Can I use Euros in Sweden

[marylizbeth]

We are on a Baltic cruise starting out in Dover. We will likely use credit cards for large purchases but wonder if we can use Euros for small purchases in Sweden.

[HeinBloed]

On touristic places and major shops you may also pay in Euro.

 

Regards,

HeinBloed

[north-bound]

There are some places where you can pay in US$ or Euros, usually at a very bad exchange rate. To use a credit card is definitely the best option.

 

But for really small purchases where you can't use the credit card you will need our Swedish currency.

[Steamboatin]

On our last Baltic Capitals cruise these are the currencies we utilized.

Foreign Currencies:

England: Pound

Norway: Krone

Sweden: Knona

Finland: Euro

Russia: Ruble

Estonia: Kroon

Germany: Euro

Denmark: Kroner

[luvnorway]

You didn't mention what port(s) you will be visiting in Sweden so this may be irrelevant (though hopefully helpful to some reader). As a previous poster indicated, as soon as you use non-local currency, you are going to suffer on the exchange rate. Nevertheless, you have to weigh this against the sometimes exorbitant cost of withdrawing a small amount from an ATM.

 

We have found that what non-local currency is accepted and how readily it is accepted is influenced significantly by the nationality of most of the tourists residents/vendors encounter.

 

Thus, when we were in Helsingborg, Sweden recently, we had no trouble using Danish Kroner because most tourists arriving there come over on the ferry from Denmark. If that happens to be the port you're visiting, and you're also going to Copenhagen and/or Aarhus, you might want to get enough DKK for all 3 places.

[Viajera7]

Thanks Steamboatin and luvnorway. Good information. The only countries that I'm missing for my Baltic cruise are Latvia and Poland.

[Steamboatin]

This web site provides the currencies of the world. You can easily find the currency for Latvia and Poland.

 

http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/currency_list.html

[Andiamo39]

Is it possible to use Euros in Estonia? Of all the currencies, theirs seems the silliest to have to obtain since you probably can't exchange them anywhere else but in Estonia.

[wandb]

I have found it very easy (and quick) to get exchange rates for any countries in the world at this site: http://www.xe.com

[wandb]

Please forgive me for failing to put the full currency site web address. I just checked the one I listed, and horrors:eek:.

 

The EASY and QUICK page that I meant to post is: http://www.xe.com/ucc Hope this did not cause any stress!

[HeinBloed]

Is it possible to use Euros in Estonia? Of all the currencies, theirs seems the silliest to have to obtain since you probably can't exchange them anywhere else but in Estonia.

 

You can -

 

but you have the disadvantage that you normally do not get an advantaged rate of exchange -

 

and it might be that you get your change in the local currency.

 

At tourist places you should not have any problems!

 

Regards,

HeinBloed

[linedancer 73]

Euros are accepted in most tourist places but make sure you have small denominations as you get your change in the local currency. Probably credit cards are best for larger purchases but Euros are fine for cups of coffee and drinks. I would not bother to change to any other currency as it costs more to change back if you do not spend it all. :)