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       motorists can call the ANWB   way to buses that are leaving   Car Hire
       road assistance service (see   bus stops.  To hire a car you need to be at
       p436) if their car breaks down.     Finding somewhere to    least 21 years old and have a
       A non-member can pay for    park is often a problem in    valid driving licence. Some hire
       the ANWB’s services, or   the cities. As clamping is   companies also require at least
       become a temporary ANWB   prevalent and theft rife, it is   one year’s driving experience.
       member. Unless otherwise   often best to look for a car    The main international car-hire
       signposted, the     park rather than to try to    companies such as Avis,
       maximum speed for     find street parking. When   Budget, Europcar and Hertz
       cars in Holland is 120   you enter a car park, take    have offices at Schiphol and in
       km/h (75 mph) on        a ticket from the   all major cities. Local car-hire
       motorways, 100 km/h      machine at the barrier,   firms are often substantially
       (62 mph) on major         and pay at the   cheaper. When hiring a car
       roads, 80 km/h (50 mph)   payment machine   without a credit card, you may
       on secondary roads and    before leaving. Avoid   have to pay a hefty deposit.
       50 km/h (30 mph) in built-   out-of-order street
       up areas. At unmarked   meters as you could get
       junctions, give way to    fined or your car could
       traffic coming from the    be clamped. You may not
       left, except for trams, which   park on yellow lines, and
       always have right of way   on yellow broken lines
       (except when you are    you may not park even
       driving along a road    to load or unload. If you
       which has right of way).    stop on a blue line, you
       In built-up areas         will need to have    A bike hooked on a car, an easy way of
       motorists must give   Emergency phone  a parking disc.  taking your bike along


                               DIRECTORY
        Schiphol Airport  Delta Air Lines  Bus Companies  By Car
                      Tel 020-7219128.
        Information and   ∑ delta-air.com  Eurolines Nederland  ANWB
                                                    Tel 088-2692222.
        services                     Stationsplein 3
        Tel 0900-0141   easyJet      (Bus station, next to   Car Hire Firms
        ∑ schiphol.nl  Tel 0900-0401048 (NL).   Amsterdam-Duivendrecht    at Schiphol
                                     train station).
                      ∑ easyjet.com                 AVIS
        Regional Airports            Tel 0880-761700.    Tel 088-2847620.
                      KLM & KLM      ∑ eurolines.nl
        Eindhoven Airport  Cityhopper  Rokin 38A, 1012 KT   Budget
        Tel 0900-9505.  Tel 020-4747747.    Amsterdam.    Tel 088-2847620.
                                                    Europcar
        Groningen Airport   ∑ klm.nl  Tel 0880-761700.  Tel 020-3164190.
        Eelde         Transavia      Eurolines (UK)  Hertz
        Tel 050-3097070  Tel 0900-0737.   Tel 08717-818177 (UK).   Tel 020-5020240.
                                     ∑ nationalexpress.
        Maastricht Aachen   ∑ transavia.com  co.uk
        Airport       United Airlines
        Tel 043-3589898.  Tel 020-3469381.   Ferries
        Rotterdam Airport  ∑ united.com  DFDS Seaways
        Tel 010-4463444.             Tel 0871-5229955.
                      Railways       ∑ dfdsseaways.co.uk
        Airlines
                      NS International   P&O North
                                     Sea Ferries
        Aer Lingus    Support        Tel 0800-1300030.
        Tel 0900-2658207.    Tel 030-2300023.
                                     ∑ poferries.com
        ∑ aerlingus.com  Public transport   Stena Line BV
        British Airways  travel information  Stationsweg 10, 3151 HS.
        Tel 020-3469389.    Tel 0900-9292.    Tel 0174-389333.
        ∑ ba.com      ∑ 9292.nl      ∑ stenaline.co.uk





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