Key takeaways
- Travel Retail Norway now accepts Bitcoin payments at Oslo Airport using the Lightning Network.
- The integration enables fast, low-cost transactions with plans for broader future expansion.
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Travel Retail Norway (TRN), operator of duty-free and travel outlets at Norway’s main airports, now accepts Bitcoin at Oslo Airport for Click & Collect (Klikk & Hent) purchases, according to a recent report.
Click & Collect is TRN’s digital pre-order service that allows passengers to purchase duty-free products online and collect them at the airport, reducing waiting times, ensuring stock availability and easing baggage constraints.
The new option, available through the Tax Free Norway website, allows customers to pay in Bitcoin using the Lightning Network, with transactions settled in Norwegian Kroner in real time and with no additional fees charged by the retailer.
Powered by Satoshi Consult, Bitcoin Payment is aimed at customers who prefer to use digital currencies, Haakon Dagestad, deputy CEO of TRN, said in a statement. He called Bitcoin an “exciting” addition to the company’s payment methods.
“Our mission is to operate and grow Norway’s duty-free stores to help fund Norwegian aviation. We believe this will create a buzz in the Bitcoin community and help put Oslo and Norway on the map as forward-thinking destinations,” he said.
