cost of living in Greece. Don't forget to subscribe for more videos on Greek culture, food, and lifestyle! 🇬🇷🛒☕
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comparing to Poland where I am located Greece is cheaper
Greece is quite cheap if you look closely! The thing we still have with Λαϊκές Αγορές(farmers markets) where everything is dirt cheap because we have a ton of local produce, i haven't seen in many parts of the world where everything is quite expensive. The greek culture is based on being self sustained, cooking your meals, learning from your family/elders to prepare traditional recipes. Learning how to make the most out of your produce and fridge scraps. I think that mentality and of course availability are what keeps food prices low and makes food quite cheap in Greece. Most greeks have a giagia who makes the best spinach or feta pites, and her own trahana, or bread. If only our salaries were on par with our productivity we would be a bit more content with our lives.
Unfortunately, prices are affordable only if your income comes from abroad. If you work in Greece and get the usual salary (app. 600-800 euros per month), you can't afford the cost of living here. Big "thanks" to our politicians for that. 🤬
Btw, good job Daniel and congrats on your speaking Greek skills. Latin America has great people too. 😉
@@Onirocosmos Comparing prices to the ones in Poland and saying it is cheaper in Greece, I was of course taking into account Polish salaries (but in Polish currency being also much weaker than Euro) and looking at Greek prices from a tourist perspective which is unfair in relation to Greek average salaries.
just as an explanation to my comment: Comparing prices to the ones in Poland and saying it is cheaper in Greece, I was of course taking into account Polish salaries (but in Polish currency being also much weaker than Euro) and looking at Greek prices from a tourist perspective which is unfair in relation to Greek average salaries.
You are fluent in Greek φιλε μου. Probably speaking Spanish helped you a lot with your Greek accent. Keep it up, nice and truthful approach! Subbed
Ευχαριστώ πολύ 🇬🇷💙
You are literally living in the most beautiful place in the entire universe 😊
Το βίντεο που σκέφτεστε να κάνετε για την λαϊκή αγορά, πρέπει να γίνει σε δύο διαφορετικές ώρες, το πρώτο το πρωί 9-11 και το δεύτερο μετά τις 1:30 - 2. Θα διαπιστώσετε τεράστιες διαφορές στις τιμές, από 40 - 50% φθηνότερα! Αυτό για να είναι αληθινό και απόλυτα έγκυρο το βίντεο.
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Great to know - efaristo!
Ως Έλληνας και φοιτητής έχω να πω οτι οι τιμές είναι χαμηλές σε σχέση με τις υπόλοιπες χώρες, μα εξακολουθούν να είναι υψηλές. Το μάρκετ είναι πόνος σε σχέση με παλιότερα , ειδικά τα είδη καθαρισμού (απορρυπαντικά κτλ). Επίσης εξαιρετικά ελληνικά Daniel, χαιρετίσματα από Λαμία
Φίλε μου οι τιμές είναι πολύ νορμάλ για τα δεδομένα άλλων χωρών και της Ελλάδας, αλλά οι μισθοί μας είναι για τα ανάθεμα...Οι λαϊκές μας ειναι διαμάντια και ακόμα μας σώζουν από πλευράς υλικών και τροφίμων...
Thanks my friend 🇬🇷💙🙏
Σε σχέση με ποιές χώρες φίλε μου? Πρόσφατα πήγα σε 3 διαφορετικές αλυσίδες Σουπερ Μάρκετ στην Ελβετία για να διαπιστώσω πως σε πληθώρα προϊόντων οι τιμές είναι ίδιες , κατα περιπτώσεις προϊόντα επώνυμα και μή , είτε σε προσφορές είτε χωρις , να είναι φθηνότερα σε σχέση με την Ελλάδα και το μόνο χτυπητό που παρατήρησα ήταν πως το κρέας και τα πουλερικά τους είναι αρκετά πιο ακριβά απο εδώ σε σημείο να φτάνουν/ξεπερνάνε την διπλάσια τιμή . Χαρακτηριστικά παραδείγματα. Coca Cola Zero 6x1.5lt -7.5€ σε προσφορά , εδώ για να πάρεις την ίδια ποσότητα αυτή την στιγμή θέλεις 3x2x1.5lt στα 3.9€ το ένα που σημαίνει 11.7€ , ενώ σε προσφορά στην καλύτερη θα το βρείς -0,5€ /μπουκάλι δηλαδή στα 8.5€ περίπου , το συγκεκριμένο σε αλυσίδα που θεωρείται στην Ελβετία η αντίστοιχη του Σκλαβενίτη. Τα μπισκότα Chocorange του Παπαδόπουλου εδώ 1.9€/κουτι εκεί σε 3 αλυσίδες αντίστοιχα προϊόντα απο 1.7€ εώς 1.8€ για ΔΙΠΛΑΣΙΑ ποσότητα (ομοίως και στην Γερμανία). Ίδιες τιμές στα καύσιμα καθώς και στις τηλεπικοινωνίες (προσφέροντας πολύ ανώτερο προΪον) με την Ελλάδα . Δεν κάθησα να κάνω άλλους παραλληλισμούς κατα την διαμονή μου γιατί θα γύριζα πίσω με κατάθλιψη. Σαφώς και υπάρχουν χρεώσεις εκεί για πράγματα που εδώ θεωρούμε δεδομένα και δωρεάν (π.χ σκουπίδια), σχεδόν ανύπαρκτο ελέυθερο πάρκινγκ (ακόμα και στο τελευταίο χωρίο στη μέση του πουθενά) , ενοίκια 2-3 φορές πάνω σε σχέση με εδώ ανάλογα την πόλη/περιοχή (σαν ενοίκιο που πληρώνεις είναι υψηλότερα κατα 3-4 φορές αλλά περιλαμβάνουν θέρμανση , πάρκινγκ , νερό , κοινόχρηστα κτλ που αν τα συμπεριλάβεις στους λογαριασμούς εδώ σου βγαίνει άλλο ένα ενοίκιο) , την ασφάλεια σου την πληρώνεις εσύ (με ένα κόστος περι τα 850-900€ για 4μελή οικογένεια) , εξωφρενικό κόστος στους βρεφονηπιακούς που μιλάμε για 150-200€/μέρα αλλά ανάλογα με το εισόδημα σου πληρώνεις αντίστοιχα σε σημείο να φτάνει το κόστος στα 150-200€ /μήνα καθώς τα υπόλοιπα τα καλύπτει η τοπική κυβέρνηση , όμως μιλάμε για μια χώρα που ο μέσος μισθός είναι 5-6 φορές υψηλότερος απο τον αντίστοιχο στην Ελλάδα και κατα πολύ συγκεκριμένες περιπτώσεις μισθοί που εδώ δεν υπάρχουν ουτε στα πιο τρελλά μας όνειρα. Πέρυσι τον Σεπτέμβριο ψώνισα μερικά πράγματα σε σούπερ μάρκετ στο Βερολίνο , πλήρωσα λιγότερα κατα περίπου 10% (για προϊόντα που είτε πωλούνται και εδώ είτε για παρόμοια που δεν πωλούνται εδώ). Και για το χαβαλέ της υπόθεσης , είχα πετύχει ένα βιντεάκι τραβηγμένο πριν 2-3 μήνες με εναν Ινδό που ζεί στην Ταιβάν και το ανέβασε για να δείξει την αγαπημένη του μαρμελάδα που αγοράζει στο σουπερ μάρκετ. Γαλλική μαρμελάδα που πωλείται και εδώ. Εκεί 4.30€ το βαζάκι και εδώ 4.60€. Προφανώς το κόστος μεταφοράς στην Ταιβάν απο Γαλλία είναι χαμηλότερο αν υποθέσουμε πως δεν έχει φορολογία εισαγωγής (όπως εδώ λόγω Ε.Ε) ή πως το δικό μας προϊόν το πασπαλίζουν με νεραϊδόσκονη.
Οι τιμές είναι χαμηλες σε συγκριση με τις πιο πλουσιες ευρωπαικες χωρες που οι άνθρωποι βγάζουν το πενταπλασιο εισόδημα. Η χώρα έχει υποβαθμιστεί απίστευτα και ο κόσμος αρχίζει να τρελαίνεται. Η κατάθλιψη και και η βία έχουν φτάσει σε επίπεδα που δεν έχουμε ξαναδεί και το χειρότερο είναι ότι έχουμε και άλλα να δουμε.
Spontaneity is the heart of the Greek soul.
Wee done!
Thanks 🇬🇷💙🙏
$3 for a dozen eggs isn’t all that bad at all. Fresh ground coffee also seems reasonable. Good video…thanks.
Definitely a hispanohablante. But, muy admirable. As a Spanish teacher who is Greek, I always say that due to our common phonological system, Spanish speakers speak the best Greek and visa versa.
As I spend more time in Greece now than in Australia, due to my Greek partner and her family, I have a better idea of the cost of living in Greece. When I convert some basic grocery items, such as cheese, beef, poultry, lamb, etc into Australian currency, I tend to find them expensive for the average Greek wage earner. Greece is definitely a low-wage country compared to Australia and other EU countries. What one earns in a month here, one can earn in one week elsewhere.
As for fruit and vegetables, there is more choice, better quality and price competition for the average Greek consumer, especially in bigger population centres, considering the ubiquitous traditional street farmer markets and the various supermarket outlets such as the German giant LIDL with its big discounts, MyMarket, Sklavenitis and AEB. I think that the traditional bakaliko(grocery store) would only be a viable business in small population areas.
I also notice the absence of receipt issuing in Greece, from restaurants to medical professionals, definitely leads to lower Government revenue which in turn forces it to jack up tariffs and charges in other areas to make up for lost revenue. Tax evasion tends to run deep in Greek society. And I would imagine that any government here would have to consider electoral damage if it went hard on tax evasion. Tourist establishments and the maritime industry with its offshore registration system are some of the hardest nuts to crack!
And if it wasn't for the Greek culture of building and passing on real estate with the next generation in mind, it would be hard to own a house unless one rented. Imagine a mortgage on top of other cost-of-living pressures!
But despite all this, Greeks somehow find ways, naturally with financial support from grandparents and parents, to embrace passionately what looks like a more laid back lifestyle with its beach life, cafeterias, tavernas etc compared to outsiders who come from busier, faster lifestyles!
There is tax evasion cause fund that gives European union for the Greek citizens end up in the pockets and families of the few oligarchs that have overexploit the country
Here in NYC today i paid $4.50 for 12 eggs, and $40.00 for two Kiko of Dodoni Feta cheese, 484 grams of Greek coffee $7.99, I don't drink wine but that is usually about $7.00 a liter.
Great video with VERY VALUABLE information...as my wife and I have been considering moving to Greece, my parents left Greece in the 1950s... thank you for the content...God bless
You keep referring to yourself as a foreigner living in Greece, you are full Greek. I wish all immigrants could integrate like you have. Best wishes from California
Thank you 💙🇬🇷🙏🧿
@@MyGreekLifestyleWait, you are not originally Greek of the Diaspora? Wow. As the person above said, you are full Greek. God Bless you my friend! 👍🏻
Thank you 🇬🇷💙🙏🧿
@@MyGreekLifestyle You’re welcome my Brother! 👍🏻
Hi Daniel! I stumbled upon your channel due to the love of Nafplio!
You’re doing great work with your Greek lifestyle channel and in turn, promoting the town, businesses, and Greece as a whole.
As a Canadian/Greek living abroad, the goal is moving back as we start winding down our working years.
Having roots in Nafplio and frequenting the town whenever we can, it’s always nice to see the scenery, town,and locals when we are afar, and your channel helps us feel connected.
Say hello to Mr.Panagioti, from a viewer in Montreal, as I frequented his shop last month.
He sells good quality products and I can say the Anthotiro and wine are amazing!
Thank you for the YT work, as it is an effort; and for bringing us a piece of paradise into our home’s.
I live in MTL,too, and I also love Nafplio 😊
Thank you so much for your comment. I will certainly tell Mr. Panagiotis about you 💙🇬🇷🙏🧿
Your Greek is great my friend! Greeting from Athens! :)
Greece became to expensive for the locals, on the other hand mr. Panagiotis have very reasonable prices for such a small shop.
An insight about all that "tsipouro" hype that is around for about 30 years now.
Before that, whith the exception of some local producers etc, what you would expect to drink when you had a meal with friends etc, especially by the sea was ouzo. Then came the hype and most people today would say "hey, let's go for a tsipouro". I think people over 50 would confirm that.
That's not really true, or maybe it is true for the seaside areas as you said. Inland, the drink of choice was almost always wine, and tsipouro was considered the "drink of the very poor", but people inland still consimed it. I remember my grandfathers telling me that I should rarely drink tsipouro because it is not distilled correctly. In the past decades there have been pure distilleries so it became very widespread, especially those of the region of Thessaly. Historically however, ouzo came after tsipouro which was even used in medieval times, not the other way around.
@@balkanmountains2-3131 When talking about Thessaly and some other places it is true. Though i very well witnssed all this hype to grow in front of my eyes the last 3 decades.
Ola! Subscribed. My cousin married a lady from Venezuela, they had the wedding in Venezuela at a Greek Orthodox church. We had a blast! ps. You should teach my cousin-in-law Greek lol.
In one month I come for a visit. We will be in Athens mostly but we have some sightseeing trips planned with my son who has not been to Greece yet. The last time I was there was 2019 and we checked prices in a large grocery store as part of research to see if we could afford to move to Greece in retirement. As you mentioned, everywhere in the world things are more expensive. I look forward to rechecking the prices while I enjoy a few weeks in my favorite country on Earth. I do not expect to see you during the very brief time I will be in Napflio but I will certainly keep my eyes open!
Say hi to me if you see me around when you come to Nafplio🇬🇷😀
The prices are perfect. i like your vids!
Glad you like them! 🇬🇷💙🙏🧿
This was lovely to experience virtually
Can't wait to visit 😍
Thanks 💙🇬🇷🙏
Some local fresh things, you can`t put a price for the taste! Like Baklava.....my dad told me when I was a kid, it`s so good that the angels piss on your heart ❤❤❤
Unplanned video maybe but still really informative.. Price is great compared to the UK.. In fact the wine pice for 10 litres is fantastic.. Thank you for posting
Thanks 🇬🇷💙🙏🧿
love this content!! thank you!
Glad you enjoy it my friend 💙🇬🇷🙏
Lol that's my local shop too. Nice video Daniel!!! Keep it up
Thanks brother 🇬🇷💙🙏🧿
where is my coffee? oh I am greek too! I speak fluent too! bravo nice video! its a beautiful thing to support small people and local people! fresh made produce! wow! there is not m enough of community around we need that and we need to speak Greek and. promote our beautiful country culture and traditions! I just subscribed to your channel! good work! your not only showing food items but your showing our culture to people! I respect that!
thanks for this. good to know prices like local
Thanks
I can’t wait the farmers market video. Great content, keep it up!
Coming soon! my friend 💙🇬🇷
I'm marring my fiancée in athens in a couple of weeks. Im english and she is Greek. We live here in the UK, but we are seriously thinking about moving to Greece. Although im learning Greek little by little, I think I would struggle to find work there. I have a good job here with a good salary.
Men I'mn give you a friendly advice... Get the heck out of England soon as you can. Me as a Greek I used to live in north London for almost 23 years..sorry to say but The British society is doomed period anyways good luck to you I'm out
Feel free to contact me, I would love to help. Find out more here my friend: mygreeklifestyle.com/relocate-to-greece/
This is so interesting! Im half greek half german but live in Germany. However we usually visit Greece around 2-3 times a year. We always try to find a local farmers market where we can buy fresh fruits and vegetables. But of course also go to the local supermarkets. The prices are similar to Germany but some are even more expensive, however fruits and vegetables are usually on the cheaper side in Greece but the quality is much better than here. Weirdly I cannot drink coffee here in Germany as it’s giving me anxiety but once I am in Greece I have absolutely no problem drinking it. Thank you for sharing your life in Greece with us. ☺️
Thanks for this review you better eat three or more eggs a day ,don't let them spoil. Prices are far better than in the states ,plus quality is better in Greece, I was there in 79 loved the people and it was very inexpensive then as is now ,a gyro I've seen on videos are still under five dollars ,this blows my mind ,in the states inflation has raised so that the crime rate is up as well. Love your video ,thanks ,Greece is epic .🙏 I would love to ask how much hourly wage is paid to an average job ,say a store clerk or coffee barista.
ah, another vid of my new favorite Shop :D
Prices...the eggs came out to a little over $3US per dozen which is more than here in the United States and I live in Michigan, suburban Detroit...Motown! I thought the cheese and coffee were good prices. For future reference, you know what you're pointing out in the store but we, the viewers, do not. I had to Google a couple of things like tsipouro. What is that? A bottle of water? Ah, no! Spirits, something like raki I find out. Same with the pasta. Looked like pasta but I wasn't 100% sure so I Googled some of the names and sure enough, it's pasta. And the round cylinder of cheese behind the counter, feta? You didn't say but the price was good. Absolutely beautiful in the Peloponnese. I've subscribed and will enjoy continuing watching.
Love Drakana!
Hi Dan my name is George and it’s my first time on your channel and subscribed. Great to hear someone speak well English from Greece. I was born in Chania Crete moved to Canada 60 years ago. I buy the Papagalo small Greek coffee here for $9.50 in Montréal Quebec Canada 🇨🇦 … I will be visiting Chania in October and planning to stay for my first time in Athens for a week .. Για μας
It’s a great channel.
I check all your videos.
For somebody how livew in Switzerland
The prices are so nice and cheap.
I totally agree that if you like in the community you should support the local shops even it there are more expensive.
Thanks for watching my videos and for your comment🇬🇷💙🙏
Awesome video my friend , always enjoy your amazing videos , thank you for sharing , have an amazing day 712
Thank you my friend 💙🇬🇷🙏
Very informative
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Great video 👍
Thanks 👍my friend 🇬🇷💙🙏
Food and grocery were quite affordable in Greece back in the 1980s-1990s, but on the other hand electronics and clothing were expensive. After adopting the euro as currency, prices got up 4-5 times in grocery items while electronics and clothing etc were more affordable due to imports from Europe and China (but still a little more expensive than western Europe). But biggest rise in consumer prices happened in the last two years such as with olive oil and other supermarket products. This rise in prices has happened in North america, Europe too so it is not only a greek phenomenon. Also in Greece, another issue is the expensive petrol price which is about 2 euros per liter. Finally, the wages are between 800 and 1200 euros for the majority of people, a lot less than north and western European countries.
As someone who is in Greece 4 months out of 12, I enjoy your channel. Learning the language is a struggle for me, but you're inspired. Your accent sounds like a native.
Love the content so far- looking forward to you filming a laiki agora episode. Also- i remember being amazed that the eggs were not refrigerated; have since learned that truly fresh eggs need no refrigeration. 😂
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I totally enjoy your video; And I truly love where you live; and that trail you walk every morning, what a dream trail; thank you for your videos
From Westerly Rhode Island
Glad you enjoyed it🇬🇷💙
Thank you for this video . This is what we really need to know the daily life , the prices , where to go , how to get to.a certain place . Greetings to panagjotis ❤
Glad you enjoyed it. 🇬🇷💙🙏
Your food appears to be around 2.5 times cheaper than ours here in Southwest Florida. We can hardly wait to live there in a few years on our sailboat.
The issue is that the food in Florida is all cancer
Just don't expect _everything_ to be cheap. The video was about local food. Imported food can be significantly more expensive, especially if it doesn't have much of a tradition in Greece and can spoil fast in the Greek climate, such as chocolate. Note I am talking about major categories of goods, not variations or even brands. Greek prices push you towards a more sustainable and more healthy lifestyle, living primarily on food bought directly from farmers. But if you resist that and insist on eating what you are used to, it can get quite expensive.
good idea! prices.. I remember 2019 prices at the Central cafe bakery in nafplio, there by the roundabout of the hospital. I could get 1 freddo, 1 water, 3 of their mini sandwitches and a bougatsa for around 7eu. Now that should be around 10eu.
Very helpful video - efaristo! I was surprised to see kiwi & Chiquita bananas at the open market. Those were great wine prices, but that kilo of special cheese was steep for us. lol. Keep 'em coming!
Thank you my friend 🇬🇷💙🙏🧿
Greece does produce Kiwis since the '70 and '80, as well as bananas, for a few decades now, in Crete.
Beautiful video We live here in Lovely Greece
Thank you 🇬🇷💙
Hey Dan, I used to watch your videos about stock music, I didn't realise you lived in Greece. As a greek guy I love how you are showing the life as it is in every aspect of it!
I have been living in Greece since 2010 🇬🇷💙🙏🧿
cool little vid bro
Thanks brother 🇬🇷💙🙏
😊nice place
It really is!
Well...I was planing on my coming trip to greece to come for a one day trip to Nafplion. But you made me change my plans and I think I will stay for 2 nights
I descovered you accidently by searching Lefkada.
I'm from Moldova 🇲🇩 that hope soon will enter EU.
I use to think that anywhere in EU is better than in Moldova, but as I'm getting old, as more I understand that my country is great, just a litlle problem of coruption, politics. But overall if you have skills, you leave a nice level.
Υπάρχουν και πιο χαμηλές τιμές άμα ψάξεις καλιτερα.Εδω στην Αχαΐα στο μπακάλικο της γειτονιάς μου, η βαρελισια(σκληρή) φέτα Καλαβρύτων πωλείται 9 ευρώ το κιλό εδώ και δύο χρόνια.Πριν είχε 6.50 με 7 ε το κιλό.
Loumidis here in Florida is $10.99
Wow man your Greek accent is spot on! Maybe it helps that you're from Venezuela originally?
Possibly! But I have put a lot of work into learning Greek. There are no shortcuts when it comes to learning a foreign language.
I truly enjoyed this video, so much produce from grass roots Greek production. The prices aren't really that bad if you're coming from Canada. In Croatia the bastards tax food and you don't see so much local produce, its a dumping ground for EU agro surpluses like milk and third rate produce like rotten lemons or substandard fruit. My house in Croatia is close to the border with Italy and I prefer to shop for many items over there, although it is a bit of a hike through the mountains and Slovenia.
The local products are of above average quality and most definitely worth the somewhat higher cost. I hit up the,"λαϊκή"just like you for the fruits and veggies. The rest....Lidl😎 or a Σκλαβενίτης. In Canada, I'm a Costco addict because of my large family. But even the kids know the GR superb quality. They eat everything in GR😅
I am thinking to move to Loutraki next year. Been researching
It's lovely during summer but not the best place to live during winter. The sea is pretty rough and quite windy, as you mentioned you should definitely do research.
You’re so lucky living inNafplio, that is one of the best places is to comeback to Greece live a quiet Life in the city as Nafplioin ,I hope one day I’ll be there. I’m Greek and I live in the United States for the last 40 years. Love it here, but I’m jealous, you being in Greece and love it ,good luck Love your videos. It’s like a breath of fresh air.
Thanks Helen 💙
Κάνε και ένα βίντεο με την λαϊκή ναυπλιου να δείξεις τιμές από φρέσκο ψάρι και λαχανικα
I love Greece❤
Me too 🇬🇷💙🙏
In toronto the store I work at sells "high quality" eggs that are not fresh of the day, for 7cad the dozen, around 10€... 7.50 for 30 eggs is dirt cheap imo
Now compare the salaries ,Canada Vs Greece,I mean ,I bet prices in India will sound dirty cheap for every Greek as well,if you get what I mean
It is so nice that you buy all of your food fresh and unprocessed, unlike in the US. That is the perfect way to live healthily into old age. Would love to see a tour of your home. Do you own or rent? Thanks for taking the time to show us your wonderful part of the planet.
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I love your videos. I just subscribed today. What equipment do you use to film your videos?
iPhone for this video.
Μιλάς πολύ καλα τα Ελληνικά! Πολλά συγχαρητήρια!!!
Ευχαριστώ πολύ 🇬🇷💙
Hola! Me gustan tus videos!, yo tambien vivo en Nafplion, casada con Griego, naci en Guatemala, vivi en USA desde que tenia 16...tenemos "algo" en comun... Gracias por los "tips"!
Hola y gracias! Salúdame si me vez por ahí caminando en Nafplio.
Love Greece 🇬🇷❤️👌🔥
Me too 🇬🇷💙🙏
The quality of food and fresh produce is fabulous, in the UK prices are higher and the quality of fresh produce inferior by a big margin, so enjoy!
I lived in the UK 🇬🇧 so I know what you mean.
The prices seem reasonably good 👍 but for an average Greek family the weekly shopping 🛒 is quite an issue. In Piraeus a weekly supermarket shopping costs more than what we pay in Leeds UK, and that's without taking in consideration the average Greek versus UK income. But then there's the local open market where if you wait close to the business end you get great deals.
Very interesting but it would help if you told us the products you were pointing out were, the prices weren’t that high.nice video
Oh my goodness, you have all that amazing food and wine, add Was that some kind of spirit? What is it made with? And meanwhile in Scotland we have lovely shellfish, but apart from that we have Tesco :) say hi to your grocer friend :)
Yes, it is called Tsipouro
Thanks for sharing. I think some things are cheaper than the UK and some are around about the same. It is the quality too....fresh stuff. I am vegan and have just come back from Zante. The choice and quality was pretty good (had to go off the beaten track sometimes to find the best places). Whereas in the UK it can be just supermarket stuff that isn't great quality. I am lucky, where I live we have a great green grocer and a farm shop selling fresh fruit and veg.
Thanks for sharing! 🇬🇷💙🙏
Hi there. New sub here.
I'm coming to Athens in September for Uni at NKUA so your videos are giving me a heads up on what to expect (really helpful).
I'm looking into the rent prices and from what I've gathered it's from 300-600 Euro going up.
I'm looking into the areas: Ampelokipoi, Goudi or Zografou mainly then Pagrati, Panormou, Holargos, Ilisia.
I've heard it's also ok to rent a place neat the tram line I think but I don't have much info on that.
My issue is that when I look up apartments online manily on Spitogatos I'm seeing rent starting at 650 Euro. How does that work?
Please give your opinion on rent especially on the above areas
I want to see a collaboration with the other famous Greek youtuber living in Nafplio , Greek unboxing, aka Petran ....( he has 2 channels with those names )
Prices are similar in Italy, maybe just a bit higher. I’d like to see how much meat costs
The price for meats (in my local market): chicken 4-5e, pork 5-7e and beef 9-15e per Kg, depending on the cut.
@@manos7958 that’s waaaaay cheaper than Italy. I just paid 10€ for 600 grams of chicken breast 🥲🥲
@@Archestrel That sounds about right for that in Greece, too.
For some reason, if you buy the whole chicken and it is 2kg then it is 9e but if you cut the same chicken up to breasts ,thighs etc then that same chicken goes up to 25e, with the bulk of the overcharge going to the breasts.
Greece os definitely very expensive. I spent so much money here so far. Great country though.
in australia the eggs are about 3 euro a dozen ,equal in price as greece per dozen. but our wages are are between 500 to 600 euro a week. 1 kg coffee 15 euro
About the eggs, the ones that we get from the supermarket or grocery store here in AU for $6 are not fresh at all though...
From italian perspective, beautiful places but the prices are so much higher than I expected. The only thing I can think is like that because is more local stuff, I guess and generally local products cost much to make.
A big chain super market would be a more fair comparison,your neighbourhood shop has many local or self produced products that ofc are much cheaper.Would be interesting if you could go in a well known chain and show us some prices from well known brands that locals prefer to use.
Yeah, I'll be making a video in a typical supermarket chain store soon.
I am enjoying your content. The price of the shop wine appeared to be extremely low. Is the alcohol content of local wines generally higher? I purchase some local wine when I was on the island of Ikaria. It has higher alcohol contented compared to mass produced wine and it was lower priced.
😮Lokking good haw abovt Athen?? Your like athen
ouzo or tsipiro in australia is 30 euro for a 700ml bottle
Since I live in Canada with the exchange the tray of 30 eggs that’s approximately 11 dollars here at the local grocery store a tray of organic eggs is about 16 dollars
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you have learned basic Greek. GOOD LUCK.
Why "basic"? He speaks very nice Greek.
The barber was he Pakistani ?
He looks familiar from Nea Ionia by my apartment .
You are 100% correct about good and bad in Greece.
The big difference is that produce from Greece is much more strict than the US.
Far less pesticides and no chemicals .
Eggs are not treated with chemicals and you don’t have to refrigerate the eggs .
Feta for domestic Greek feta is a very good price when you consider in the US it’s about $9.00 per lb for Dodoni imported from Greece .
How are the olive oil prices now because of the drought ?
We will see prices going up I can see .
Καλησπέρα φίλε μου και χαίρομαι που ζω καλά στην Ελλάδα.
Ελπίζω να πάνε όλα καλά με την οικογένειά σου.
Thank you my friend for your comment. Yes the barber is from Pakistan. I am not sure about the price at the moment of olive oil, but I believe its higher this year.
It looks like local produce is very cheap.
Athens supermarkets are more expensive than Paris, almost same prices as in the USA, Houston, where I live... Andd prices in the US are outrageous, compared to Europe + Norway, even... I was in ATH in January! Rents are 700€ -800 4a tiny place. ELECTRIC was 500€ + this w out cooking!
electric 500 euros a month?
Athens supermarket as expensive as Paris? I don't think so, also I lived in Houston and my family has lived in Houston for more than 25 years, so I have a clear idea of prices and the cost of living there.
@@MyGreekLifestyleI'm in Amsterdam and groceries in Greece are outrageous. I came to AMS and prices are 30% lower than Greece. Talking about supermarkets, and same products
It's true that food prices have gone up here in Greece, but the same is true everywhere else. I also know that rent in Amsterdam is not cheap not to mention other social and economic issues. Plus, the living cost here in Greece is still more affordable than in other EU northern countries. Not to mention the quality of life. People like me, moved to Greece not only because we love Greece but because of the quality of life and the people. Not because food and electricity are cheaper.
The eggs are not cheap because they are not organic production. The stamp on them begins with number 3.
Say hello to John the Pharmacist
1 kg yoghurt in australia is 4 euro
Good prices overall ....U bought 30 eggs for 7Euro ,..here in Melbourne Australia, u will pay roughly 8.00 to $10.00 for a dozen...I'd say thats good value......Olive oil seems a little expensive considering they produce their own....But i think what Greeks have to get used to , is that there are other types of Cooking & salad oil besides Greek olive Oil......But overall very good prices on all items shown.....But now , what must happen is that the minimum Greek monthly wage rises from the pitiful 700 Euro a month to something more respectable like 900 Euro a month ..
I take 1100 euros a month and the prices are still too high for me. Most of it goes to bills and mandatory obligations each month. I have to pay 150 euros for electric bill, 80 euros for phone and internet at home, 40 euros for my Mobile phone bill, and 200 euros on other bills not to mention 300 euros for the accomodation i live because I don't work in a place that is near my home. And the tickets and taxi fares for going to work everyday because I don't drive. So around 500 euros for my expenses for going to my work place, together with the accomodation. What's left is 200 to 300 euros a month for 2 people for food because my mother cannot work and my brother is still a student at the University. Not to mention the medical expenses for the pharmacy each month and other smaller basic needs. That leaves me working only for the basic functions. And a friend of mine in Germany takes 5x times the same salary for the same work with accomodations provided.
Also I would never use any other oil even if I didn't have my own
compared to Australia it is very cheap- $12-13 ($AU) for 12 eggs in Australia from a farm. Roughly the same in Australian dollars ($13) for 30 eggs is what you paid. I would take that anyday! I do understand that for a local in Greece on an average income, these prices seem expensive BUT locals in Australia on an average Australian salary pay similar prices for a lot less in quantity...It is expensive everywhere
“It is expensive everywhere” Exactly! This is what I have been saying all along after living in Venezuela, Canada, the USA, the UK, and now Greece. However, it is hard to convince people otherwise. Thanks for watching my video and for sharing my friend. All the best from Greece 🇬🇷
Interested in the banking systems and interest rate. Euxapisto
All major Greek banks are now supporting web banking, you may encounter greek bureaucracy and they ask lots of proof to open an account. No clue around interest rates, it's getting harder to secure a bank loan nowadays.
That would be $30 here in the states
Argentina has a large Italian community, a community that is more Greek than Italian because they generally are from Southern Italy where to this day speak Greek. Mussolini targeted the Greek community and punished those that spoke Greek. Many fled and ended up in Argentina. Being the genius that Mussolini was he used those same people he targeted to invade Greece during WWII... and of course those that were ordered to attack Greeks could not kill their own brothers. Understand you are NOT a foreigner in Greece. You may be a foreigner in Canada or the US, but not in Greece.
Even though I can pass as a Greek. I was not born in Greece and I didn't grow up in Greece. I am a foreigner who loves Greece and has made Greece my home. Also, I don't think my content would have the same impact if I were Greek. The whole point of my content is precisely because I am a foreigner.
Very reasonable the prices of Panagiotis !!! I expected ~50% more expensive !!!
You must explain to all Foreigners from Italia to Schweden & the North-Americans , that the prices are PER KG ! NOT the ridiculousl 100 gr !!!!!
f.Ex.: Dännmark 1 Banana=7 DKK, Deutschland : 1 Kiwi=0,59-0,79 euro, 1 Lemon=0,59-0,89 euro in GRE 1KG Kiwi= 1,80 euro 1 KG Lemons= 0,90-1,20 euro....!!
I did mention that the prices are per kilo. Thanks for watching and sharing my friend 🇬🇷💙
You speak Greek at a basic level but still love Nafplio.
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3 to 4 times cheaper than Canada
Eggs much cheaper than UK.
30 eggs and tsipouro in the morning. 😁
It doesn't get more Greek than that 😅🇬🇷💙
1:57 "αυγά" γράφονται και με "β"?
Ναι εδώ και αρκετά χρόνια. Έχω αναρωτηθεί και εγώ στο παρελθόν και το έχω ψάξει. Και οι δυό τρόποι γραφής είναι σωστοί.
for the average Greek citizen the Graviera is expensive. i buy imported Greek Graviera here in Australia for the same price. something doesn't add up in Greece, too expensive for a locally made cheese.
Everything is expensive everywhere. I know how expensive life is for the average Australian. You might have better salaries but the cost of living is just too much.
@@MyGreekLifestyle good point.... i know pita gyros street food in Greece will always be affordable... last time i was in Greece 2010 they were 2euro 😃 im due for another trip very soon 👍 good video brother
@@ssibonis7619 ...and now its 4.30 plain. Meaning with ketchup and mustard. With sauce, like tzatziki, its 4.80.
@@Yiannis2112 still affordable 👍
@@ssibonis7619 Sort of and for whose wallet, one might ask. That's 2.5 times up in 14 years. When at the same time, income stayed, more or less, the same. When the important things like taxes, gas, transportation, power, heating and rent, went remarkably up.
Anyway, gyros wraps are delicious, but not something you want to eat every day. I can understand tourists craving on this thing, but Greeks usually have one or two of these, per week on average. May be less.