RE: RE: Sandflation
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Prices are going up here in the Netherlands too. Inflation and maybe even worse; shrinkflation are happening here as well.
Salaries are indexed as well, but they don't seem to increase as fast to compensate for the increased prices.

People complain, but the bars and restaurants are still full. A lot of people still can afford it, but there is a limit. At some point people will say; this is enough.

The first to notice this are the festivals. We have quite a few very popular festivals in The Netherlands of which the tickets were sold out year after year having trouble selling their tickets now because people find it too expensive. Because of the 'increased costs' they raised ticket prices year after year. You could say this is a legit reason, because the costs for the organizers has increased.
But I have looked up the price increase over the past 10 years of one of the most popular two day festival; Lowlands.
Between 2016 and 2025, the price increased from €185 to €349. That is an increase of €164. That is 89% increase in 10 years! And the inflation was 'only' 34%.

And than you don't even have food and drinks yet, which, at a festival are very expensive too. You could buy quite some sandwiches from that ;)

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