In this blog I would like to share my experiences in some things that I found completely different from what I heard before I come to Sweden. Before I come to Sweden, I was always reading that Sweden is cashless country, it is very expensive, you need to have good budget to survive, you will get home sickness, and the Swedish people are not friendly and more. After being here for almost four months, I would say that all what I read and heard was the opposite from what I have experienced here. You are the one who can decide how to control everything, and you are the one who can see beauty in everything around you.


So, I want to write about how my experience is in using cash in most of my transactions. First, I would not say Sweden is not cashless country, but in fact you still can use cash in many places like (supermarkets, secondhand shops, cloth stores, tools, and gears stores, and many more). However, there are number of stores and service providers where you cannot use cash when requesting any service. So, I would say I am using cash in 80% of all my transactions. The reason behind that, it is because I don’t have Swedish bank account yet as the process to have one takes a lot of time and more steps. And thus, using my home country’s bank card is costing a lot with commissions and banking fees.

 

What I would say is that cash is possible and applicable but in the basic staff like grocery shopping and the daily trades, but it is a must to have a bank card and it is better if you can establish a Swedish account.
My advice is to bring some cash for the first months in Sweden and avoid using your country’s bank card to minimize the commissions. But remember don’t bring too much as I would say in four months maximum you will be able to establish a Swedish bank account.

 

In my next blogs, I will talk more about my experiences in different topics like the budget, the Swedish people and more, that’s beside of course the cooking tips and tricks.

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