As of: April 8, 2024, 5:15 p.m
By: Franziska Kaindl
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While on holiday, many tourists use public transport to explore the city. A ticket is mandatory, and violations can result in high fines.
Whether bus, subway or tram: public transport is extremely important, especially for tourists, so that they can explore all corners of the city on a trip. Anyone who uses the offer should always ensure that they also solve the corresponding ticket. If 60 euros for fare evasion in Germany seems high, you can experience a blue miracle in other European countries.
From 15 euros to over 130 euros for fare evasion in Europe
The neobank bunq
has compiled an analysis
of how far fare evasion costs in 27 European cities .
It turns out that the offense is punished most expensively in the Swedish capital Stockholm. Perpetrators have to fork out the equivalent of around 137.70 euros, which is more than twice as much as in Germany.
Fare evasion is expensive in Stockholm. © Marek Slusarczyk/Imago
They are also strict in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, where sinners are asked to pay 120 euros. A large sum is also demanded in Brussels, Belgium, where the offense costs 107 euros. We are also in the three-digit range in Vienna (104.80 euros), Helsinki (103 euros), Copenhagen (100.60 euros) and Dublin (100 euros).
Overview of fines for fare evasion in European cities:
rank |
City Country |
fine |
|---|---|---|
1. |
Stockholm, Sweden |
137.70 euros |
2. |
Lisbon, Portugal |
120 euros |
3. |
Brussels Belgium |
107 euros |
4. |
Vienna, Austria |
104.80 euros |
5. |
Helsinki, Finland |
103 euros |
6. |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
100.60 euros |
7. |
Dublin, Ireland |
100 euros |
8th. |
London, England |
93.60 euros |
9. |
Bratislava, Slovakia |
81.10 euros |
10. |
Athens Greece |
72 euros |
11. |
Amsterdam, Netherlands |
68.20 euros |
12. |
Zagreb, Croatia |
66.40 euros |
13. |
Bucharest, Romania |
60.40 euros |
14. |
Berlin, Germany |
60 euro |
15. |
Rome, Italy |
54.90 euros |
16. |
Nicosia, Cyprus |
52.40 euros |
17. |
Paris, France |
50 Euros |
18. |
Valletta, Malta |
50 Euros |
19. |
Tallin, Estonia |
40 euros |
20. |
Ljubljana, Slovenia |
40 euros |
21. |
Prague, Czech Republic |
39.50 euros |
22. |
Madrid, Spain |
37.50 euros |
23. |
Warsaw, Poland |
37.10 euros |
24. |
Budapest, Hungary |
30.70 euros |
25. |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
20.50 euros |
26. |
Vilnius, Lithuania |
16 euros |
27. |
Riga, Latvia |
15 euro |
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On average, fare evasion in European cities costs around 65 euros, as bunq
's analysis
has shown. This means that we are in the usual range in Germany with a fine of 60 euros.
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Fare evasion fares are cheapest in Eastern European countries: in the Latvian capital Riga, driving without a ticket costs just 15 euros in fines, while in the neighboring country of Lithuania, offenders only pay 16 euros. The fines are also comparatively low in Sofia (20.50 euros) and Budapest (30.70 euros).
Fare evasion is also becoming expensive in Norway
It should be noted that the
bunq
analysis misses another European city where fines for fare evasion are very high: the Norwegian capital Oslo. Anyone caught here will have to fork out 1,470 Norwegian krone, the equivalent of just under 127 euros. It is 1,200 crowns (around 104 euros) if the fine is paid immediately, as it says on the Ruter transport company website.
bunq
also mentions
that the minimum prices were used in the evaluation. The penalties can be significantly higher if cities work with a price range. Fines in Rome can reach up to 200 euros, according to a report in the
Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ)
. In other cities, however, it is possible to reduce the fine by paying the amount early: in London the price is even halved from 100 pounds to 50 pounds if paid within 21 days.