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Currency

ECB reference rates · fetched 12/07/2026, 07:09:56

2,425.9 CZK

The one rule that saves you money

When a card terminal or ATM offers to charge you in your home currency instead of the local one, decline it. That offer — dynamic currency conversion — uses the machine's exchange rate, typically 4–8% worse than your bank's. Always choose the local currency.

Cash norms differ across Europe: Germany and Austria still love cash; the Nordics are nearly cashless; Czechia falls in between. Each country card in the toolkit carries the local norm.