Costumers should pay for the tap water in more and more Viennese cafés

An increasing number of Viennese cafés and restaurants break the former practice and the tap water is served with charge to the customers.

According to a compilation of media reports, a glass of water costs from 60 eurocent (around 180 HUF) up to three euros (almost 900 HUF) at cafés downtown, where formerly  a glass of water is free of charge was the practice. The newspapers indicate that the water utility company gives a  cubic meter of tap water for only 1.73 euros.  (Pálfy M. Katalin, MTI)