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I moved to Norway, been living here for about a month now. I haven't see Norwegian money even once. I think I've seen one ATM. Granted a month is not a lot of t
by ubercore 5y ago
I moved to Norway, been living here for about a month now. I haven't see Norwegian money even once. I think I've seen one ATM. Granted a month is not a lot of time, but it's startlingly cashless.
The only annoying thing so far is that my US based Visa card just can't be processed in some places even if Visa is advertised. When I called Chase to see if it was a security thing, they said they didn't even see the charge attempted, and said there are 2 different kinds of credit processing in Europe? I haven't done any research into that yet, though. Overall, I just bring my phone and pay for everything with my iPhone.
- tallanvor 5y agoNorway is definitely not cashless and there are plenty of ATMs around. That said, stores have been requesting people not use cash during covid, so that plays a big role. You can't miss the cash registers in stores, though. If your card is a debit card, you might have to talk to the cashier about specifically setting the reader for a credit card transaction. Debit cards do run through a separate process, and your US card would fail. But keep in mind that the same thing happens with Norwegian cards in the US - debit cards need to be run as credit otherwise they'll fail.
- ubercore 5y agoIt's a Chase credit card, not a debit card. I'm sure it's different everywhere, but in the Stavanger area there aren't many ATMs, and I still don't know what cash looks like! EDIT: To be more clear, this is coming from the US.