Monday 13 August 2012

Moneychangers



A noted Halifax sysadmin writes:

Where's the best place to buy króna - at the Keflavík airport, or downtown...?

Downtown. Just as airports offer only punitive captive-audience prices on food, tickets, souvenirs, toiletries, and everything, they offer only a captive-audience rate on currency exchange. You’ll do better downtown.

You’ll likely get the best rate of all just getting cash out of an ATM. Only if you want cash. People really do use credit cards for everything here.

If you want a bank, they’re downtown on Laugavegur. Just wander until you see one of these signs:









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