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Currency in Europe
Participating
Countries
(converted to Euro): |
Non-Participants: |
France
Austria
Ireland
Belgium
Italy
Luxembourg |
Finland
The Netherlands
Germany
Portugal
Greece
Spain |
*Switzerland
United Kingdom
Denmark
Sweden |
*Switzerland does not use the Euro. The official currency of
Swizterland is: Swiss Francs (CHF). If traveling through Switzerland
(usally via Zurich or Geneva airports) you will need to use Swiss Francs.
Also see driving requirements for Switzerland.
FACT: The
quickest uptake of the Euro in the first month of the change-over
in January 2002 was Holland. The slowest was Italy. The increase
in the price of a game of pool in a hotel in Courcheval 1650, France
was about 15 pence. For more information on the Euro use these
links:
www.factmonster.com/spot/euro6.html
www.euro.gov.uk/travellers.asp
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CURRENCY IN EUROPE
All nations of the European Union currently use the EURO € as their currency
with the exception of Switzerland, Finland and the United Kingdom.
Roughly:
€1.00
= $1.00 = £0.70
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