Norwegian Krone

[Iceland]

Hi, will be cruising on Balmoral in a few weeks time. Wondering whether to take Krone with me or to change to Krone on board. Has anyone recently been to Norway who could advise.

 

Many thanks

Rita

[dancourt]

Hi Rita The only problem we have found changing money on board is there are quite often long queues and also they run out of the currency that everybody has queued for.

Enjoy your cruise, we are of to the Norwegian Fjords & Spitzbergen on Braemar in 2 weeks.

Susan

[tiggertom]

Hi, will be cruising on Balmoral in a few weeks time. Wondering whether to take Krone with me or to change to Krone on board. Has anyone recently been to Norway who could advise.

 

Many thanks

Rita

 

Regardless of where in the world the ship is, FOCL always have Norwegian Krone on their currency exchange list at Reception.

I used my debit card the last time I was in Bergen to withdraw cash from the ATM but if you want to buy here then try Thomas Cook :)

[Iceland]

Thank you both for your replies. I hope you enjoy your cruise Susan, will be interested to hear all about it when you return as that was one we were considering.

 

Rita

[Popsey Wopsey]

The best rate I could find for NK on Monday was at the post office 8.48 ,only changed £60,TC was 8.33,Thomsons 8.40 .:)

[dancourt]

Thanks Popsey Wopsey for that tip re Post Office exchange rate that's where I will go.

 

Susan

[dancourt]

Thank you both for your replies. I hope you enjoy your cruise Susan, will be interested to hear all about it when you return as that was one we were considering.

 

Rita

 

We are really looking forward to this cruise, I haven't been to Norway, (my husband has) especially Spitzbergen. I will let you know how good it was when we get back.

 

Susan

[LondonTowner]

We went with FO on a Norwegian Fjords cruise last June. I took 100GBP in Krone, which I had exchanged before going on the cruise.

 

As Norway is such an expensive country it didn't last too long, but lots of places accept CC. I have a Santander that doesn't make any charge for using it abroad.

[Popsey Wopsey]

After my miserable exchange rate at the PO,my advice to anyone change your money in Norway, the tourist office in Floro was giving between 10-11 Krone to the £.:)

[Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines]

To help make obtaining your holiday currency even easier we have appointed City Forex, a specialist provider of foreign exchange services, as preferred supplier of foreign currency to all our ships. City Forex offer a unique service for our guests: order your foreign currency before your cruise departs and it will be available at Reception at the beginning of your cruise*.

Advantages of this service include;

 

• Highly competitive rates
  
• No commission charges
  
• Remove the worry of postal deliveries or collecting high levels of cash from the High Street.
  
• No exchange rate worries – your rate is fixed at time or order, not collection.
  
• Buy back guarantee, commission free – any unused currency can be returned on board at the same rate of purchase.
  

To order currency for your cruise call 020 7621 0090 or visit www.cityforex.co.uk or email cruiseorders@cityforex.co.uk

Orders must be made at least 3 working days before cruise departure. Telephone orders can be placed with City Forex 0830 – 1800hrs Mon-Fri. Both Credit and Debit cards can be used as payment, however some may attract a charge levied by the card issuer.

 

* Service may not be available where cruise embarkation is at a port outside the UK

Regards

FOCL