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Swedes swoon over village's newly installed ATM

After six months without an ATM in town, residents of Skoghall, Sweden, were in the mood to celebrate their brand new Bankomat machine.

October 5, 2015

It almost looks like a comic parody — throngs of happy people gathered to celebrate an ordinary, everyday through-the-wall cash machine.

But, in fact, this this is no ordinary, everyday ATM, because its location is Sweden, where the government has wholeheartedly embraced the concept of a cashless society.

And specifically, this cash dispenser resides in Skoghall, where folks have lacked ATM access ever since the village's last ATM was removed six months ago, according to a report by the U.K.'s Daily Star.

To mark the installation of its shiny new Bankomat, Skoghall residents — including, apparently, a TV news crew — came out by the score, musicians played, and a man on a rooftop showered the crowd with candy.

All in all, it's a awfully lively celebration for a form of payment that's supposed to be dead.

Watch the festivities in the video below: