Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Wheels, wheels, wheels!
The bicycle is a common mode of transport in its own
right—there are more than twice as many bikes as cars! No less than 15,000 kilo-
meters of marked routes, special paths, and bike lanes abound. More than 300 rail
stations allow transport of bikes for a supplement. Many travelers hire a bike at the
station. Contact the tourist office for bike rental agency information.
For more information on the Netherlands, contact the Netherlands Board of Tour-
ism in North America:
New York:
215 Park Avenue South, Suite 2005, New York, NY 10003.
Tel:
(888) GO HOLLAND (888-464-6552) or (212) 370-7360;
Fax:
(212)
370-9507;
www.holland.com
;
E-mail:
information@holland.com
Banking
Currency:
Euro (€)
Exchange rate at press time:
€0.72 = U.S. $1.00
Communications
Country Code:
31
For telephone calls within the Netherlands, dial a zero (0) preceding area code.
Major Mobile Phone Companies:
KPN, T-Mobile, Vodafone
Rail Travel in the Netherlands
The Netherlands Railways (Nederlandse Spoorwegen, or NSB;
www.ns.nl
) has
many of its own day excursions. Because the Netherlands is a very compact coun-
try, it is possible to take any one of the day excursions from any railway station
within the country and return to your point of departure the same day. Frequent
trains run to every part of the Netherlands, and most of the stations are linked with
bus services and train taxis. To find out more about these day excursions, ask at
the train information office in the Amsterdam Central Station or contact the Nether-
lands Board of Tourism.
Many Dutch cities, such as
The Hague
(Den Haag),
Rotterdam,
and
Utrecht,
are less than an hour away from Amsterdam. In just two hours, you could be in
Antwerp, Belgium, shopping for diamonds. Add another 30 minutes, and you could
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