Comments on: An Introduction to the Norwegian Krone, the Currency of Norway

By: Zar

Zar — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 16:29:41 +0000

In reply to Bob Gamboa. You can use your American bank cards fine in 99.99% of circumstances. There will however be a fee for conversion at the register. See if your bank has a travel card, so you can convert money cheaper in digital format before you travel . But your American cards will work fine :)

By: Bob Gamboa

Bob Gamboa — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 02:04:10 +0000

We are planning a Cruise to Norway. Do we convert dollars to Kroner. I need information on this issue….Thank you

By: Grace

Grace — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:50:19 +0000

Is Vipps easy for foreign travelers to access when in Norway? Can I just download the app if my bank is in the US? I lived in Tromsø in the late 70s and I remember putting a 10 øre in my “penny loafers”

(not inside my shoe but on the leather part in front where you could see it) it was a tradition from what I understood

By: Todd Hayes

Todd Hayes — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 21:19:04 +0000

Useful information, thank you. Treating cash the way you do might make you feel cool and modern or urbane, but it’s not as great as you think. Witness the Swiss, famously independent people. They are sticking with cash, for anonymity and convenience. Digital seems great, and it is, until there are problems. And there are problems: hackers, lost phones, new releases of software, more passwords to remember; dead batteries, technical glitches. Simple rule of thumb: “If it’s wireless, it CAN be hacked. Period.” Dependencies and vulnerabilities. Also, realize that corporate marketing departments have every iota of everything you do, all saved, sorted and packaged for data brokers to sell. Everything. Every medicine you buy, what time of day you did what, where, with whom, …all for sale. Sometimes digital simply does not work. ex. hotel door cards, OVER and over they won’t work, …hassles, back to the front desk… more wasted time. At a graduation ceremony in Germany last month the entry to the venue was by phone, and long queues were held up by the staff being unable to electronically “read” some guests’ passes on the phone.

By: Frank Trask

Frank Trask — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 03:05:44 +0000

Had a 1901 10 Krone note on a cruise in Norway in 2016 that I wanted to give to Sissel as a gift. Nobody could help me find her and her online manager never gave her a copy I sent. Bought it for $40 US in the US and subsequently auctioned in the US for $750 US. I guess I was lucky, but, I still would have given it to her.