Prices for UE citizens and other
 

A friend of mine, who just come back from a trip to France, Germany and Austria, told me that there are smaller prices for the EU citizens than for people from other countries.

We visited a year ago Germany and we did not note this thing.

Do you know if this is true?

Yes, if you buy something in a shop in Europe, you now have to show a passport and, if you're American, the price is doubled.

May well be talking about museum entries where discounts for say seniors it often says only for EU citizens or youth reductions that may have similar restrictions.

I saw these often a month ago at museums in Italy and Paris.

But otherwise no - nothing else to my knowledge save perhaps some local transport passes that may be available only to locals.

In fact with the VAT refund scheme sign on many shops if you spend a rather significant sum you can then get the usually about 15-20% Value Added Tax refunded when you leave the EU - so in this case prices for foreigners would be much cheaper!

That said as a general statement it's simply not true. Even the Duty Free shops at airports in the EU are not duty free for us , EU citizens :) Yes, there are some discounts for senior or students in museums that you have to be an eu citizen but they are very, very few...(maybe a couple of euros less) and don't apply everywhere.

no, this is simply not true. free trade principles dictate that the same prices be offered to everyone, no matter their citizenship status. i can't think of a single instance in europe where prices were different for citizens vs non-citizens.

My question was wrong. I did not want to ask about prices in general, but only about entry fees at museums.

Thank you for answers.