Full article: Amsterdam Public Transport Tickets

Public transport in Amsterdam requires the use of an OV-Chipcard -- a paper or plastic credit card-size ticket with en embedded memory chip designed to be read by ticket readers on board public transport vehicles.

For most tourists, day- or multiple day tickets are the best deal. They entitle you to unlimited travel through Amsterdam - day and night - by tram, bus and metro.

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Full article: Amsterdam public transport system to go bilingual

Tourists and expats - both in plentiful supply in Amsterdam -- will rejoice when a plan for Amsterdam's public transport system to start providing information in English, instead of just Dutch, goes into effect.

The plan is part of an effort to make the city more accessible to foreigners. However, a suggestion to provide an English-language police service point was turned down.

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Full article: Free public transport for Amsterdam citizens 65 and over

Starting today, Amsterdam citizens 65 years and older can use the city's public transport system free of charge until the end of May.

The city hopes the free transport will inspire the elderly to get more involved in social activities as a way to combat social isolation.

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Full article: Tuk Tuk your way through Amsterdam

Tourists and locals alike enjoy zipping around Amsterdam in TukTuks -- the traditional Thai taxis.

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Full article: Consumer Alert: Taxi Rank at Amsterdam Central Station referred to as Gaza Strip

Locals refer to the taxi rank at Amsterdam Central Station as the 'Gaza Strip' -- an indication of the boorish behavior of many unsavory taxi drivers found at that location.

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Full article: Unstable Amsterdam is building a new subway line

Seventeenth-century masons built Amsterdam on a foundation of wooden poles planted in soggy, sandy ground, leaving behind a beautiful architectural museum -- but one with walls prone to sinking or crumbling without warning. So how do you dig a subway under it? Very carefully.

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Full article: Amsterdam public Transport — according to the undutchables

While The Undutchables could rightly be described as a caricature of the Dutch, certain aspects of Dutch society are described with painful accuracy. Take, for instance, the way we board and exit public transportation.

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Full article: Amsterdam Central Station Tips & Tourist Information

Tips and information about services in and around Amsterdam's Central Station.

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Full article: Amsterdam Central Station

Central Station -- the hub of Amsterdam

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Full article: Amsterdam Taxi

Where and how to get a taxi in Amsterdam

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