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I recently moved from the Netherlands, where card is overwhelmingly favoured (at least in Amsterdam and Den Haag, I've never been somewhere that doesn't take ca
by nonsince 9y ago
I recently moved from the Netherlands, where card is overwhelmingly favoured (at least in Amsterdam and Den Haag, I've never been somewhere that doesn't take card and some places refuse cash) to Berlin, which I think is even more pro-cash than most of Germany. Cash is way slower, and I've now got a couple euros' worth of coppers that are utterly worthless because no-one's going to bother counting them out. In the Netherlands the smallest denomination of cents is 5, but you could live for years there and not know, because almost everywhere takes card (and most machines support contactless).
- ATsch 9y agoMost larger bank locations have a machine you can just throw your copper into.
- djsumdog 9y agoIt is weird how Germany is still so cash based. Even younger kids will count out coins at grocery stories, and they're convinced it's faster than using a card (their cards do take a while). Most of their cities still use paper train tickets! Many cities are skipping the tap/card systems all together and going straight to phone apps (which I don't really like. My card will always validate if a ticket inspector comes on the train. My phone can run out of battery).