Good way to see each folder's usage of disk space?

It's time for me to clean out my hard drive and get rid of some dead weight. But I've got a very complicated folder hierarchy and going through each one would be a disastrous waste of time.
Is there a trick (or program) which would allow me to see every single folder and subfolder on my hard drive, and how much space each one is occupying?
Thanks
PB

If you're not afraid of using the Terminal, you could create a file (e.g. on your Desktop) that lists all files and their sizes by typing
ls -S -s -k -R /path/to/folder/ > /Users/<your-username>/Desktop/contents.txt
That way you create a textfile contents.txt on your Desktop that lists all subfolders and files of /path/to/folder recursively and sorted by size (biggest first). It may take a while to compute all the sizes.
Sure, it's not the most elegant way but it works
floba

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