I am planning on 3 weeks in Scandinavia this summer. We will be in Denmark, Norway and Sweden for about a week each. Since all countries have their own kroner I am wondering if we should get any cash or just use credit card. One caveat is that we will be renting a car in Norway so will be a bit off the beaten path at times. Also going to Aero Island in Denmark. Those are the places I see the need for a small amount of cash. Thoughts?
Posted by
Northern Minnesota
782 posts
We used only cards for 18 days this past September. The only place we read about that needed cash was a payment box for a private road.
Even the two pay toilets we used only took cards.
Posted by
Berlin
3047 posts
These countries live a card-based life. Ærø is very well touristically equipped due to hundreds and thousands of German sailing ships approaching the "dänische Südsee". Marstal is one of the entry / leaving harbors between Germany and Denmark.
Posted by
Washington DC
28188 posts
Especially in Norway, it can be difficult to use cash. Definitely don't withdraw much from an ATM--not that you'll have much opportunity to do that if your Norway visit begins in Oslo, because ATMs are super-scarce in that city. The first ATM I found in Oslo had a line of 10-12 people waiting to use it! Over the course of my 3+ weeks in Norway, I needed cash twice: for a luggage locker in a train station (not in Oslo or Bergen) and for a public toilet in a park in Oslo.