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| | |introduction=The Netherlands are a member state of the [[European Union]] as well as the [[Schengen Agreement]]. | ||
|transport====[[Train|Trains]]=== | |||
If you hold a train ticket to Belgium you can take the high speed Fyra train between Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Breda without the extra surcharge. | Trains are fairly expensive without a 40% reduction card. A reduction card holder (which includes every student) can take up to 3 other people with the same reduction. Ask young people on the platform if they're students and would be willing to take you. | ||
If you hold a train ticket to [[Belgium]] you can take the high speed Fyra train between Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Breda without the extra surcharge. | |||
In Belgium you can use the Rail Pass (which you can only buy at a station in Belgium), which costs 76 euros for 10 rides. (See the Belgium article for more details.) | |||
Pretty much all Intercity trains in the Netherlands have '''free wifi''' now, although very slow. | |||
===[[Hitchhiking]]=== | |||
In general very easy in the Netherlands, on highways as well as on the regional roads. See [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/The_Netherlands Hitchwiki]. | |||
===[[Flying]]=== | |||
There are a few airports in the country where low-cost airlines are operating. | |||
*[http://www.groningenairport.nl Groningen-Eelde] | |||
*[http://www.eindhovenairport.nl Eindhoven] | |||
*[http://www.maa.nl Maastricht] | |||
*[http://www.rotterdamthehagueairport.nl/ Rotterdam] | |||
|accommodation=Hotels are expensive. Check [[hospitality exchange]]. | |accommodation=Hotels are expensive. Check [[hospitality exchange]]. | ||
|food=Food in restaurants is generally expensive, supermarkets offer a better deal. | |||
Politics have tried to diminish the possibilities for [[squatting]], but it's still quite a good option in the Netherlands. See [http://en.squat.net/tag/netherlands/ Squat.net] for more information. Before squatting yourself it's good to connect with more experienced people. | |||
''Anti-kraak'' (anti-squat) can also be an option for a longer term stay in the Netherlands. It's probably hard to get into it if you don't speak Dutch and you don't have references. Be careful though, laws here give you very few rights. Read into the situation to make sure you understand them. | |||
[[Camping|Wild camping]] is possible (especially in more rural areas of course) and sometimes even [[Camping#Legal_free_camping|legal]], like on so called ''paalkampeerterreinen''. | |||
|bewelcome-link=http://www.bewelcome.org/places/Netherlands/NL | |||
|food=The Netherlands are one of the rare countries where you can find a cheap pot of 'Peanut Butter' (''pindakaas''), which is a nutritious item that you can easily carry in your backpack. Also, you can find a tube of 'mayonnaise' and 'ketchup' sauce (''Zaanse saus'') for about 30 cents, which last long without needing to be refrigerated and are great supplements to sandwiches or ''friet'' (as it avoids having to pay the 50 cents sauce at the ''snackbar'' (or sometimes ''frituur'' or ''frietkot'', especially in Belgium) when ordering a snack). | |||
* Food in restaurants is generally expensive, supermarkets offer a better deal. | |||
* [[Dumpster diving]] is very possible in cities. | |||
|connectivity=Prepaid mobile: [http://bliep.nl/ Bliep] offers unlimited internet for 50 cent per day, or 10 MB of roaming data in the EU for 2 euro per day, or 100MB in a week for 15 euro. | |||
|visa=The Netherlands are part of the Schengen Agreement. | |||
Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands but most embassies are in The Hague. | |||
|in=Europe | |||
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