Bern Living Cost
 

Dear all,
I'm about to move to Bern and i would like to know its living cost.
I will earn something about CHF 4.200 per month. Is that good for living in Bern? How much do you think i will spend with accomodation (1bedroom fully furnished), food, transportation (Bern to Herzogenbuchsee every day), leisure, shopping, health insurance and parties?

I look forward hearing from you.

Regards,
Rodrigo Aragão
Bahia, Brazil

Is that brutto or netto (after taxes etc.)?

For such a low income, the income tax (Confederation, canton of Berne, city of Berne) is very low: about 10.000 CHF/year (catholic, not married person with no child).

Rail Pass for tramways, citybuses, commuter trains for Berne and the surroundings up to Herzogenbuchsee: 2755 CHF/year

1 room studio: about 8000-15000 CHF/year, cheaper if far away from everything

Note: you say you're looking for a furnished place. But you might want to compare the difference between the rent charged for a furnished place v the rent for a small unfurnished apt plus the cost of getting basic furniture from Ikea and/or from the many second-hand furniture stores/brockis in the Bern area.

For example, at the Heilsarmee brocki in Bern, you can get perfectly good dinnerware for less than a franc a plate. Last time we were there, we saw a matched set of forks, knives, spoons, for six people for the price of...six francs. Not fancy, of course, but you could get realistically furnish a small one or two room apartment with all the necessities for 500 francs or less. And that includes a working TV.

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