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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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