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(1995)
Capital : Amsterdam (720.000)
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1 NLG = 100 cents
1 Euro = 2,20371 guilders (fixed on 31.12.98)
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Prices contain any number of whole cents, but the sum of your purchases is rounded to the nearest 5 cents.
Also banknotes for propagand.
Other historical banknotes
De Nederlandsche Bank
Dutch Ministry of Finance
Dutch National Forum
Amsterdam Stock Exchange
ABN Amro Bank
Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten
Fortis
Friesland Bank
ING
Postbank
Rabobank
Statistics
TTE Tourismus Team Europe
| Operator | System | Start | Subscribers 01/03/2000 |
% of growth last year |
| Kpn mobile | Gsm | 7/94 | 3.656.429 | 65 |
| Libertel | Gsm | 9/95 | 2.368.000* | 80 |
| Telfort | Gsm/Dcs | 10/98 | 570.000* | 356 |
| Dutchtone | Gsm/Dcs | 1/99 | 450.000* | 1185 |
| Ben | Dcs-1800 | 2/99 | 385.000 | n.a. |
| *= estimate ; source= Mobile communications | 7.432.429 | |||
| Number of operators | 5 (only national) |
| Process of allocation | auction |
| Pubblication of the assignment procedure | 03/07/2000 |
| Assignement of the licenses | 2000 |
| Service startup | 01/01/2002 |
Can
be found nearly everywhere. There are 2 'types' of ATM. ATM found at/near
post offices ("Giromaat") and ATM found at/near banks. The ATMs at banks
can be used by bankaccountcards, EuroCheckCards (also from foreign European
banks) and (but not always) credit cards. Most ATM take MasterCard, very
few take Visa (ATM
Locator), even fewer take American Express cards). You pay a small
fee (about f 1 to f 2) when using them in the evening and/or weekends
when using it with a bankaccountcard. ATM found at post offices can be
used by holders of an account at the "Postbank". No international cards
are accepted there.
Arrival :
Schiphol airport:
in the arrivals hall (outside customs) there is one machine that accepts
MasterCard. This machine also accepts Cirrus
cards. There are other ATMs in Schiphol which accept, among others, MasterCard,
but do not indicate they accept Cirrus.
At the train station, there is one for American Express cards. I found no ATM accepting Visa. Amsterdam: MasterCard ATM are all over downtown: look for the ABN/AMRO bank machines. The only Visa ATM in the city center is at the VSB Bank by the flower market. It is possible to get a cash advance from the GWK office with a Visa.
At the train station, there is one for American Express cards. I found no ATM accepting Visa. Amsterdam: MasterCard ATM are all over downtown: look for the ABN/AMRO bank machines. The only Visa ATM in the city center is at the VSB Bank by the flower market. It is possible to get a cash advance from the GWK office with a Visa.
Cards :
Eurocard/MasterCard
mainly followed by Visa and Diners club. A lot of shops don't accept them
(yet) but more and more shops do. However, don't expect to use them in
supermarkets. All gas-stations and most restaurants will accept them.
checks :
Thomas Cook.
AmEx
exchange :
Everywhere
you go there seems to be a "change bureau". Expect rates to be favorable
to them (no wonder so many seem to stay in business). They also change
a commission on top of the exchange rate. In April 1993, the spread to
exchange USD was about 10%,and typical commission was about 3.50 NLG.
GWK offices seems to charge a little lower commission for small amounts.
Some of the "change bureaus" will process cash advances on Visa/MasterCard.
Note that banks close earlier than shops (some banks close at 15.30) and
are closed on Saturdays.
