Same thing in Switzerland, in fact the supermarket in the town where
I lived (suburb of Zurich) would accept not only Euro but even USD
and GBP. Their cash registers were simply programmed to accept those
currencies, so all the cashier had to do was to push one additional
button. But then again, the Swiss are well known for accepting money
from all sources :-)
Here in Denmark, you can probably pay with Euros in major department
stores and in shops in the centre of Copenhagen, but you will be
fleeced on the exchange rate. Anyway, most people just use cards. My
Spanish debit card with PIN works just fine here.
And, for the record, the Eurozone includes 13 of the 27 EU member
states. Most of the 12 new countries that joined in 2004 and 2007
have not yet adopted the Euro (although eventually all will). Of the
old 15 countries, the UK, Sweden and Denmark did not adopt the Euro.
Cheers,
Nathan
On 4-nov-2008, at 13:58, Jez Cunningham wrote:
>
> I'll bet there are many shops that accept Euros, but probably not
> village
> bakeries.
> When in Norway earlier in the year (not even in EU) many places
> would accept
> Euros.
> Jez
>
> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Chuck Norcutt
> <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the link. The Eurozone isn't quite as extensive as I
>> thought.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> Jez Cunningham wrote:
>>> Nope. Pegged to the Euro tho'.
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurozone
>>> Jez
>>> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
>> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Do the Danes not use Euros?
>>>>
>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>
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