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Banking and Local Currency option, so remember to
check the exchange rates
As Sweden remains outside the European Monetary Union and commission charges
(EMU), goods are priced only in Swedish kronor and not in before going ahead.
euros. Visitors can change currency in banks, which provide
an efficient service, but better rates can often be obtained at ATMs
bureaux de change, which have longer opening hours and Automatic cash machines
are strategically located in the city centre. Automatic cash (ATMs) are widely available,
machines can be found outside most banks and in shopping operate efficiently and are
centres. Credit and debit cards are accepted nearly everywhere, generally safe to use. Foreign
and some of the larger stores accept the major foreign visitors can use all the city’s cash
machines to make withdrawals,
currencies. Traveller’s cheques are no longer accepted in shops
and can only be exchanged in banks and bureaux de change. DIRECTORY
Banks
All banks are closed on Handelsbanken
weekends and on public Kungsträdgårdsgatan 2.
holidays, as well as the day Map 4 C1.
before a public holiday. Tel 08-701 10 00.
Various bureaux de change Nordea
chains are represented in Hamngatan 12.
Stockholm, including Forex Map 3 D4.
and X-Change. They generally Tel 077-122 44 88.
provide a better exchange rate
than the banks and they are Seb
easily acces sible. In the city Sergels Torg 2.
Map 2 C4.
centre, there is always an office Tel 077-136 53 65.
close at hand.
Currency and traveller’s Bureaux de Change
cheques can be changed at one
of Forex’s or X-Change’s Arlanda Forex
Bankomat ATM Airport locations from 5:30am, Central Station.
Map 2 C5.
Banks and Bureaux and from 7am at the Forex or Tel 08-411 67 34.
de Change X-change offices at Stockholm
Central Station. All of these Arlanda Airport, Terminal 2.
There are plenty of banks in the outlets are open for more than Tel 08-593 622 71.
city centre, all of which offer 12 hours daily. At Central Arlanda Airport, Terminal 5.
currency exchange services, and Station, Forex and X-Change Tel 08-593 622 20.
can help visitors who need to are both located in the main Klarabergsgatan 60.
report lost or stolen bank or entrance hall and on the Map 2 C5.
credit cards. The major banks – underground train level. Other Tel 010-211 16 10.
Handels banken, Nordea and exchange offices can be found ∑ forex.se
SEB – have numerous branches in the Nordiska Kompaniet and X-Change
throughout Stockholm. Their PUB department stores, and in Arlanda Airport, Terminal 5.
opening times vary, but the the Gallerian shopping centre Tel 010-211 16 93.
normal hours are from 9:30am on Hamngatan (see p183). Central Station.
to 3pm. Some banks stay open Changing money in your Map 2 B4.
until 6pm at least once a week. hotel can be an expensive Tel 08-545 230 30.
∑ x-change.se
Credit and Debit Cards
American Express
Tel 08-429 56 00
Diners Club
Tel 08-14 68 78.
MasterCard
Tel 020-791 324 (emergency
assist ance for international visitors).
Visa
Tel 020-795675.
The head office of Handelsbanken at Kungsträdgårdsgatan

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