Euro-Price of beer not soccer stirs Austrian passions (Reuters)
Published 5/22/2008 at Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Residents of Euro 2008 host city
Vienna have reacted angrily on learning they must pay more for
their beer in the city's official fan zone than people at venues
in tournament co-hosts Switzerland.
A large beer will cost 4.50 euros ($7.09) in the fan zone in
the historic centre of Vienna, whereas the same drink will cost
5.0 Swiss francs or 3.10 euros in the Basel, for example.
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