Cash or Credit

In the USA we encounter establishments which don’t accept credit cards.  In Sweden it is more common to be in a place that does not take cash.

In Gothenburg, for example, at a huge hotel that is part of world-wide chain, and at a casual corner Peruvian bistro where we stopped for drinks, bites and memories of our Inca Trail trek last spring, it was no cash but credit cards only.

In Stockholm one cannot use  cash to ride public transportation. Or to purchase food or drink at the Culture Festival. Or to enter most museums or theaters.

And  between these two largest of Sweden’s cities, along the country’s motorways, the only way to purchase fuel is with a credit card.

In the USA one can get along without a credit card more easily than without cash. In Sweden it may be possible to travel the country without cash, but a traveler without a credit card will not get very far.

JER