Getting around
Public transport across every operator, trains, student travel, and the weather you will be cycling in.
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OV-chipkaart and OVpay
Public service · Translink · Free
How you pay for Dutch public transport, and how the switch from the OV-chipkaart to OVpay works. With OVpay you check in and out with a contactless bank card, so you may not need a separate travel card.
The OV-chipkaart is being phased out. If you still hold one, check whether any balance is left before it expires.
www.ov-chipkaart.nl/en9292
Commercial service · REISinformatiegroep B.V. · Free · Has an app
Plans a door-to-door journey across every Dutch train, bus, tram and metro operator at once, which no single operator's own app does. It also has pages for international travellers and for people with a disability.
9292.nl/enNS
Public service · Nederlandse Spoorwegen · Free
The national rail operator. Train times, tickets, season tickets and disruptions, plus the OV-fiets hire bikes kept at most stations.
Covers NS trains. For buses, trams, the metro and other rail operators, 9292 plans across all of them at once.
www.ns.nl/enDUO student travel product
Official · DUO · Free · Account needed
Whether your studies come with free or discounted travel, how to start it and, just as important, how to stop it.
Eligibility depends on your study and residence status, and keeping the product after you stop qualifying can create a debt. Check DUO rather than assuming.
Studentsduo.nl/particulier/student-travel-productBuienradar
Commercial service · RTL Nederland · Free · Has an app
Rain radar for the next few hours. In a country where most short trips are by bike, this is a daily decision rather than a curiosity.
The site and apps are in Dutch, though the radar map itself needs little reading.
www.buienradar.nl
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