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Ellie Owens, her husband, and three young children left Connecticut for Copenhagen in 2022. They moved for work, but have stayed partly because they've found that the experience of raising young children is superior, and cheaper, in Denmark's capital. "Daycare is astronomically cheaper here," Owens told Business Insider in October. "We were paying for my oldest to go three mornings a week to daycare in the US, and we were paying $2,600 a month. And here, I pay around $850 — maybe — for two children to get full-time care."

Oslo 'priciest city in the world' Norway has seen some strong economic growth After 14 years as the world's most expensive city, Tokyo has been knocked off its top spot - by Oslo. The dubious honour to the Norwegian capital was awarded by the Economist Intelligence Unit, which compared the cost of living in 130 cities. Fellow Nordic city, Reykjavik, in Iceland, jumped to third place, and Japan's second city, Osaka, was fourth. And the cheapest place to spend hard earned cash? Tehran - which was the most expensive city 14 years ago. EU effectApart from the Japanese entries all...