SCANDINAVIAN EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES UK: Denmark 55 Sloane Street, London SW1 {tH)7123512551; Norway 2S Belgrave Square, London SW1 (»071235 7151); 86 George Street, Edinburgh itr031226 5701); Sweden 11 Montague Place, London W1 (я071Я24 2101); Finland 32 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1 («071235 9531). EIRE: Denmark 121122 St Stephen's Greer», Dublin 2 (eOI756 404); Norway Hainault House, 6971 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2 («01783 133); Swreden Sun Alliance House, 1317 Dawson Street, Dublin 2 («01715 822); Hiiland Russell House, Stokes Place, St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2 («01781 344 or 348). AUSTRALIA: Denmaik 15 Hunter Street. Yarralumla, (nberra, ACT 2600 («062732195); Norway 17 Hunter Street, Yanalumla, Canberra ACT 2600 («062733 444); Sweden 5 Turrana Street, Yarralumla, Canbeira ACT 2600 («06273 033); Finland lOOaiwin Avenue, Yarralumla, CanbenaACT2800 («062733800). NEW ZEALAND: Denmark CG, 18th floor, Marrac House, 105109 The Terrace, PO Box 10035, Wellington 1 («04720 020); Noiway (PO Box 25319, Auckland («93771944); Sweden Greenock House, 8th Floor, 39 The Tenace, Wellington 1 («04720 909); Fmland (see Australia). USA: Denmark 3200 Whitehaven St NW, Washington DC 20008 («2022344300); Noiway 2720 34th St NW, Washington DC 20008 («202 3336000); Sweden Watergate 600, Suite 1200, 600 New Hampshire Ave, Washington DC 20037 («2029445600); Finland 3216 New Mexico Ave NW, Washington DC 20016 («2023632430). CANWJA: Denmaik 85 Range Rd, Apt 702, Ottawa, Ontario, KIN 8J5 («6132340704); Noiway Royal Bank Center, 90 Sparks St Suite 532 CDN, Ottawa. Ontario, K1P 5B4 («613238 6570); Sweden Mercury Ct, 377 Oalhousie Street, Ottawa. Ontario. KIN 9N8 («6132368553); Finland 55 Metcalfe St, Suite 850, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P6L5(e6132362389). Ml в ASICS INEY AMD BANKS any bank and some building societies, whether or not you have an account In Britain, banks also issue current. account holders with a Eurocheque card and chequebook, with which you can get cash from most banks in Scandinavia; you'll pay a few pounds service charge a year but usually no commission on transactions. The major credit and charge cards Visa, Access {Mastercard, American Express and Diners Club are accepted almost everywhere in retum for goods or cash, while Visa card holders (and holders of some other bank cards) can use them to withdraw local currency from cashpoint machines. Check with you bank before leaving to see if this facility extends to you. Of Scandinavia's currencies, Denmark and Norway use kroner, Sweden kronor abbreviated as DKr, NKr and SKr respectively (or sometimes as DEK, NEK and SEK). In this guide, we've abbreviated each as "кг", except vi it's not clear to which country's глопеу we're referring. Though they share a broadly similar exchange rate (currently 911 kr to ?168kr to LIS$1), the currencies are not interchangeable. Finland uses the markka, abbreviated as Fmk or just mk, and the rate right now is around 7.8mk to ?14mk to US$1.