Best Place to Exchange Money in Oslo

Where to change money in Oslo

FOREX Norge, licensed by the financial regulator Finanstilsynet to deal in currency, runs five Oslo shops. The two most central are below; neither opens on Sundays.

• FOREX, Jernbanetorget 1 - At Oslo S, where Karl Johans gate begins. Hours: Monday to Friday 08:00 to 21:00, Saturday 09:00 to 19:00. Ruter's customer centre, which sells travel cards, is on the same square.
• FOREX, Karl Johans gate 2 - A few steps up the main shopping street. Hours: weekdays 09:00 to 18:00, Saturday 10:30 to 18:00.

Changing money at the airport

At Oslo Airport, Avinor says currency is changed at a Loomis office at ground level in the arrivals hall, open 06:00 to 22:00 daily. It serves only people flying to or arriving from somewhere outside Norway, wants a passport or national ID card plus travel details, and stops at NOK 25,000 a day (NOK 100,000 a year). Cash machines are in the arrivals hall, straight after security, on the pier to passport control, on pier north (C gates) and beyond passport control; some also exchange currency. Avinor's page carries no date and was current in October 2026.

ATMs and cards in Oslo

Visit Norway warns that post offices and some supermarkets turn down foreign credit cards although they accept debit cards, so carry a debit card too. When an Oslo card terminal or cash machine proposes billing you in pounds, say no and keep the kroner total: MoneySavingExpert notes that conversion done on the retailer's side often comes out dearer than your card's own.

Paying for transport in Oslo

Ruter's adult single for zone 1 (Oslo) costs NOK 46 and is valid for 60 minutes on buses, trams, the metro, ferries and Vy trains within Oslo and Akershus. Buy it in the Ruter app, which takes cards and Vipps, or put it on a NOK 50 travel card from Narvesen, 7-Eleven or Mix kiosks or Ruter's centre at Jernbanetorget. Trams and the metro sell nothing on board; buses and boats do, but only for cash, with no notes above NOK 200 and at a higher price. Flytoget, the Airport Express train, leaves every 10 minutes, reaches the centre in 19 and lists NOK 276 for an adult single; under-16s ride free.

Good to know

• The Foreign Office rates the risk of petty theft as small, but names Oslo's airports and railway stations as the likeliest spots, so keep wallets zipped away while buying tickets.
• Avinor adds that if you are a non-resident selling more than NOK 5,000 back at the airport office, you will need to show the kroner were obtained in Norway, so keep exchange receipts.