[berryg]

Same experience in Norway. Most day-to-day operations are handled using apps. Ordering at restaurants using QR codes, finding out bus routes and paying for a (digital) bus tickets, paying for a parking spot, using EV charging stations, etc. It is all done using an app. Apple Pay is a blessing. It takes a bit of getting used to. Especially as a tourist. But it works great. But I hate think what would happen if a loose my phone…

[BiteCode_dev]

Was in Norway 2 weeks ago.

Went to several restaurants, took the train, stayed at a hotel. I didn't have to use my phone even once for anything.

As a tourist, the only adjustment I had to make was how comfortable things were and polite people were.

[jbgreer]

Interesting. As a counterpoint, I was in Norway a month ago on business and as a tourist. Did the Norway in a nutshell thing from Bergen to Oslo with time in Bergen, Flam, and Oslo. I used the Bergen and Oslo day passes for unlimited public transport in those cities. The later was especially handy, as it generates QR codes for both public transport and entry to most museums. My travel passes were handled via barcode docs on my phone. My tickets to a concert in Oslo was via an app on my phone. Route planning for site-seeing (which bus, tram, ferry, or rail) was via an app on my phone.

I paid for restaurants using credit cards directly to payment terminals.

I found the whole experience very easy and enjoyed how much I could handle on my phone.

[BiteCode_dev]

The infrastructure and services are awesome. Everything is easy and simple, quality is top noch and communication is easy if you know English.

It was the most comfortable Python training I ever gave.

[mkl]

One app, or different apps for each task? I can see the latter getting annoying.

[nevon]

I don't know about Norway, but here in Sweden you'd have one app per task, but since they integrate with each other it really isn't a problem. For example, I have an app for my region's public transportation and when I'm buying a ticket it uses the Swish (peer-to-peer payment system everyone uses) app for payment, which in turn may use BankID (national identification service) for identity verification, which uses my phone's biometrics. It sounds like a lot, but since every part is well integrated the full flow is just: tap ticket, tap buy button, fingerprint/face id, done.